[glasman2]

This goes for both LTL and OTR.
State you live in
Company you work for
Why you picked them, and if your "satisfied" with that company
How often do you load or unload

[Mackman]

Pennsylvania
Aqua Wastewater Management Inc.
Home every night make 18.74 an hr. Hauling shit in a 6,000gal tank. Truck is kinda a piece of shit. Work around 50 hrs a week more if you want it. I am leaving cuz they are messing with are benefits. They want to take away OT after 8hrs and make it over 40 hrs worked :evil: they stop giving us work boot money. Every year they gave us something last year it was 90 bucks for work boots. This year nothing. Really really good benefits as far as medical and dental vision rx etc. Up to 5 weeks pd vac. 5 sick days 6 personal days i forget how many holidays.
Good job for driving i would stay if i was not going to try something else. I kinda want to get out of trucking all together

[DaveP]

Live in Alabama and am pulling flatbed for PGT out of the B'ham terminal.

Not ONCE has anyone tried to BS or mislead me about the company OR the job.

That starts with Sue (recruiter) to dispatch, to Fleet Manager (Robbie Robbins), and even to the Southern Regional Manager (David Plummer) who has his office in B'ham.

Great bunch of folks who care about their drivers and their hometime and well-being...really!

Do I work my butt off?

Yep!

Is the money and bennies there?

Yep!

Am I satisfied???

[Splitter]

Drive local curtain van for Lowe's. Work all over Western WA.

Pay is OK, bene's are standard as with most companies. I will be leaving

in about 6 weeks for OTR. Going to team with a friend of mine for awhile.

The whole reason I'm leaving, is that management has no clue what there

doing, and I'm sick of not getting 40 hours a week.

fed ex ground, drive for a contractor for now. love it, great hometime, good money, however get 1099. but a good accountant and i keep most of my money, only paid 1000 in taxes this year, kept the rest. no sitting in docks. pull trailers drop trailers, get two more go and drop etc.

[Jackrabbit379]

I work for SYSCO. Why? I dunno. :| Cause I have to. :P
Well, truth is, my dad had a stroke several years ago. I thought, "oh crap!" I was driving for a friend of mine at the time, hauling grain. I ran all over the central north mid-western states. I would leave out in May/June, and come home around October/November. I took a break from that to be closer to dad, and I started working for a local moving company. Allied agent. I was driving locally, but I soon found out that it aint just driving. After a month or so, I started working in the warehouse unloading/loading the LTL trucks. My mom is a nurse, and a patient walked in that was a salesman for SYSCO. Well, he is no longer working here, but one thing led to another, and mom told him about me being a truck driver, and he told her that they were needing drivers. I talked to SYSCO, and I have been here now for 4 years. I am home every night, err, every morning. I'm nocturnal. :P The pay is good, good benefits. I have been scratching an itch ever since I quit driving OTR, but being married now, I reckon I might just stay where I am. One of these days, maybe my wife and I can run OTR. :P

[BanditsCousin]

I work for United Van Lines and love my job. Besides the good workout, I get a sense of accomplishment at the end of a hard day, and i know it really makes a difference moving people where they gotta go.

I also like the $$, the social interraction with helpers/customers, never being overweight (the truck, NOT me lol) and sometimes i even get tips. How many of ya'll get a tip at the loading dock? 8)

But, its a good gig because I don't have to run hard all year.

Thats my story and I'm sticking too it. OTR or local, it all has its +'s and -'s :wink:

[Rev.Vassago]

I pull for Graebel Van Lines because I'm too good for United. :P

[BanditsCousin]

Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago

I pull for Graebel Van Lines because I'm too good for United. :P

I don't pull for Graebel because I like to make money 8)

[Lewis friend]

I don't want to divulge the name of the company just yet for obvious reasons (i'm getting ready to jump ship) but i will eventually.

1) This is OTR and TL local. .46cpm when OTR (this is anything farther than 115 miles one-way) Local is $22.46 and we service a large department store chain; We are the dedicated carrier and that's pretty much all we do except for the occasional OTR backhaul. When local, i work the night shift, anywhere from 4pm to 5am depending on need.

2)Again, i don't want to reveal my exact location for reasons listed above but i'm in the Balto/DC metro area big time.

3)Same as above. ETC.

4)I picked them mainly because they were real close, 10 miles away, so my commuting costs are practically zilch and based on what another driver said about them (should have talked to more drivers). Am i "satisfied?" Well, obviously not else i wouldn't be contemplating jumping ship. But i will say that i don't really have any serious complaints about the company; Easy no-touch freight, basically 99%drop and hook, good tractors. Yes, they are freightliners but these are good. With freightliner it's basically hit or miss wether you're going to get a good one or not. I believe wether or not it's made in Mexico has got alot to do with it. Freightliner is improving regardless though.

My only problem is the hours are irregular and the impression i get is that the company doesn't really care about the need for sleep for a driver. The other thing is i'm not what i would consider getting a good amount of work. I think i should be making $1100-$1400 per week gross. And i'm willing to put in 70 (or more) hours a week.
But other than that, no complaints.

5) It's 99% drop and hook so the trailers are already loaded or unloaded by the time we hook to them.