[pothole]

Originally Posted by zipy46

Yeah it might work...its feasable if they run a tight ship.

Just want to talk direct with some of thier drivers first....

With less than 300 trucks I might as well be hoping to stop and talk to Bigfoot

These folks are hard to chat with.

Might be a bad sign for you. Means they dont come to your neck of the woods much.
As for me I practically run them over all day. They are very heavy in my area as we have a lot of meat packing in the area.

[zipy46]

Finally cornered a current and a few ex drivers for Jim Palmer.
(These guys are hard to find)

Overall a good company and good miles.

Downside...'Backseat Bean Counters' watching over your world.

They assign some of the most impractical routes one might imagine according to the drvrs I talked wth.

Also you must get fuel where they tell you and how much the tell you.


Maybe eventually they (and others)will have come back to basics and leave the driving to the drivers who know how to do it and be effecient at it.

Bean counters just bug me....some of you might not be bothered by them.

Just sharing the info it took weeks to gather if anyone gives a hoot

8)

[zipy46]

PS:One of the also shared (from experience) that now is a bad time to
learn the west...its gonna snow like crazy soon and those hills are rough.

Best to learn as much about the western USA and then ease into snow driving.
Wait until April or May of 08 he mentioned.

[truckerglenn]

I worked for jim palmer 6/98--7/99 out of the tampa fl terminal
i got miles 13,000 a month average. the only complaint was
you would be on a good load half way threw it when some O/O
would come along a take the load and give you some crap load,
this is what got me terminated. I refused to take the crap load

[zipy46]

Originally Posted by truckerglenn

I worked for jim palmer 6/98--7/99 out of the tampa fl terminal
i got miles 13,000 a month average. the only complaint was
you would be on a good load half way threw it when some O/O
would come along a take the load and give you some crap load,
this is what got me terminated. I refused to take the crap load

Trucking is an odd world

I have heard several people in the trucking world mention scenarios
similar to this

[Piece Of Work]

I drove a reefer with Trans Am for a while. The waiting is chronic and dealing with lumpers and Comchecks gets to be a pain. Plus you need to get washed out more often.

Piece or work you forgot to tell him to go to cfi and to use you as a reference so you can win that yukon.

[Smooth]

Originally Posted by crb

Piece or work you forgot to tell him to go to cfi and to use you as a reference so you can win that yukon.

LOL