I drove for Barr Nunn for a little over 8 months. I found their equipment to be great.
Their fueling procedures are the best I have ever seen. They give you a Qualcom listing of every fuel stop available in a state, and you choose which one you would like to use.
The miles were really up and down.
I know this business has slow times and FAT times, but the industry's ups and downs didn't seem to correspond to my dispatches.
I sat in Springfield, MA for 3 days over the Easter Holiday, and I was on the Southeastern Hometime Fleet,..... yeah, MA is in their SE Fleet.
I also spent 2 days waiting in K.C. for a load to get me to their terminal in IA. I thought THAT was inexcussable.
Anyway, I was home for most weekends, and enjoyed the fueling solutions and the equipment.
After many discussions with other Barr Nunn drivers, It appeared I had a new dispatcher and he just hadn't gotten the hang of the whole "continuity in dispatch" thing.
I spoke with my fleet manager and decided, based on his responses, that I could do better elsewhere.
If push came to shove, I would probably work for them again, except I would handle any problems with them face to face at the Iowa Terminal, where they couldn't just dismiss my questions and complaints as easily as they could over the phone.
Oh yeah, you will spend A LOT of time in tiny, cramped docks designed for 48 foot trailers and smaller.
I can't even count the times I was sent to New Jersey with a 53 ft trailer and the notes on the Qualcom specifically stated "No trailers over 48 FT".
Again, that was chalked up to an inexperienced dispatcher.
They run the East Coast heavy, and you will be in PA and NJ most of the time.
They do have some really heavy loads of water that run out of Florida, and that always helped to break the monotony of being in Jersey.
I hope this helps you out some.
If you have any other questions, feel free to e-mail me here on the site.
Good Luck!
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