Arrow Trucking

[tootie04]

Yep we talked to several guys at the hotel who had been injured....one was there for 4 MONTHS!!! He said the same thing you did and it does make sense now....

[jvnd1953]

Delivered Monday Sat in Houston till Tuesday. Was supposed to be routed home to Ca. for hometime and I had also broke a tooth eating "cracklins". Instead I got a load assignment to Carrollton, Pa. Took the load because it was 1600 miles and the tooth wasn't hurting. Unloaded Friday Morn. Took forever and many phone calls to receiver to find the place. It was a new drilling site in the middle of nowhere. I delivered oil drilling pipe. Every driver had problems finding this place. This was Friday. I get a message to go to Barkeyville, Pa. and stay at the TA for a Monday dispatch (250mi) Friday afternoon. I get to the TA on Sunday afternoon and it looks like a Arrow terminal there are so many Arrow trucks. There was also 3 more behind me. Monday morn I drove the 30 miles to our Masury, Oh. terminal to drop off some extra dunnage I was assigned. The terminal was full of trucks. All waiting for dispatch Not looking good. Only going to be a 1600 mile paycheck or $575. Not too bad but should be a lot better. Other Arrow drivers are really hurting though. Thinking of Schneider or Interstate. Drive and be safe.

[freebirdrfd]

Delivered Monday Sat in Houston till Tuesday. Was supposed to be routed home to Ca. for hometime and I had also broke a tooth eating "cracklins". Instead I got a load assignment to Carrollton, Pa. Took the load because it was 1600 miles and the tooth wasn't hurting. Unloaded Friday Morn. Took forever and many phone calls to receiver to find the place. It was a new drilling site in the middle of nowhere. I delivered oil drilling pipe. Every driver had problems finding this place. This was Friday. I get a message to go to Barkeyville, Pa. and stay at the TA for a Monday dispatch (250mi) Friday afternoon. I get to the TA on Sunday afternoon and it looks like a Arrow terminal there are so many Arrow trucks. There was also 3 more behind me. Monday morn I drove the 30 miles to our Masury, Oh. terminal to drop off some extra dunnage I was assigned. The terminal was full of trucks. All waiting for dispatch Not looking good. Only going to be a 1600 mile paycheck or $575. Not too bad but should be a lot better. Other Arrow drivers are really hurting though. Thinking of Schneider or Interstate. Drive and be safe.

i hope you find a job fast. i don't think arrow will be around much longer. goodluck

[jvnd1953]

Just got a load. Picking up in Edinboro, Pa. in the am and delivering to Laredo, Tx. with 2 additional stops. 1 at the shipper and 1 for a trailer inspection at out yard just before I deliver since I am dropping the trailer at the receiver. Pays an additional $50 and is about 1800 mi. Supposed to deliver Monday but should be able to do it Friday.

[dewercs2]

Just got a load. Picking up in Edinboro, Pa. in the am and delivering to Laredo, Tx. with 2 additional stops. 1 at the shipper and 1 for a trailer inspection at out yard just before I deliver since I am dropping the trailer at the receiver. Pays an additional $50 and is about 1800 mi. Supposed to deliver Monday but should be able to do it Friday.

Hey that's not a bad run.

Listening to Sirus yesterday on the way up here to Denver. Some expert was saying if you have a job and a good track record stay at current job. its slow everywhere.

speaking of slow.... Im at TA in Denver and was talking to a driver from Atlantic-Pacific flat bed. He's been here since saturday morning. He said he was talking to other flatbeds that have been here since friday. I spoke to a JB hunt driver this morning and he said the same thing... He had dropped a trailer saturday and has sat except 1 local run he did monday. He said he has a load but not till 3pm today.

There are alot of trucks up here....

[Orangetxguy]

Hey that's not a bad run.

Listening to Sirus yesterday on the way up here to Denver. Some expert was saying if you have a job and a good track record stay at current job. its slow everywhere.

speaking of slow.... Im at TA in Denver and was talking to a driver from Atlantic-Pacific flat bed. He's been here since saturday morning. He said he was talking to other flatbeds that have been here since friday. I spoke to a JB hunt driver this morning and he said the same thing... He had dropped a trailer saturday and has sat except 1 local run he did monday. He said he has a load but not till 3pm today.

There are alot of trucks up here....

Denver is a freight sponge...just like Florida is. Nothing out of there...unless you haul it cheap. I bet shipper's are wanting stuff hauled out of there for 25 cpm right now!

