Lease Operator with Anderson Trucking Service (ATS)

[terrylamar]

Yeah, you have to jump off the Alaska Highway at Dawson Creek, that is where Mile Marker 1 is. I haven't been on the Casiar Highway, I want to do that someday. Hopefully, the rumors are true and ATS will be having more Alaska loads and maybe I will have the opportunity.

[D17554]

I have just joined CAD and came across your journal with ATS. It appears that you have what it takes to make a good driver there, and had some very interesting details concerning your daily logs. I see that there are no recent posts from you. The last log was your trip into AK. and it ended. Did you start a new thread or just to busy to bother. I left Western Express FB division and have opted to go with ATS Pad Wrap Division. I tried to get into the FBD but was turned down for some reason, but was accepted in the PWD, and will be heading for orientation soon. I've never had any tickets or accidents, 30 mths. of FB experience and no tickets or accidents, so I'm assuming they either didn't have an opening or just needed to fill seats in the PWD. I told them that I would give it a go. I'm a go getter and hard charger, no need for excessive home time and like money. I was told that they haul mostly commercial equipment that has to be unconventionally packed, but I was also told that it's the shippers responsibility to load and secure their equipment. I was also told that the average loads were between 20 and 30k and while that is good on the fuel economy It worries me because I've been in a lot of bad road conditions where the heavy weight on the FB gave good traction. And I've seen so many Vans sometimes for miles torn up or off the road, while hardly any FB's were wrecked. So with very little experience pulling a van and none in Bad road conditions, that's the only part that I'm dreading. The lease purchase deal doesn't worry me at all, because if I can't make it pay off with my work ethics, then I'll believe some of the don't do it guys. I'm out of N.C. and it appears to be a lot of freight from Fl. to Mary. in the PW division, but I like running anywhere that pays, and will. I'm hoping that you can give me some heads up, since you seem to have a good out look and shooting with straight talk. I'm not looking for people that have had bad experiences because of you thinking that this job or any trucking job is without fault. I am not expecting to get rich, but I try to work and push myself to get what is available or feasible for that week while understanding that we can't control everything that can go wrong. So hope you get this and send me a reply. Be SAFE all Truckers and AiM HiGh.

[terrylamar]

I parted with ATS in June. I got my own authority. I am running mostly Texas with a few side trips into the surrounding states. Once I figure out how to get PARS, PAPS, ACE Manifest, CVOR and whatever is needed for QE, I will be heading North again, mostly in the Western states and Provinces.

I don't know anything about the Dry Van side of ATS. I have sat and talked to a few and our ideas of what good pay is was worlds apart. When I left ATS I was averaging $5K per week net. I am not doing quite that well under my own authority, yet. I am still learning the ropes and expect to be there soon, if not more.

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

I parted with ATS in June. I got my own authority. I am running mostly Texas with a few side trips into the surrounding states. Once I figure out how to get PARS, PAPS, ACE Manifest, CVOR and whatever is needed for QE, I will be heading North again, mostly in the Western states and Provinces.

That's where the revenue is...at least the loads going up that I have seen are all above $4 mile recently!!