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Originally Posted by kips41

If you do a search you hear alot of the same sad stories about Heartland.
If you hear or see something once then not a big deal but if you see the same thing over and over again, that should be a HUGE warning sign.

You do see alot of very positive posts on Crete/Shaffer etc.

If I personally was going to roll the dice with someone, I think that Crete would be a better bet.

BOL

I've worked now for Shaffer for almost 3 years-- and I agree-- if you're just "rolling the dice" definately go Shaffer.

But, what I really want to know is Where is this MW Regional Shaffer Fleet-- never knew we had one.
We got a Wal-Mart Dedicated out of Bentonville, Ar---

Where do you live?

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Originally Posted by JC

I'll never feel sorry for anyone who quits a job after only 2 months. That type of person has no reason to complain about anybody or anything. They just need to take a good, long look in the mirror to see where the problem is.

Over-the-road trucking is not a job...it's a 24/7 lifestyle. But it pays like a regular 9-5 job.

The turnover rates in that crappy biz are through the roof. Because OTR robs you of your life as a husband, father, and citizen for pennies on the dollar. Run away unless you want to waste your life sitting at the dock of the bay for no money and hope for a parking spot in some nasty, piss-stained truckstop. Then baby-sit the company's freight and equipment over the weekend.

Go to college, learn a trade...do something positive with your life. OTR is a job of last resort for those with no prospects.

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Originally Posted by BIG JEEP on 44's

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Originally Posted by trinitron

Maybe a silly question from an old timer, but how the heck do you average only 2200 mpw and stay out 3/4 weeks at a time pulling a dry box for a company that advertises high% drop and hook and no touch ?? Something don't add up but must get real familiar with the truckstop queens

Well While working at werner the average Solo driver was only getting 1800-2200 weekly mile average due to many Live load/un-loads tied to 150-250 mile trips ,and many times nothing for the weekend at Werner it's not uncommon to hunt down an empty then deadhead 50 miles to a shipper then sit for a few hours then after getting loaded if you have a big mile trip either hand it off to a team 100 miles or less down the road or split it at a drop yard or terminal ,so it can be given either to a team at a later date or given to the NET OPS day cab operation to be relayed across the interstate until the last few miles remain then it is split at a drop yard ,and the driver with the sleeper on his truck gets to shag it over to a dock and sit for a few hours unloading my first FM told me with all the government funding for training students ,and Werner having a dealers license and only paying 53k for a brand new pete,KW,freightliner and selling them for 10-20k more than what was paid for them plus their generous fuel discounts from pre paid fuel by millions of gallons in advance that werner only need 1800 miles per unit to start to see a profit plus ,and that's just trucking profit ,and doesn't account for truck sales which is all profit when you sell a truck for 10-20k more than you paid for it ,and all the money given to you for training new students ,which is constant income with the constant turn over ...Now at Werner 1800-2200 miles was pretty poor at .26-.30 CPM , 2200 at .50 CPM is 1100wk that's decent money ...Now I know Werner is not Heartland ,But they are a big company ,So it's not a stretch of the immagination for me to see them only getting 1800-2200 miles a week per solo unit .

When i was with Werner i was getting easy 12K miles per. Those 6 months i prooved myself trustworthy to my dispatch and they used every second of that 11hr rule they could..