Goin Fer It's adventures at Davis Transport!

[Goin Fer It]

Well tomorrow my husband will begin his new adventure. He is thankful that he will still be in trucking!

His new adventure will be in pulling a skateboard (flat-bedding). Davis Transport is based out of Missoula Montana and they have approximately 100 trucks.

We have heard that the trucks do not have Qualcom's in them. I will confirm that when he is actually there.

He will be staying at a Days Inn. He had to go buy a hard hat today.

We are just thankful and happy that he has a new job!

Goin Fer It's Wife

[taldrkhansum]

Davis only rates a 1 out of possible 5 on the driver's rating scale. I would be careful. It is from drivers that have previously worked there.

[west_coaster]

Well best of luck to him on his "adventures" with Davis. I used to drive flatbed and we had several guys who had driven for them at our company. Only one of them ever had anything good to say about Davis. Hopefully they've changed a bit in the last year or so. Like someone said on your other thread, driving flatbed is a completely different animal. I loved it, but some hate it with a passion. I know I ended up putting in lots of time that wasn't really compensated (tarping, strapping, etc.). I think our company paid $30 tarp pay, but it's still not worth it when it's blowing rain sideways and you're on top of a slick load. But, if he sticks it out for a year or so he'll be in great shape both physically and job-wise. Good luck and I hope you keep the thread going this time too. Maybe you should tell Davis that you want recruiter pay, cause you seem to have recruited quite a few guys with your May thread! :wink:

West_Coaster

[Goin Fer It]

Davis only rates a 1 out of possible 5 on the driver's rating scale. I would be careful. It is from drivers that have previously worked there.

Downside:
We know the pay isn't that great
The trucks are smaller
No Qualcom.

Upside from what we have heard:
Nice people to work with.
Family type atmosphere
Good amount of miles.
They run the I-90 allot.


Best Thing of All about Davis
My husband has a job Truck Driving :P
They have given him a second chance and are willing to work with him.
They will give him allot of one on one training
He will be able to turn his driving career around without any preventables in a year.

As far as the rating I did check on it and it is difficult to say how accurate those ratings are. It does not say how many drivers have done the rating and could have just been one disgruntled employee or it could be 10.

Swift had a very high rating and I have read many horror stories on this board about Swift.

But thank you for pointing this out!

Goin Fer It's Wife

[yoopr]

I'd put No Qualcomm on your Upside List :P

[Goin Fer It]

I'd put No Qualcomm on your Upside List :P

I would have but I guess my husband likes the Qualcom. Maybe once he gets use to not using it he will like it better without it!

Goin Fer It's Wife

[Goin Fer It]

Well best of luck to him on his "adventures" with Davis. I used to drive flatbed and we had several guys who had driven for them at our company. Only one of them ever had anything good to say about Davis. Hopefully they've changed a bit in the last year or so. Like someone said on your other thread, driving flatbed is a completely different animal. I loved it, but some hate it with a passion. But, if he sticks it out for a year or so he'll be in great shape both physically and job-wise. Good luck and I hope you keep the thread going this time too. Maybe you should tell Davis that you want recruiter pay, cause you seem to have recruited quite a few guys with your May thread! :wink:

West_Coaster

Thank you for your well wishes! Other than the things I mentioned how were the miles and did people get treated fairly there?

I agree it a year he will be able to get turned around and we were grateful for the two offers he got and the willingness of the companies to work with him. He definitely got off to a bad start.

Flat-bedding will keep my husband in shape. He likes to exercise and goes to karate when he is home with my son.

Yes, May Trucking definitely did well from the thread! I know two of the drivers that began with them are no longer there. One is still there as far as I know and I am not certain about the others.

Systems Transport mentioned twice to my husband and seemed concerned that they were not get drivers from Sage but they would have had their own thread here..... only if they knew!

We are happy with what we have at this point!

Goin Fer It's Wife

[Goin Fer It]

Yoopr
Now that you are a moderator maybe you can give us some input on the company comparisons. How can we tell how many people have rated a company? I am curious how many people did actually rate Davis on there.

Thanks for any input!

Goin Fer It's Wife

[Goin Fer It]

This morning it was amazing! The kids ages 7, 10 and 15 were up around 6:00 a.m. to see their dad off! More amazing no one except me has taken a nap!

As I went outside I heard a strange sound one that we have not heard up here for most of the summer! RAIN!!! Well needed rain!

Just as we were almost to the bus station we saw his bus pulling in a few minutes early.

