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#3551
04-05-2008, 03:55 AM
Volvo, a piece of junk? Have you ever driven or been in one? I have driven a 379 ext hood pete and didn't care for it too much. The ride is nice but the room leaves a bit to be desired, getting between the seats and such. For what I do I want a W900L Aerocab Flattop, with the couch. I don't live in truck like you guys do, but if I did for driving and comfort both it would be a Volvo hands down, but that is a personal thing.
#3552
04-05-2008, 04:33 AM
Gotta question maybe someone can help. I got my cdl from another well known flatbed company last October. I was furloughed from a former employer for a couple years by the time I went to cdl school. Well that employer called me half way thru my training. I had to decide to gamble the driving deal or go with what I knew I could live with. So I decided to go back to my former employer. So got the CDL but no experience. TMC was my second choice, and I see them advertise in my local paper for drivers all the time, I am right off of 85 in ne georgia. My job I went back to isnt near what it used to be, had I known I would have stayed with the driving gig. So the big question is, would TMC consider someone in my situation. I have a clean background, with zero problems.
#3553
04-05-2008, 04:57 AM
Originally Posted by SlingBlade07
Gotta question maybe someone can help. I got my cdl from another well known flatbed company last October. I was furloughed from a former employer for a couple years by the time I went to cdl school. Well that employer called me half way thru my training. I had to decide to gamble the driving deal or go with what I knew I could live with. So I decided to go back to my former employer. So got the CDL but no experience. TMC was my second choice, and I see them advertise in my local paper for drivers all the time, I am right off of 85 in ne georgia. My job I went back to isnt near what it used to be, had I known I would have stayed with the driving gig. So the big question is, would TMC consider someone in my situation. I have a clean background, with zero problems.
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#3554
04-05-2008, 07:15 AM
Originally Posted by slingblade
I got my cdl from another well known flatbed company last October.
If you got your CDL in 2006 then you will most definitely have to return to school to get anyone to look at you.
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#3555
04-07-2008, 05:37 AM
Originally Posted by robertt
Volvo, a piece of junk? Have you ever driven or been in one? I have driven a 379 ext hood pete and didn't care for it too much. The ride is nice but the room leaves a bit to be desired, getting between the seats and such. For what I do I want a W900L Aerocab Flattop, with the couch. I don't live in truck like you guys do, but if I did for driving and comfort both it would be a Volvo hands down, but that is a personal thing.
The driver in question is an O/O. I have seen his truck and drooled over it quite a few times here in Texas. Besides stay off of the grass, the best info I can give someone going to orientation in Des Moines is to take your swim suit. I bought 1 from the co. store. There is 1 indoor pool and 2 hottubs and a steam room at the Baymont.....oh yea and a pool table.
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#3556
04-07-2008, 05:52 AM
I want to give my 2 cents worth in the freight rate debate. My division runs primarily for just 4 shippers. GP - sweetwater, National Gyp - Rotan, Lowes DC - Ennis, and Master Tubular pipe broker loads out of Houston.
TMC has a high freight rate as compared to other companies. At the same shipper ie Rotan we get paid more than Lonestar who gets more than Prime/Passmore. This is a normal business practice. At GP - Sweetwater we get alot more than Dent and a few other small carriers. Part of the difference is comvenience and reliabilty. We drop trailers at both to load and those shippers can count on 99.5% ontime. They are willing to pay extra to make sure that their loads get picked up and delivered ontime. Even if they have to live load because they are being slow, they agreed to the freight rate and FSC a week in advance. Sometimes it works out in my favor better than expected.... It's monday and I'm sitting on the couch watching the news. I have had a busy morning doing honey doo's and I have an 8pm delivery at a local Home Depot. Wooo hoooo....down time. :lol:
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#3557
04-07-2008, 02:04 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: The Great State of Texas - Seguin
Posts: 741
What's up! Hey, are they taking on any drivers on TD anytime soon! Been thinking about coming back in, but would have to be on TD - no OTR and darn sure no Linehaul!
I am still within the window of coming back without a bunch of BS! And the bonehead I talked to the other day, did not even know they had the TD (Ghost) Fleet! 
Originally Posted by shadowsknight
I want to give my 2 cents worth in the freight rate debate. My division runs primarily for just 4 shippers. GP - sweetwater, National Gyp - Rotan, Lowes DC - Ennis, and Master Tubular pipe broker loads out of Houston.
TMC has a high freight rate as compared to other companies. At the same shipper ie Rotan we get paid more than Lonestar who gets more than Prime/Passmore. This is a normal business practice. At GP - Sweetwater we get alot more than Dent and a few other small carriers. Part of the difference is comvenience and reliabilty. We drop trailers at both to load and those shippers can count on 99.5% ontime. They are willing to pay extra to make sure that their loads get picked up and delivered ontime. Even if they have to live load because they are being slow, they agreed to the freight rate and FSC a week in advance. Sometimes it works out in my favor better than expected.... It's monday and I'm sitting on the couch watching the news. I have had a busy morning doing honey doo's and I have an 8pm delivery at a local Home Depot. Wooo hoooo....down time. :lol:
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#3558
04-07-2008, 02:14 PM
I scored some free WiFi at a Vermont rest area so I thought I would add a post and fix the "no posts exist" error since we have more pages than posts.
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#3559
04-07-2008, 02:28 PM
Yeah, People in Des Moines know only Linehaul and Longhaul. To get on my Home Depot dedicated I had to talk to the guy in charge of it. So I will bet that you need to go through someone on the inside since the special jobs are invisible to Des Moines, sorta like a one way mirror.
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#3560
04-07-2008, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Rawlco
Yeah, People in Des Moines know only Linehaul and Longhaul. To get on my Home Depot dedicated I had to talk to the guy in charge of it. So I will bet that you need to go through someone on the inside since the special jobs are invisible to Des Moines, sorta like a one way mirror.
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