Malaki86,

When you were there? Where did you go? I followed your story getting back into USX and some of the troubles you had. Did you finally get fed up or find something better? What happened?

Longsnowsm

 

It was on a brouchure that my school had. I suppose its possible it was old, or maybe they've changed their policy. I'm supposed to call my recrutier tomorrow I'm going to ask him

 

I finally gave up on USX in March of this year. I was getting too tired of all the headaches of dispatch, and then I started having major electrical problems on the truck (power shorting out, shutting truck down while driving, etc) that they couldn't locate and wouldn't send me to a dealer to have fixed. When they told me I *HAD* to drive the truck that way is when it went too far.

I'm with Celadon now - started here 1 week ago today :lol:

One thing, I really miss that auto-shift now, especially after coming around Atlanta yesterday.

 

Celadon huh? Do they hire recent grads? lol

 

Nope - 3 months minimum experience

 

Oh well, USX is who I wanted to go with from the start of my journey into trucking

 

I drove for USX for almost a year, before I made one of my intermittent career-jumps out of the truck for awhile. I can't complain at all. My dispatcher was great. Never had any problems with the truck. Most of the docks were actual distribution centers or places actually desgined for 53-foot trailers and not some metal shed out in the boondocks behind somebody's house like some of the other carriers I drove for. Got home like clockwork every two weeks and then had 4 days off after each trip.

Sometimes the miles weren't the best... but I dealt with it. Got out West... Arizona, NM, Cali... just about every trip out. But that was just my experience. Other drivers used to complain about just running east of the Mississippi, etc. But then lots of drivers complain just to hear their lips flap sometimes. As Thoreau wrote somewhere in Walden "The fault-finder will find fault even in Paradise."

Like any company.... it is what you make it.

I also agree with what the other driver said. If I was ever to go back OTR, it would be with USX again. They treated me good.

 

Thas great to hear. That's what most people say. Thanks for all of your input

 

Pretty much my experience with them. Heck, when I was going to leave them, someone even called me up and talked to me. They asked personally if everything was ok and wanted to keep me on. They understood I had to leave because of hurricane katrina. I brought the truck back for them, right where I got it and they payed my bus ride home. My dispatcher was just a great guy, he was just cool, simple as that. Also I still, to this day talk to my trainer from USX, we actually had a good time out there.

 

atlanta isnt that bad, well only when there is an accident or something like that between 2pm and 9pm in the evening. chicago sucks though, they been working on these roads for about 20 years now.