All About the Haul
Looking for the insight on Veriha trucking
Veriha’s average length of haul is 350 miles.
A hazmat endorsement is not required to be able to drive for Veriha, however, drivers that have a hazmat endorsement and who are willing to stay out for longer periods of time will get our longer hauls. 70% of our pick-ups are drop-and-hook and 50% of our deliveries are drop-and-hook making an average of 60% drop and hook freight.
The average live load/unload takes place in less than 80 minutes!
Short Haul and Regional drivers average between 2300 – 2500 miles per week.
OTR drivers average between 2500 – 3000 miles per week.
this is what they sent me, You guys/Gals have any insight on this Company???
Veriha’s trucking (All about the Haul)
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@VIDEODROME works there.
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Super Big Thanks Chinatown, I posted him a msg, I have to amit you are the only I've seen so far with a lot of insight on company's, And I greatly APPRECIATE it Very much, My hat is off to you Sir.
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Do they have any Kentuckians working there?
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Got the PM, I'll just respond here:
Just a few comments on other companies you mentioned.
I don't know much about Holland, but I think even Vans can be carrying big heavy totes of liquid, so that's the reason to have Tanker.
I have heard mixed opinions on PTI. It might be that a lot of drivers hate their CNG trucks.
Opinions on Millis are generally very positive and you should probably give them serious consideration if you want to do OTR.
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As for Veriha:
Since I was experienced, I did a shorted refresher course which really only took 2 weeks. The good thing is you have experience so you can get the boring orientation and running with a trainer done with quickly. (I hate sharing a truck lol)
Veriha has a deal with the Best Western in town so students actually have a decent place to stay. This deal includes vouchers for free breakfast with actual cooked food, not the typical motel waffle flipper and bagels. The Best Western has an actual restaurant in the lower floor. Veriha also owns a Truckstop adjacent to the terminal and students get $10 meal vouchers for lunch at the restaurant there. Dinner is up to you. The actual orientation is the usual stuff. Drink coffee and watch slides and pay attention.
There is training pay, but I forget what the rate was and it may have changed. I think it was a few hundred bucks for me.
The fleet includes CNG Day Cabs mostly used between Marinette, WI and Chicaco as well as Freightliner and Volvo Sleeper Cabs that I think are mostly Automatics now, but there are some old manual Columbias.
I was assigned a Freightliner Cascadia in clean condition and it ran fine except the DEF system complained when I was in steep Pennsylvania hills.
Dispatch could be nitpicky, but not to bad. If I did trip planning that showed very early on there was issues with time or my log, they understood and were glad to be told as early as possible.
One of the really annoying things is Veriha discourages drivers from using the Tollway to save money. This is not a set in stone rule, but they want you to minimize it as much as possible. I have many times driven just under Michigan without using the Turnpike lol. This wasn't to horrible if I was night driving. On the other hand, I wound up using the Tollway many times in Chicago.
The listing you quoted for miles is close to what I got doing mostly Regional with the occasional long run. I went out for 2 weeks, but I did not have Hazmat at the time. Still, I did get out of the Midwest sometimes.
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I spoke with them on the phone in the beginning of this year. Everything sounded ok until the recruiter told me to put a hat or a shirt on the Drive cam when I go the bed at night for privacy. That gave me a pause, I asked her what kind of camera we were talking about and she told me it was a front and rear facing (driver facing) camera. I have no beef with a dash cam, I run one myself, and I probably wouldn't mind having one facing me if I was the one in control of it, but the thought of someone else watching me in the privacy of my cab, bothered me. I didn't follow up with them after that.
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