Transport America is one of the best companies out there, especially if you are just starting out.

I got on my Yahoo and messaged one of the instructors at the Scottsburg termininal, and his response to TA filing bankruptcy is "barefaced lie" and "they have been in business 22 years and have never filed for bankruptcy".

Look at some of my past posts on them.

A buddy of mine went to TA, seems very happy, and what I am looking to get on. He has been home every weekend. I am almost at the 6 month expereince level so I am looking at getting the 29cpm for about a month, then jumping to 33cpm. Beats werner's 25cpm and minimal 18-21 days out running shortruns in the Northeast like a daycab.

We drove together for awhile at TA, and I had to come off the truck do to problems at home. My other half drove solo, was home every weekend, and he made pretty good money. If he wouldn't have screwed himself, he would be back there right now.

How does it work with the home time at Transport America. I would be able to park the tractor but not the trailer. Do they allow this or what?

This is one of the company prehires I have.

We brought our truck and trailer home, but we were not allow to drop the trailer anywhere, whether it was loaded or not. If there is a secure lot near your home, they might be able to work with you.

A friend of mine went to TA after CR England.
They processed his application within a few days, and set him up to come in right after Christmas.
He had to do a week of OTR training as he did not have enough experience (only 5 weeks at CRE).

He has been at TA for 4 months now.
This is what he complains about:
Hometime. He sees it every 3-4 weeks.
Miles. The do pay HHG. He is struggling to get above 2200 miles per week.
Insurance. Too much to pay for so little.

spencerian wrote




This link http://www.transportamerica.com/driv...g_areas_e.aspx states that in the white area, home 46 out of 52 weeks. Everyone else every other weekend.

What gives? Is he choosing to stay out longer?

I have worked for Transport America and they have treated me like dirt. Currently they owe me around $1600 in unpaid loads. Refuse me home time every time that I ask for it, and everything that comes out of my dispatchers mouth is a lie! I stayed out three weeks and they gave me one day home time. They said that my 34 hour reset was my off time. (which most of the time I am stuck hundreds of miles from home!)When I first talked to the recruiter he had promised me that I would be home every weekend. When you ask these people direct questions they are evasive! ABOUT EVERYTHING!!!! Whenever they don't pay me for a load, there is some huge excuse, last week it was a Texas run, ($600), they didn't receive my transflo paperwork. This is the third time that they have pulled this crap. If the transflo doesn't work, then why do they still use this system? I will tell you why, it does work! It is just their excuse not to pay me. Anyway, if this company is not in financial woes then I am not sure what it is. I won't even talk about my dispatcher until next blog!

hey spencerian, ask your buddy what dispatcher he had. I am wondering if it's up to your dispatcher when to send you home, because that is the problem that I am having! I have been home one day in a month! Do these dispatchers get paid by load or how long they keep you out or what???

[/quote]How does it work with the home time at Transport America. I would be able to park the tractor but not the trailer. Do they allow this or what?


Alot of times they will let you take your tractor home if you are allowed to park at home and have the room off street parking. We have a driveway just for his truck and my bus. He doesn't bring a trailer home anymore. When he did, the trailer was dropped down the road from us at a lot we paid to be able to.