US Xpress Review OTR Perspective

I've been sucked into the Walmart account to help out a handful of times and absolutely hated it. If Meijer is anything like Walmart that's a hard pass on that one too.

I've thought about dedicated but I worry I would bored too easily. I'm a "wandering soul" so otr fits me best because I'm always heading somewhere different, always hauling something different, always seeing different people. And when I do have repeats they're far enough apart that it's just cool that I'm able to remember where I'm going.

For example I love doing the detroit to laredo run. I can usually get it when I'm coming off home time so about once a month or so. I love the drive down there and I love the people at the laredo terminal. But if I were to do that all the time pretty soon I'd find reasons not to like it so much. The people would start to annoy me. But because I don't I get to keep the fondness I have for the place.

I worry that with a dedicated account I would lose all that. Be stuck in a few states. See the same people, same places.

 

In really not sure what happened to USX. I started with them, done my 150 hours in a truck with a trainer....was very well trained, my trainer was very respective and made sure I was properly trained. After testing out, I received my first tractor which for being used was in very good shape. It was checked out by the shop and cleared to roll. I was also told by my recruiter that solos do NOT run 48 states, depending where you live, you either run east or west of I35. I never had an issue with the company when I was there. The pay was great, I was ALWAYS home when I requested and as long as I was willing to roll, I stayed loaded. But, not every company is for every driver. After my experience with them for 10 yrs, id GLADLY go back

 

Vito you have nailed the USX OTR solo experience. I spent 5 months running solo OTR, December 2014 to the end of April 2015( I am still with USX now running team). They basically kept me in the Northeast and Mid Atlantic like you. Same deal with a lot of Hagerstown Tractor Supply. I have never been more frustrated driving a truck. It was a bad joke.

Here is the deal. If they(USX) are going to put drivers primarily in the Northeast and Mid Atlantic....they need to pay them that way. I could go to a company like Roehl and get 52 cents per mile to run the Northeast instead of the 43 cents USX was paying me. USX is doing a disservice to their drivers by hiring them as OTR and then keeping them regional. USX is making out big time $$$ wise by doing this. It is just a big lie IMO.

I switched to team driving and it got better though things still get screwed up and we too have to deal with the crappy trailers. Bottom line is this company doesn't have their stuff together. I too will soon be leaving.

 

I am looking at the dedicated accounts at USX I dont mind same stops/runs every day better for me that way

 

Dedicated consistant miles, some guys are home daily and 2 days off

 

Dedicated and Trainer is way to go

 

I thought swift had a bad trailer fleet but was I wrong when I saw USX trailers....