Heartland Express

[Twilight Flyer]

If you think it's irrelevant then ban me from your forum.

Not my forum and why would I ban you for posting something negative about the company I work for? I've said it before and I'll say it again. Everybody is free to to say what they want about a company, providing they keep it within the T.O.S. I saw nothing wrong with your post in terms of T.O.S. I simply asked how something 12 years ago was relevant to today and I still think it's a valid question.

[mdf1576]

only drivers who are paid by the hour are any good..

Thats right :wink:

especially at 5$ an hour right :shock: :shock: :? :?

[Fredog]

only drivers who are paid by the hour are any good..

Thats right :wink:

especially at 5$ an hour right :shock: :shock: :? :?

maybe with lots of experience you could get up that high

[mdgardner963]

My daddy can beat up your daddy nah nah nah. Act like ADULTS. :x

There have been numerous Heartland express posts , the cents per mile they pay is just like every other company once you add up all the negatives . HHG miles , short hauls , detention after 8 hours , heavy loads , lots of back roads . You will work a lot harder for your .47 cpm at Heartland then say .41 cpm at a place like Crete .

Lots of short-hauls and sitting around unpaid waiting to be loaded/unloaded...then more unpaid sitting around waiting for the Qualcomm to BEEP! with a pre-plan. All logged on lines 1 & 2 and the driver will claim to "only" work 70 hours per week.

when did lying in the bunk become work?

[Colts Fan]

when did lying in the bunk become work?

It's time spent away from home in a work vehicle. My company has team runs that are out overnight. When doing this run, we are paid our full hourly rate for hanging out or sleeping in the bunk. I haven't had to do it yet but if they ever need me to I won't have a peoblem with that at all.

[mdgardner963]

when did lying in the bunk become work?

It's time spent away from home in a work vehicle. My company has team runs that are out overnight. When doing this run, we are paid our full hourly rate for hanging out or sleeping in the bunk. I haven't had to do it yet but if they ever need me to I won't have a peoblem with that at all.

See thats the problem.. Tell you what you tell us your company name and we will shut off the frieght there.. Lets see how long they keep all the employees.. What people fail to understand is that your understanding of a local driver and a otr or regonal driver they all make a very good wage.

Last year as a solo driver i made a few dollars if you averaged it out from jan 1 to dec 31 i was away from the house 263 days I averaged enuff per hour to make it nice and comfi..
Now here are the real benifits
1. Wife is a good woman But time away is bliss (33 years married)
2. I do not have to see any of my adult kids
3. No one to pester me except the phone (i just turn it off)
4. Its like a vacation for 10 days...
5. I work 9.5 hours a day for 10 days. Then i am off 3 days.

So we agree to disagree..

One mans pleasure is another mans grind.

I have done the local thing. Made 54k at it 4 years ago. You can keep it the traffic, boss ripin on you all the time, more traffic, 16 hour days by the time you drive to and from work. To many daily hassels.

In Retro spec you stay there we will deliver the frieght i shudder just thinking about it, I will give you one thing when you have small kids its good to be home to help change diapers and help the wife out in the long run she will apperciate the help. And you might just grow up a bit in the whole child raiseing process. (not a slander) :wink: :twisted:

[Fredog]

There have been numerous Heartland express posts , the cents per mile they pay is just like every other company once you add up all the negatives . HHG miles , short hauls , detention after 8 hours , heavy loads , lots of back roads . You will work a lot harder for your .47 cpm at Heartland then say .41 cpm at a place like Crete .

Lots of short-hauls and sitting around unpaid waiting to be loaded/unloaded...then more unpaid sitting around waiting for the Qualcomm to BEEP! with a pre-plan. All logged on lines 1 & 2 and the driver will claim to "only" work 70 hours per week.

why would you wait for a pre-plan?? a pre-plan, means you are pre-planned, as in your next load is planned before you are empty, so why would you have to wait for it??

[Bumper]

Your talking to a local driver remember....he doesnt know anything about OTR driving.

He loads his little brown truck up, drives to peoples houses, drops a package on their doorstep, rings the bell and then goes on to the next house.

Pays his union dues every month and will vote for barrack bin ladin because the teamsters told him to.

[Skywalker]

Twilight...when you get the "top secret" fine print, send it to me.....
Im amazed that you can come up with a program where you will be making 54cpm for some of the miles you are driving and people will still try to find something wrong with it.

Wait here is the fine print.

if you dont like the green mile program Heartland offers and 54cpm, you are welcome to drive for someone else and make 36cpm for the same miles driven

But the real secret is how many miles will you really drive...because they don't pay Practical Miles....I understand its an aberrant form of HHG....really short miles, that in reality results in the driver making way less than they would think they are.

