I fully believe you on the tolls. I am new to this industry and enjoy it so far. I had 2 friends that I had graduated school with go to TMC and both lasted for 4 weeks after they finished training both are putting in notice next week because they are tired of being shorted on the reimbursements on tolls...around 200+ dollars a week for 4 weeks x 2...Funny though because people talk alot of crap about Prime and I can say this for sure every single thing I was told in the beginning still holds true no problems at all....Period. good luck with the new job.
You have hit the nail on the head! Hard to find what you need/want tho, w/all BS that's out there floating around pretending to be truth.
Hey Carter, you won't miss flatbed when it's -0 outside with a 40mph wind. Did dry van for awhile and everytime the weathers bad I wish I still was. Good luck on the new job.
TMC is trying out a new toll program. Don't really know the details yet, just what I have read on the website.
I enjoyed pulling a flatbed, my issue with TMC was that they didn't pay me to do it. new company has curtainside stepdecks as well as vans and I look forward to pulling those occasionally. lmao # this industry defines people by what kind of trailer they pull behind their truck.
Seems to me with TMC its a crap shoot.. I just talked to a guy that lives 10 mins from where I do and has been home every weekend for the past 7 months and is making good money.. for me, I have had 4 quality days home in the past 6 weeks and spent a majority of that running in the northeast. In MY experience with TMC, they do not live up to the dazzle they sell you on to lure you in. A little birdie told me 12 drivers had quit already today.. they can't hardly train them as fast as they are loosing them.. They sent out a survey recently to get a feel for what drivers think. Wonder if they would ever post the unedited results????? i doubt it I have been with them since last Nov and finally turned in my truck today... I can do better for myself and my family...
the money wouldn't have been bad if they had actually let me keep most of what I made. TMC: $40,000/yr, took home about 63% of it new job: $60,000/yr, taking home about 80% of it dry van is taking some getting used to, but you know what was awesome? not having to go to the ATM before I left out on Sunday. I am home on Monday night as well, delivered in MI last night, reloaded in OH for RI for Wednesday.
lol the only program they seem to be testing is how long they can get the drivers to pay the tolls for them. I hope they get it together for the sake of the guys that like it there. As of right now im glad they told me I couldn't work for them because of my 23 yr old felony possession of stolen property charge, even if I had been at my last job for 13 years and only had one other before that. Oh well I hope everything works out for everyone.
