Us xpress doesn't care about the driver.

That's crap management then

 

And here I thought they all had automatics

 

Bad ### pun ha ha . He's gonna need a lot more than hot air to get that balloon off the ground.

 

It's like a birthday party for the guests

 

JMan82, sorry to hear this is happening to you. We live near the Markham terminal so that's who we deal with mostly. The shop their will fix things. It might take some time due to them having to get parts and waiting for us to take our hometime but it gets fixed. Even the smallest most insignificant non-DOT item has been fixed. On my 'Destination Unknown' thread I've talked about it numerous times. US Xpress is a good company but in order to get the most out of it you need to make connections in the corporate side of the company. Know your upper management contacts and most importantly......dedicated accounts is the way to go to make consistent money/miles.

The Markham terminal is just outside of Chicago and the cost of living is higher here so drivers based out of that terminal get a higher breakdown, orientation and I believe layover pay. When our truck broke down last summer, we got paid $100 a day.

I know it doesn't help you right now but the company tries to have trucks that are 3 years or newer in the fleet. Due to the bad financial situtation the company was in a few years ago they were forced to keep these trucks longer. That's why we have a lot of these trucks from 2010-2013. Their getting rid of them as they get newer trucks. Keep an eye out at your home terminal for a newer Pete that isn't assigned to anyone. Talk to the equipment manager there when one becomes available.

A lot of the office people they have are ex-drivers who have no business having the job they do. Most of them don't know how to talk to people. Keep your patience and learn to work around these clowns.