Averitt

[cadillac]

Does anyone know the good and bad on them?

Does anyone know the good and bad on them?

They have a truckload and LTL operation. So if you're a TL driver, you get first dibs on an open LTL boatspace since they hire from within.

Downside is that truckload mileage can be slim pickens...word on the street is that fleetwide average is around 2,200 mpw. One common complaint seems to be sitting around waiting on loads. Upside is that they're pretty good about getting you home every weekend. You might be asked to run an LTL load for TL wages...one of those "part of the job" things. Over on the LTL side, the going-rate for linehaul is nothing to write home about...only like .48 cpm or something. You can make .55-.57 at one of the union LTL's or non-union like FedEx Freight or Conway. They have two classifications: shuttle and combo, I think combo you might work the city or the dock. P&D tops out at around $20.00/hr I think but no overtime. You have to wear red polo-shirt uniforms in both divisions which you get to foot the bill for through payroll deductions.

A good gameplan might be to start in truckload, bid on an LTL run, and then get your experience and move on to a better LTL. Your experience at Averitt will help get your foot in the door of a top-line outfit.

[wsclinger]

LeBronn,
You mentioned "top of the line outfits" and just which ones are considered the TOP OF THE LINE?????

[MartenDrvrCA]

LeBronn,
You mentioned "top of the line outfits" and just which ones are considered the TOP OF THE LINE?????

ABF,yellow. Just my opinion anyway.

[rigidsporty]

No beards with Averitt, if you like the hair on your chinny-chin-chin they'll make you shave it off.

[Colts Fan]

They have a truckload and LTL operation. So if you're a TL driver, you get first dibs on an open LTL boatspace since they hire from within.

They only run their LTL division in the SE part of the US. I've talked to a couple of Averitt that said that they don't have a chance at LTL because they don't live in the South.

[seadawg]

talk about no beards,also heard no tattoos or body pierceing,that will do away with most of the drivers I've seen

[golfhobo]

No beards with Averitt, if you like the hair on your chinny-chin-chin they'll make you shave it off.

I ain't shavin' my beard for NO amount of money!! The women would throw rocks at me!!

Wait a minute...... they do that ANYWAY!! :shock:

Well..... I STILL ain't shavin'!!!

[Midnight Flyer]

No beards with Averitt, if you like the hair on your chinny-chin-chin they'll make you shave it off.

I ain't shavin' my beard for NO amount of money!! The women would throw rocks at me!!

Wait a minute...... they do that ANYWAY!! :shock:

Well..... I STILL ain't shavin'!!!

Good one golfhobo!

[lve2drv]

do they have seasonal or part time?

[rkeck]

I went with Averitt and it took me about 4 weeks to find out this was not a fit for me. If you're looking for "typical" truckload dry van, look elsewhere, Averitt will disappoint.

If you want to get home every weekend, and run minimal miles, and have to shift your 14 hour clock each week from daytime to nightime running (probably on Tue or Wed) this may be a great place for you.

They have no business in the truckload game, but I understand they need to be a "full service carrier". They don't have enough TL freight, especially in TX and surrounding states, and consequently, you will often find yourself MT early AM, and have to wait until 7:00 PM or so, for an LTL shuutle or relay, and have to have it 400-500 miles down the road by 3:00 AM. So the rest of your week is messed up for trying to get back onto a "normal" schedule and usually means you're home mid day Saturday, MAYBE in time to get a restart.

And the real problem is, I found that this is common, and they made no excuses for it and they do not like it when you complain about this happening (sitting from 8:00am to 7:00pm, 1 to 2 times per week, and then having to run and sit at all sorts of bizarre times the remainder of the week)

Also, if you truly like to run, you will have to get on part of a team, else they will not run you further than about 500 miles from your home terminal. And this is bad for multiple reasons.

If you do find yourself somewhere and you get a good dispatch, say 1,100 miles, and it could get you thru home for weekend and still deliver on time ... rest assured you will have to hand it off to someone else, even after waiting 4 hours at the shipper on Friday to get loaded at 6:00pm, 400 miles from home.

Their trucks (at least the TL ones) are set or are being set to about 64.5 MPH. You look at their website, and they seem one one way, but you sign on and find it's nothing like what you expected, and you realize there is a lot of stuff that they failed to mention in the pre-hire interview.

I generally do not like to bad mouth a company but I do feel certain aspects of the company need to be made known so perhaps others do not make the mistake I did in signing on with them. I don't feel my expectations are any different than the average driver, but I decided to cut my losses and get out early because I really could not not see anything getting better, especially based on their "oh well" reaction to my concerns.

[rigidsporty]

talk about no beards,also heard no tattoos or body pierceing,that will do away with most of the drivers I've seen

Yup, they want "professional" looking drivers. They even want you to wear a uniform.