TMC Transportation, Inc. - Des Moines, Ia.

im allowed to miss things just like you do. so if it was such a good thing why are you still on TMC forums? is it because you cant move on? possibly because you cant, because you dont have enough experience, or because you are such a insults are not allowed that you cant be dealt with? and yes i called YOU A insults are not allowed. that is the first time ive called anyone anything, ecspecially in a public forum. maybe its time for you to grow up and take a little responsibility in your life. but im sure that ive interupted your sit down dinner, which you get every night by way of unemployment. . you know it does take a little self motivation to get off the couch.so just go back to eating your chips and drinking your soda and stop talking about things you dont know about. just remember you started the name calling.

 

now you are putting words in my mouth. i have never called anyone a liar other than maybe you and cplmac. im just putting my experiences on here which contradicts everything that you 2 have said. and if you really want the definition of otr and regional, look it up. chances are you wont find it, because you dont know where to look.

 

I'm putting words in your mouth? You just admitted that you called myself and CPL liars, so how exactly am i "putting words in your mouth"? Just because someones experience is different from your dedicated world doesn't mean that it isn't factual. I've never lied about anything on here, and i'm just as honest about the good points of TMC as i am the bad, period.

Why am i still here? Because i have friends here. The only reason i'm ever a dick is when someone provoked me, and you sir are the master at it. You get what you give, most people on here will agree that i'm friendly, honest, and polite, but again, you get what you give. Respect is earned, not given. For you to come on here and start bashing people right off the bat without giving any real facts or reasons for having a disagreement with anything that that person has said is childish, and you deserve everything that you're getting here. The part about you "posting your experiences" that's fine, but tell them the truth.. You're DEDICATED so ofcourse you don't have to sit and wait for loads like road drivers do. What have *I* said that was so bad about TMC that was so "contradicted" by you? Not much actually. Yes, i made a comment about sitting waiting on loads, that happens when you're on regional, not dedicated. So before you start tooting your horn and telling everyone what liars we are you may want to grow up and realize that ther ARE VARIABLES to everything in trucking.

You had no business getting upset at CPL for posting what he posted about prepass, these boards are here for discussion and to offer information and help, he has every right to post his findings on prepass and whether or not TMC lied about the whole thing. Did they? Who knows. It's all speculation at this point, if you look closely you'll realize that 90% of everything said on these boards is all speculation becuase there are too many variables for any one person to say how someone elses experience is going to be. You'd think after all your years of "experience" driving you'd be the first one to understand that.

I don't need to know where to look. If you aren't dedicated you're considered a road driver, period and that's what i was referring to. You aren't a road driver, so your experiences are fine to be mentioned, just make sure youre being truthful about WHY it is you don't have to sit and wait for loads, because you're DEDICATED and everything is already planned ahead. Manipulating the truth doesn't make you any less of a "liar" than anyone else on here, it's the same thing.

 

I thought long and hard about responding to this one. I think i'll try and be nice, since you apparently don't understand simple logic. I am here on these forums because i have friends here? Why do i need to justify myself to you? Why are YOU here? It's obvious that nobody here cares for your attitude. I understand your need to defend your company, I was the same way, in fact on many occasions i still do defend TMC, but this all began when you jumped on CPL for doing something that was completely within his rights, I never argued with you about TMC, it was more about you telling other people what they should/shouldn't be doing.

I can't move on? Please. This was a job, not a marriage. I have no problem moving on, however i'm not going to go with any company like swift, schneider, etc. I'm still debating if i even want to get back into this crappy industry, i'm taking advantage of my time off and going back to school. I have plenty of experience, and that's not the case believe me. I'm a dick only when provoked, like i said earlier. I can be dealt with just fine, there are numerous people on here that will tell you that. You said in one of your other posts that THIS is why you diddn't say anything, because THIS is what ends up happening, and i asked you: Do you think it's the way that you're saying it? I never got a response, and you obviously diddn't take my advice, so you're getting what you give at this point.

Why would i go and drive for someone that's going to pay me less than i'm making on unemployement? I think it has very little to do with motivation and more to do with being smart. I'm also not sure why you think i haven't taken responsibility for my life? What have i said that would indicate that? You're like.. Pulling these things out of thin air here, you don't know me and you shouldn't be pretending to, you look like a fool.

You keep telling me that i'm talking about things that I don't know. How do you figure? The only reason i'm even conversing with you right now is because you couldn't refrain from calling a good friend of mine names, and implying that he was lying about his experience with TMC, which he was not. If i were you, i'd stop playing this little innocent game of yours while claiming other people should "take responsibility" because i'm pretty much getting the opposite from you.

I have plenty of money in the bank and my bills are paid, i'm spending time with my family and going back to school. Don't think any of that makes me lazy. In fact, i sense a bit of jealousy in your tone.

You think that you're hitting below the belt, and it's funny, because you're not.

 

I understand, Rookie. I just posted on a previous thread that i wouldn't be responding to him any longer, at this point i think we're arguing just to argue. I think he forgot the point he was trying to make.

My apologies.

 

wow what neg attitudes, strnspd i never heard of semi-dedicated. i am on long haul and i dont sit long so what is your point? eckz has always been an upstanding and a wealth of info on this forum! There are alot of good drivers that have been victim of the economy and hire area, and as far as pre-pass goes i called pre-pass and they wanted to raise the rates and want a month advance and tmc's bill was 640,000 a month thats 1.3 million i can understand why they didnt want to do it. So lets not be a billy bad ### on here because i am sure my numbers blow yours away! have a great day.

 

Bangn, thanks for the info about prepass. Please bear in mind that i haven't called them, or talked to anyone about this information aside from friends that still drive for TMC and my old FM, I've heard mixed stories.

Everything that i've commented on, as far as prepass and TMC goes was referring to the information that CPL had posted, although i'm sure it's also possible that his information could've been wrong as well (Through no fault of his own, but perhaps the operator he spoke to was new, etc.)

The point is, almost everything on here is speculation in one way or another, not everyones situation will be the same all the time, there are alot of varying factors for every trucking company that could change things on a per driver basis.

 

What Bangn is saying is almost word for word what TMC said at the driver issues meeting. It's entirely possible that what TMC is saying and what Pre-Pass told me are both right. At the issues meeting they did confirm what I reported in my thread that Pre-Pass had permanently disabled all of the transponders. They also told me that if a bill is not paid their SOP is to report all transponders for that account stolen and permanently disable them. My guess is Pre-Pass went ahead and instituted their pre-pay policy without TMC's agreement and TMC did not pre-pay the month and they were reported stolen and disabled. I think realistically this is the most likely scenario given everyones acknowledgement of the angst involved with these negotiations. It's not like whoever answers the Pre-Pass 800 number is a salesman with the TMC account.

 

As a possible student I see TMC is hiring.

Do they have you driving illegal by fudging your logs?

An O/O friend told me he had considered going to work for them before he bought his own rig. Said they were pretty much banned a few years ago off the East coast. Why he didn't say, he didn't know why.

When I talked to a school they said TMC was taking drivers.

I just passed all my tests to get allowed to go to trucking school. The state will pay for it. 2 schools in my area. One is a 3 month 5 day a week class. I think it would get me more seat time.