Are the Black tractors that Werner has for company drivers also or are those L/O?

 

Werner company trucks are very much a Rainbow of colors these days. With the Continental blue as there standard. I believe the only reason for the rainbow of colors is for the resale-ablility of the truck when it goes to fleet sales.
Werner company trucks have a higher truck number assigned than the o/o trucks. Look at the first two digits of the trucks number. Current company trucks are in the 43xxx-53xxx sets. The higher the number the newer the truck. O/O's are in the 12xxx and climbing.

 

I drove a black KW and I was not an L/O.

I got conflicting stories from long-term employees about this as well, but supposedly at one time the color of the tractor was significant. But, at this point the color of the tractor means nothing.

 

The black tractors used to be on a dedicated account of some sort a while back. That is why when the trucks started to get some color all you used to see were black trucks. Now I think they are just another truck. I do know that the main reason for the different colors is to attract more drivers. They did some research several years ago and found that they could attract more divers if they had more of a choice in trucks and color. That is why when you get done with orientation, they have you fill out a paper asking you your top three choices in trucks. Plus, it helps with the resale value.Other than that, they are just another truck.

 

I don't want to be mean or anything but I saw the header and the first thing that came up in my head was : condolences!
I can understand the pressure you were under but I sure hope you can find a place that might be more to your liking soon!

 

To the op,
when at werner watch for the trucks that say EAGLE on them.
They are owned by Kevin out of Tucson. He ownes about 110 trucks and you should get plenty of miles. The trucks still use the paperless logs, but he has a lot of pull at werner.
I really did like working for him, but I wanted to be home more than every three weeks. I think I made a mistake when I left, but may go back or go to crete. I am still up in the air.
Best of luck

 

Thank You. Then why the attempt to discredit Phil McCracken because his views differ from yours?

 

If you talk to enough drivers you will eventually hear the same good and the same bad about any company.

Just through ovservation, drivers (including me) are more quick to bring up (be vocal about) the bad experiences with any company. In addition, they usually do not give that much meaty information as to what caused the bad experience to occur.

IMHO, a goodly number of the bad experiences were caused by the driver (not necessarily in this order): ) not knowing the driver/employee hadbook. ) failure to know the DOT regs. ) failure to communicate clearly with their supervisor (dispatcher). I would also have to say that yes that the companies lead to some of this by: ) not communicating with the driver ) not maintaining the equipment properly.

 

I was let go from Werner a week or so ago because of an in-cab evaluation and backing into a trailer at the end of the evaluation. I was a nervous wreck because I wasn't expecting a test that day, plus I'd been out of a truck for seven weeks. I had pneumonia, and recovered from that. Then, due to an oversight on my part, I forgot to turn in some information to the state of Indiana, so my license was disqualified for a few weeks, until I got the information the state wanted. CDL is all good now, but when everything was settled, I no longer had the dedicated account. They told me to go to a terminal and get reassigned a truck and a route. That's when I had the in-cab evaluation. I got stuck in the snow once, and they considered that an accident. The last night I drove I was sick with what later on was diagnosed as pneumonia. I shouldn't have drove anyway, but being new, I wanted to not seem like a wimp, even though I'd been sick for a week. That night, I backed into a fence. So I've got minor backing accidents that I'm ashamed of, but I've never killed anyone out on the road. I'm looking for another trucking company to work for, as I've put so much time and money into getting my CDL in the first place; it's cost me as much as my bachelor's degree did back in 1992. I may be screwed though; and it might come down to waiting for three years and then go back as a rookie. I'd only driven for six weeks before getting sick, and yes, I told Werner about going to the hospital, and getting the CDL paperwork straightened out, and they never gave me any warning that I was being taken off the account.

Many times I wanted to quit that place. But I stuck it out; I'd have been with them a year in another five months or so.

I'm beginning to rethink the whole trucking thing. Problem is, I and a lot of other people have college degrees that are not getting us the good jobs, which is why we turn to trucking. Just because you have a master's doesn't mean you have it made, unfortunately.

I'm hoping and praying someone gives me another chance. Sometimes it takes me a while to catch on to stuff.

Good luck, everyone!

 

You seem to have had a number of accidents for someone who has only been in the business about 6 month. I am sure that if you keep submitting applications you will find someone who will hire you.