[jvnd1953]

Yeah dewercs2 I think you're right. I delivered Friday am and then sat till Monday 1600 hrs till I got another load. When I left our Laredo terminal there was at least 50 trucks waiting for dispatch. On my way to San Diego with 2 AC units 7000lbs. and 1350mi. Thinking of calling the school I went to for a list of companies hiring. Try to get local. Maybe after my home time I'll be fefreshed. Just tired and discouraged right now. I really shouldn't be because I talked to a lot of drivers in Laredo and I'm doing better then most. Also, my DM quit today. This is my 5th one so far. Hey dewercs2, how many miles are you getting? I know you got home a lot with Arrow on regional. How did hometime work. I know you get 2 days for every 7 out but did that include when you were under load and stopped by the house or did you put in for hometime on a certain date and then the length was determined by how many days you worked since last home time. Thanks. Drive and be safe.

[1TruckDrivinSunUvAGun]

I was told by a Arrow driver the other day that they are no longer hiring student drivers just experienced flatbed drivers, any truth to this? I can't imagine a lot of veterans putting up with this.

[jvnd1953]

As of last week they were still hiring students. Too much subsidy to not. I will let you know if I hear different. It would be nice since there's not enough freight for all of us.

[jvnd1953]

Well I've got my 5th driver manager in 18 months now. Wonder how long this one will last. Claims to have had the top fleet at his previous employer. His intro message was a lot of what he expects of us. Said he will go to bat for us when needed. I'm sure he will until he realizes everything is out of his control. Arrow continues to screw up pay, layover and I found out they "forgot" to tell the insurance company I had medical coverage. When the claims were denied and I called they said they needed to "update the system." At this point I would caution against going to work for Arrow. I will hang in there a little bit longer and then I'm gone.

[freebirdrfd]

i wonder how many arrow drivers are gonna stay until arrow closes the doors, and then cry because they can't find a job fast enough to pay the bills. wake up people, it's clear as day that arrow's days are numbered

[jvnd1953]

Well, had a great 10 days off. Picked up a load Monday from Santa Maria, Ca. and going to Groves, Tx. With D/H miles it is 2000mi. Good load. Delivers Friday morn. Hopefully I won't sit in Houston terminal all weekend but that may be a miracle. Got all my layover pay on this last check. Trying to find out when the quarterly safety bonus is paid. Got everyone so far New DM seems to be okay. Told the wife if my miles don't improve the next 4 weeks to at least 2000mi a week I will go elsewhere. Saw some great job offers on Craigslist both in trucking and out. The "out" is door and window sales. I installed doors and windows for 23 years prior to driving 20 months ago. Drive and be safe.

[jvnd1953]

Arrow just fired all owner-ops and reduced layover pay from $50 to $25 a day. I also heard they are shutting down the Jackson St. training and moving it to Elwood.

[married to the road]

I heard from an Arrow driver about a month ago that they quit the l/p program to just just o/o and company drivers. Does that mean they don't have any o/o or l/p drivers? wow.

[freebirdrfd]

run forest run,,,,,, and don't look back.. i can see alot of unemployed arrow driver in the near future.

[jvnd1953]

Arrow has no more L/O or O/O. Just company drivers. Unloaded my 4 reels of Okonite this morning. It's Friday so I hope I get something or I'll sit all weekend and make $50.

[married to the road]

Arrow has no more L/O or O/O. Just company drivers. Unloaded my 4 reels of Okonite this morning. It's Friday so I hope I get something or I'll sit all weekend and make $50.

Hope you get a good load for week end.

I cannot believe what they are doing. They were putting in t/s mags that they were looking 200 o/o and they changed their pay to %70 which I thought may be more appealing to some o/o drivers. Now they are getting rid of them?!!

Do you have to sit for one day or two for free now and then get $25 dollars for each day of layover? When I worked for them it was first 24 hours free, then get paid for each 24 hours after that, but they told me they were changing it.

[carterbeauford]

there must have been a dozen empty Arrow trucks sitting at the Barkeyville TA a few weeks ago... you guys can have my Pete, it's parked over by the scale most weekends.

go to TMC, at least you can look good while making no money.

[jvnd1953]

No load for the weekend. D/H me 100 miles to the Houston terminal. The miles will be more then the layover. Arrow's layover policy is the first 24 hours are free. Then it's $25 for every 24 hour period. 23 hours is no pay. Made 2000 miles for the week. This is great compared to a lot of other Arrow drivers. I wish I had more positive things to say about Arrow. If I quit Arrow I will go regional or local out of L.A. I am also looking at a dedicated run from L.A. to Kentucky. Monday to Thursday and off for the weekend but as you can tell it's a team operation. $850 a week though. The guy hiring was adamant that the team members must approve of each other after a meeting and talking. Drive and be safe. Haven't heard from Dewercs2 in a while. Are you still out there?

[jvnd1953]

Found out today Arrow is no longer paying a safety bonus. This was $250 a quarter. No money to pay for it. I got a load of pipe Monday morn heading to Rock Springs, Wy. Good load. Delivers Thursday morn. Good chance not sitting another weekend.