US Xpress woes and moving on to Cypress Truck lines

TMC advertises "Home on Weekends"

 

You do not want to drive for Cypress. In 2014 I was there for 4 months moving gypsum from Inverness to Jax. Two trips a day resulted in 12+ hours of driving. They operated under a different work/driving schedule. I slept on-site in their windowless recruiter rooms because I wasn't able to get enough sleep between shifts when I drove home. The trailer hinge they assigned me broke as I was dumping the gypsum. The big bucket shifted to the right and away I went. They decided to get rid of me and the way they do it is offer the option of OTR flatbed or resign. If you flatbed, they will leave you somewhere until you quit. I already heard stories about their processes & policies. So I resigned. I found out later from the drivers I worked with there that I was the 3rd guy to get that trailer and fired because it broke under my possession. I doubt Bob Pace still oversees the gypsum loads. But if he is still there, you're screwed. You'll see.
Only way to be accepted there is if you are a retired Marine.
You'll see. Good luck. Start searching for your next job now.

 

I worked for bob pace, he was no gem but he’s no longer there and the dump woes you had are irrelevant to flatbed. I ran the same account you did, when dumps were slow they’d let us run flatbed, it’s all in perspective and obviously yours is negative based on your rollover, but your input of cypress honestly is not an accurate one, I spent a year there and they were fine, treated me fairly and maintained their equipment. Trucks are 65mph. I’m not saying these were your circumstances, but more than likely you didn’t release your sand locks resulting in the tailgate not opening, that caused the rollover, not a faulty hinge or whatever you’re trying to describe. If I’m wrong then so be it, I’ve been pulling end dumps for over 10 years they don’t just go over without reason.

 

@jaws2003 did you go to the community college in Tallahassee? If so was Jeff your instructor, he and I worked together at Pritchett, we ran like madmen, long before elogs, summers were brutal, it wasn’t rare to put in 16-18 hour days, I certainly don’t miss that.

 

Truck reliability is crap shoot these days. Brand new trucks are breaking down just as much as the older trucks. Make sure you request breakdown pay for the time that you have been sitting.

 

Like I said earlier, I did dumps for cypress but when we were slow I did flatbeds, yes all the loads I did were already pre tarped, I’m a perfectionist though so there was a lot of straightening up to do, it’s up to you to bungee and make it look nice. Their tarps are ridiculously heavy though, each trailer had 2 tarps, same size BIG, which is cumbersome on low flat loads. I have no desire to be a flatbedder, but cypress is a good choice if you want to give it a try.