But you are right.... 8) Its like they say....one person's "silk purse" is another's pile of :dung: .... :shock:

[Smooth]

Your talking to a local driver remember....he doesnt know anything about OTR driving.

He loads his little brown truck up, drives to peoples houses, drops a package on their doorstep, rings the bell and then goes on to the next house.

Pays his union dues every month and will vote for barrack bin ladin because the teamsters told him to.

As a teamster myself I don't care who they endorse . There is no way in hell I am voting for Obama though .

[Bumper]

You better be careful now.....look what happened to Hoffa Sr...... :shock:

why would you wait for a pre-plan?? a pre-plan, means you are pre-planned, as in your next load is planned before you are empty, so why would you have to wait for it??

What the company I used to pull for would do is send me a pre-plan with the mileage, appt times, etc that I would have to accept or decline based on my available hours. Then they would send me the actual load.

So like a fool I would empty out in a big city and have no place to park because the receiver wanted me off their property and the idiots I pulled for didn't send me a pre-plan for my next load. Then I would drive around aimlessly hoping for a spot to pull into like a Wal-Mart or something where I could park...but normally I would get back on the freeway and try to get to a truckstop. All that wasted time and an hour later they would send me the pre-plan...which was a few miles down from where I originally emptied out.

Two hours unpaid dock time getting unloaded, another unpaid hour driving around waiting for a pre-plan. Driving back to the shipper unpaid (love those HHG miles!)...another 1-2 hours waiting to get loaded....logging it all on lines 1 & 2...OTR SUCKS!!!

[mdgardner963]

Oh i see you never wait as a local driver.. thats just total bs been there done that!!!!!!!

[Skywalker]

why would you wait for a pre-plan?? a pre-plan, means you are pre-planned, as in your next load is planned before you are empty, so why would you have to wait for it??

What the company I used to pull for would do is send me a pre-plan with the mileage, appt times, etc that I would have to accept or decline based on my available hours. Then they would send me the actual load.

So like a fool I would empty out in a big city and have no place to park because the receiver wanted me off their property and the idiots I pulled for didn't send me a pre-plan for my next load. Then I would drive around aimlessly hoping for a spot to pull into like a Wal-Mart or something where I could park...but normally I would get back on the freeway and try to get to a truckstop. All that wasted time and an hour later they would send me the pre-plan...which was a few miles down from where I originally emptied out.

Two hours unpaid dock time getting unloaded, another unpaid hour driving around waiting for a pre-plan. Driving back to the shipper unpaid (love those HHG miles!)...another 1-2 hours waiting to get loaded....logging it all on lines 1 & 2...OTR SUCKS!!!

And so it is with 99% of the OTR companies. Thankfully we don't deal with that with Chemical Tankers....they always tell us where to go... :shock: Actually, after unloading....its straight to a tankwash. And then its "clock time" or a drop and hook and go again..... 8)

I like your avatar..... You ever try "Brugal"? Good stuff! :mrgreen: arty: :mrgreen:

[Skywalker]

As a teamster myself I don't care who they endorse . There is no way in hell I am voting for Obama though .

I guess the commenter....not "Smooth", doesn't understand that because the Teamsters Union management "endorses" a candidate....doesn't mean the rank and file are going to follow suit. I would have to say that the Teamsters are no more individually beholden to one candidate over the other than say the AFL-CIO rank and file. The Union leadership could endorse anything they wanted....the members did what they wanted. 8) I know I did 8)

[Smooth]

Oh i see you never wait as a local driver.. thats just total bs been there done that!!!!!!!

Of course you wait as a local driver , except you make $20 plus an hour as opposed to nothing if you are OTR .

[Smooth]

As a teamster myself I don't care who they endorse . There is no way in hell I am voting for Obama though .

I guess the commenter....not "Smooth", doesn't understand that because the Teamsters Union management "endorses" a candidate....doesn't mean the rank and file are going to follow suit. I would have to say that the Teamsters are no more individually beholden to one candidate over the other than say the AFL-CIO rank and file. The Union leadership could endorse anything they wanted....the members did what they wanted. 8) I know I did 8)

What is your point ?

[Skywalker]

As a teamster myself I don't care who they endorse . There is no way in hell I am voting for Obama though .

I guess the commenter....not "Smooth", doesn't understand that because the Teamsters Union management "endorses" a candidate....doesn't mean the rank and file are going to follow suit. I would have to say that the Teamsters are no more individually beholden to one candidate over the other than say the AFL-CIO rank and file. The Union leadership could endorse anything they wanted....the members did what they wanted. 8) I know I did 8)

What is your point ?

My point was that the fellow who wrote this:

Bumper wrote:

Pays his union dues every month and will vote for barrack bin ladin because the teamsters told him to.

Is making an erroneous statement.
8)