Us Express

[C and R Trucking]

Hey guys,

I have been thinking of hiring on with Us Express OTR. I have had my CDL for 2 years with 1.5 years OTR experience. Just wondering what pay and miles to expect, do they allow inverters fridges ect....

I am also interested in their E Log system

Thanx Chris

[Flying W]

It might help if you spelled your prospective companies name correctly, and the pay rate is published on their website (Solos - U.S. Xpress, Truck Driving Jobs, Class A CDL Jobs, Hiring Drivers, Truck Driving Opportunities). I don't have any personal experience with them, and will leave the other questions to the others here.

Best of luck with them if you chose to do so. I was talking with some team drivers while we were waiting to get loaded in Nyssa, and their truck had a GPS system provided by the company. That seemed like a pretty cool thing to do (benefits the company, and the driver).

[flood]

it's called a driver-tech. sat-com and gps in one unit, when thay send the load info it programs the gps (co-pilot) it may be right on or off by up to 20 ml...! little things like it thinks the polit in Ogden, UT. is 2.5ml east of I-84 not 1000 ft WEST of I-84, just don't think much of it.

BTW us xpress is going to paperless log's by the end of this month....

[worldisnotenough]

Paperless logs? Well, that saved me an application! I was actually considering going with them! I have my Own GPS so that wouldn't really worry me! But I don't trust a computer more than I do myself regarding logs! I have been saved three times because my logs were perfect at the DOT station! Unfortunately I think everyone will be paperless in the near future!

[C and R Trucking]

Thanks for the replies.. I am already used to copilot 9 and have used truck logger on my laptop for a year now So maybe it wont be a big adjustment for a "former" "out of money" Independent Operator .

[Fredog]

Paperless logs? Well, that saved me an application! I was actually considering going with them! I have my Own GPS so that wouldn't really worry me! But I don't trust a computer more than I do myself regarding logs! I have been saved three times because my logs were perfect at the DOT station! Unfortunately I think everyone will be paperless in the near future!

right now, you can have a legal log and the officer can decide he doesnt believe it, he then pretends to call your last customer and says they told him something different than what you logged, he then fines you and puts you out of service.
I wonder how they will pull off this scam when everyone has obr?

[Windwalker]

right now, you can have a legal log and the officer can decide he doesnt believe it, he then pretends to call your last customer and says they told him something different than what you logged, he then fines you and puts you out of service.
I wonder how they will pull off this scam when everyone has obr?

RETIRED. Don't have to worry about any of that anymore.

[Malaki86]

After working for the past 3 years at a place that encourages us to "extend" our logs on a daily basis, I actually want to work for someone that once I say I'm out of hours, that's the end of the discussion.

[Fredog]

After working for the past 3 years at a place that encourages us to "extend" our logs on a daily basis, I actually want to work for someone that once I say I'm out of hours, that's the end of the discussion.

I was caught "not logging as I drove it" ( I wasnt asked to) I didn't know they have tracking devices on the trailers that tell them exactly when and where the trailer is at all times
I was written up and told by the terminal owner that if I am EVER asked to do anything that cant be done legally, I am to call his cell phone and the person who asked/told me to do it will no longer be employed

[Piece Of Work]

The Electronic Logs are too restrictive. At least with paper logs, you can fudge 15 minutes if you need to either way. The day is coming when the DOT will require them for all companies. Trucking is changing rapidly, only the strong will survive.

[geargrinder]

right now, you can have a legal log and the officer can decide he doesnt believe it, he then pretends to call your last customer and says they told him something different than what you logged, he then fines you and puts you out of service.
I wonder how they will pull off this scam when everyone has obr?

This is trucker paranoia at it's finest. Any driver who has ever tried to phone a shipper/consignee knows this is BS.

Frankly, I worry more about my Company hammering me on my log than the DOT. The days fudging logbooks is coming to a rapid end.