So we saw him off at the bus terminal! He only had about a three hour and forty minute bus ride. No problems with the ride this time and it was far shorter than the previous two he has taken.

He is staying at the Days Inn in Missoula Montana. It is just a standard room. No kitchenette like one he had in Oregon with May. But I had heard that the Arizona room for May was just a standard room also.

He is looking forward to beginning his new adventure. He will be in the office tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m.

I will report more tomorrow night!

Goin Fer It's Wife

[AmEagleDrvr]

I have followed your previous threads on this... you are quite a supportive family. We are pulling for him to make it...tell him I said to hang in and think things through and I think he'll be OK. Good luck.

[dk132]

Good Luck. I hope everything goes well. :wink:

[yoopr]

Yoopr
Now that you are a moderator maybe you can give us some input on the company comparisons. How can we tell how many people have rated a company? I am curious how many people did actually rate Davis on there.

Thanks for any input!

Goin Fer It's Wife

I'd help you in a Instant if I could but you're talking to the wrong person concerning this. You might wanna contact Flyer-Scoe-or Baby Cad.
Sorry I can't help you with this one.

[feederfred]

All right, glad to see your back. Posted on your May thread before I found this one. See that one...(I'm lazy). Keep us posted and remind your husband to slow down and be careful. There won't be a third chance..and the story continues.....

[Goin Fer It]

I have followed your previous threads on this... you are quite a supportive family. We are pulling for him to make it...tell him I said to hang in and think things through and I think he'll be OK. Good luck.

Thank you for the compliment. I let the kids read it and it made them feel good! I also read yours and other messages over the phone to my husband. He appreciates that so many people are wishing him well.

So many people have really been so supportative here and we really appreciate all of you!

Goin Fer It's Wife

[Goin Fer It]

Good Luck. I hope everything goes well. :wink:

Thank You!

Goin Fer It's Wife

[Goin Fer It]

All right, glad to see your back. Posted on your May thread before I found this one. See that one...(I'm lazy). Keep us posted and remind your husband to slow down and be careful. There won't be a third chance..and the story continues.....

I read your message to my husband also! And I am glad you now have something to read! I hope this thread goes longer and it has a happy ending when it does end!

Goin Fer It's Wife

[Goin Fer It]

I think my husband was surprised at how small the office and the set up is at Davis Transport! He said the yard is not actually like a yard it is more like a parking lot.

He said everyone was very nice and seemed to be happy to see him there.

Today he did some paper work and then he worked on strapping coils in the yard. They told my husband that they do not to many coil loads anymore. The guy who he worked with today told him his trainer was very good and when my husband told him about his training at May he said they do not allow that there at that if that happens for my husband to call in.

They also worked on inspection and pre-trip inspection. My husband said that he will need to do the small maintenance things on the road and lube it in a few places. He said that he will have to do a thorough inspection once a week. I told him it was probably better than having to go into a shop and wait for them to do it at the yard. He agreed.

He took a driving test today and he was told that he did pretty good.

He said they have a smoking and non-smoking lounge there for their drivers.

When he is on his own he will be driving a Kenworth flat top.
The cabs are very small in the trucks. He got a look at one of the high tops and he said he was impressed with how much room there was.
He said the company has about a hundred drivers.

He said he does not believe that miles will be a problem.

We did not know that by federal law that every 150 miles flatbedders have to check there load. You see we learn something new everyday!

I think my husband is anxious to meet his trainer. I do not know really how much he will tell me when he is still out with his trainer. I did not know of the problems until after he was done training last time. But I will ask him daily what he did and if the trainer worked on anything with him.

I will tell him to ask the trainer to work on the things that he feels that he needs work on also! He will be going out with the trainer on Thursday.

He thinks that tomorrow he will be doing mostly classroom stuff and paper work. I will let everyone know how day two is going.

Goin Fer It's Wife

[Goin Fer It]

This is really strange for some reason my post is not showing up from yesterday :sad: It was there this morning and now it gone. If it is not back I will repost it today after I get my report from my husband tonight!

Goin Fer It's Wife

[bulldog2036]

Having great support at home helps more than you know. Sounds like you and your family are all in tune with this and your husband will do well. God bless and good fortunes.......bd.

[Goin Fer It]

Having great support at home helps more than you know. Sounds like you and your family are all in tune with this and your husband will do well. God bless and good fortunes.......bd.

Thank you very much! We are all behind him! And thank you for your blessing!

Goin Fer It's Wife