Tinman's A.C.T. experience....

Yea your right 500. does suk , Add the numbers up im 13312.80 by 21 weeks = 633.94 a week take home . So i correct myself . sorry. Those numbers are better than when i was a company driver. I wish they where as good as some other drivers believe that. But being an ex marine i play gud soldier take what they give me . Whatelse can you do.

 

No Tinman ...You should have said this cause people have the right to know what can go wrong . I for one commend you on standing up and stating the truth .. You may save others from following in your foot steps .

 

I hear ya .. Moon

 

I'll have to agree with pete3871 on this one... Most I've see at the yard were 15 trucks, but that includes the w900's that are owner ops and the 600's that are the older lease/owner ops.
Only week I saw 1920 miles was when I took 2 days off and also decided to do a 34hr restart and do some fishing since I was next to Madison and WI river. Highest I've seen was 3326 miles. My average for last month was 2800 miles and all the drivers I met and talk to at the yard told me they average 2500. So yes, something doesn't add up here.
The "routed to go home every week" statement is straight bs... I don't know of any company that doesn't want you to just run and run as much as possible and MAKE THEM MONEY, which makes you money. I do get asked, every monday, when I want my next home time, even if I say in 3-4 weeks, I'll still get asked just to see if anything changed.

BTW... no company in their right mind will "guarantee you miles" ever! so your 2300 promised miles is total BS - summer is great, winter sucks (miles) everyone in the industry knows that...

Sorry to hear that... not sure why you're not getting loads to OH - I was in OH 4-5 times in the past two weeks, mainly Columbus area. My mpg's suck since I drive 62-70 most of the time and yes I know I'm loosing about $300/week in fuel but that's just me. But then again, I haven't seen a lower check then $1100.

Like I said before, my average is 2800 miles and all the drivers I met at the yard said they average 2500 miles every week. I've said it before and I'll say it again, most people cannot run a business and fail if they try - not saying that's you but most people and that's a proven fact just as most people follow and do not lead.

This week, I'm already at 687 miles (week just started lol) and I expect it to be slower because of the holiday but pretty sure I'll still hit at least 2000-2100 miles.

Those totals suck! I'm sorry. Are we at the same company??

 

My story is in motor carrier questions section of this web site.I have posted my miles,income and experiances every week for 7 months.I have had 3 recruits and dont post that income,because I don't want to mislead anybody on my income.As far as being a chosen one,that I really don't get.I've been in the office 2 times in 7 month's,so I really don't personally know anybody.What I do is keep my head down and work.You say you go home every weekend,I don't.Dragon tamers brat's husband told me last week that Prime charges 1300/week for their lease program,mine is 700/week which I think is fair.You call ACT a scam,which I consider unfair.34 drivers paid off they're trucks at ACT in 2011,thats a very high success rate.If you have 4 kids at home and need to be there alot,I respect that and you have to do what you have to do.Blaming ACT for your failure is unfair,they gave you the opportunity and it didn't work in your situation.Having to be home every week will never work in any lease program,that situation call's for a company driver position.So,yes I agree you made a bad decision.I do wish you luck at company that fit's your situation.

 

No go again brother... I have ZERO recruits! It would be nice to pick up a recruit and have that extra money but it's not easy, I've tried. I think Army recruiting was actually easier lol

Something happens and people just go after the big bad company and it's always their fault. 99% of the time people don't hear the other side of the story and in this case we won't either.

I still defend Schneider whenever I see a bad post. They were good to me, yes there were issues, had to change managers, trucks, teams but overall it's a great company to start with right out of school and I still tell that to people. SNI, just as any other company is about communication (hard at times lol) but if you communicate you should be fine. I went where I wanted, told my dbl, no California and it was done. Have friends in Chicago and Austin, went there pretty much every week or other.

Same thing with Act, I have friends in Denver and found out there's runs to CO now. Told my leader and within a week I got a load to Denver and spent 2 days there, by choice of course.

Communication is the key at every company, yes there's more issues with the mega carriers but still communicate!



On the side note since you mentioned recruiting if anyone has questions about ACT or even SNI (Schneider) - PM me and I'll be happy to answer any questions.

 

Well I was nice,but now you've called me a scam.Again you refuse to accept the fact that all my #'s have been posted weekly and have no recruit money in them.I've made about 1200 on the three recruits that I have had in the last 7 months.They all started in the last month or so.They are all doing well and are happy,I know because I call them and make sure every things going ok and give them any advise that might help them out.With you going home every weekend and trying to turn a trucking job into a 9 to 5, five day work week.With a truck payment that you signed up for up front,just shows how poor your buisness choice's were.I know it's alot easier to blame ACT for your failure then face the fact's that you made the wrong choice.

I post in my thread at the very begining that if you want to be home all the time or have family commitment's then don't lease a truck go company.ACT tells you the same thing at orientation,but obviously you didn't listen and thought you were smarter than everybody else and could make it work.Well we all know how that worked out.

The guy's at ACT that are successful,want to own a truck in a few years and make a commitment and sometime's sacrifice's to reach that goal.If you think you can drive a truck 5 day's a week and take home good money and some company is going to just hand you a title to a nice truck,then you're living in fantasy land.Leasing a truck is not easy, you have to have the ambition and drive to make it work.Blame ACT,blame me ,blame everybody if it really makes you feel good.At the end of the day you still have to look in the mirror.

 

So you went into it expecting to fail, and when you do, it's the company's fault?

 

No he stated he was skeptical of a LP deal . He was 100% in he was just on the fence about the LP . He decided to do it and it didn't work . But since he was skeptical he was not surprised . I'm not bashing ACT I want to get that out front ..The overall success rate of a LP at ANY COMPANY is under 20% . The reason is its not designed totally to win or buy the truck in the end . Do people do it ? Yes ... Do they stick it put ? Yes .. But you have to look at the full picture . Most LP deals are structured so the company looses nothing. Then can resale the truck and make profit again . Now if a truck is sold 3 times to 3 different drivers and Driver # 3 sticks it out and buys the truck in the end . Does the company make more money ..1. If 1 driver buys a truck 2. If 3 drivers buy 1 truck and they keep all the escrows , maint , interest .. Etc This is why he was skeptical of a LP . What I stated has nothing to do with ACT I'm just talking about a LP in general