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Post by ybenningz on Sept 18, 2009 21:23:01 GMT -5
Hauling Intermodal, help need info on a semi decent company if there's 1 out there.
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Post by ybenningz on Sept 18, 2009 21:26:19 GMT -5
Companies are just taking advantage of the situation with the economy, they just making money over money. I feel like the customer not an Owner Operator, the company is making money both ways. I'm in business not for myself but for the blood sucking vampires.
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Post by truckerusa on Sept 18, 2009 22:43:10 GMT -5
Where you are located?
Just remember the trucking agent you deal with in that particular port area could be the main problem even though the carrier may be decent elsewhere. Many companies allow their representative agent to treat owner-operators anyway they please because that agency could take the customers he brought with h/her elsewhere. The agency can also manipulate the rates (since deregulation there is no posted tariff to abide by) or make other special arrangements (freebies-your labor or truck) for their customer needs.
Terminal managers employed by the company are held more accountable unless it's a poorly run operation from the home office down.
Some companies are rotten from the core to the terminal like HUDD. On a scale from 1 to 10, number 1 being the worst possible score, HUDD doesn't make it from "0" in my book.
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Post by chesapeakebay909 on Sept 18, 2009 23:32:18 GMT -5
If your looking for work in Norfolk, VA don't waste your time leasing your truck to TTSI Total Transportation Services, Inc. They are big BS rate cutters as well as liars. These a$$holes will terminate your lease pronto if they discover you are attending any trucker functions they don't approve of. They originate from California and are NYK's in house carrier.
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Post by heavyexpress on Sept 19, 2009 11:14:12 GMT -5
Sounds like you had an unpleasant experience with TTSI too. I am leased now to TFX but plan to move in the next week or two. It seems there is always a discrepancy in what the load really pays when we receive our settlement check. I don't need that headache. I was going to check out BTT this week but I doubt they are much better.
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Post by carolinaOO on Sept 20, 2009 12:08:01 GMT -5
It would help knowing city-state you are looking to lease your truck on?
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Post by superchicken on Sept 21, 2009 7:01:57 GMT -5
I can't really recommend a good one but here is another rotten apple to stay clear of, Evans Delivery service!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by daycab on Sept 21, 2009 18:55:33 GMT -5
Hauling Intermodal, help need info on a semi decent company if there's 1 out there. I have just resorted to trip-leasing between three or four of them when they have work which normally they all do. The last company bankrupted on us so I said screw it no more permanent leasing to anybody. I lost my escrow and two weeks worth of work with those slimballs. Some of the road drivers really took it in the @&% losing thousands. Now I get my money daily or weekly when I trip without any stupid deductions.
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Post by palmettobug on Sept 21, 2009 22:12:00 GMT -5
What's amazing is most will pay more to make the local move trip leasing than paying their own drivers who are leased. When they call they always need additional trucks to cover their work. I give them a price maybe ten/fifteen dollars more per box but most pay it because if the container doesn't get moved into or off the docks they get charged detention or worse.
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Post by emanage on Oct 27, 2009 23:08:00 GMT -5
Where you are located? Just remember the trucking agent you deal with in that particular port area could be the main problem even though the carrier may be decent elsewhere. Many companies allow their representative agent to treat owner-operators anyway they please because that agency could take the customers he brought with h/her elsewhere. The agency can also manipulate the rates (since deregulation there is no posted tariff to abide by) or make other special arrangements (freebies-your labor or truck) for their customer needs. Terminal managers employed by the company are held more accountable unless it's a poorly run operation from the home office down. Some companies are rotten from the core to the terminal like HUDD. On a scale from 1 to 10, number 1 being the worst possible score, HUDD doesn't make it from "0" in my book. Last time I checked, you chose to be a trucker. You also chose to work for Hudd. Not as an employee but, as a contractor meaning that you really have no employment obligation to them other than a lease agreement which you are allowed to terminate at your convienence. For the record truckerusa, we do not force dispatch. You have the choice to run it or take your tractor to another company that suits your needs. I have at least 30 owner operators a week begging for employement right now. I dont think these guys would complain about any forced dispatch. Last but not least, you are like children. I've never met a group of men who can't handle the most simple of paperwork such as logs, dvirs, and maintenance reports. Makes me wonder how any of you could handle the responsibilities of a family. Truck drivers have created the bed you lay in. My advice would be to spend less time on your computer and more time in your cabs driving you will likely make more money. Thanks, Hudd
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Post by oldblue on Oct 29, 2009 7:36:39 GMT -5
you are a sick little bastard.
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Post by truckinfool on Nov 1, 2009 16:46:32 GMT -5
And workin for a SICKO motor carrier too!
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Post by Pat106 on Nov 2, 2009 16:56:05 GMT -5
No forced dispatch at HUDD? You gotta be kidding. Refuse some of that garbage and see what happens with your dispatch.
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Post by ybenningz on Nov 8, 2009 1:19:43 GMT -5
Evans Delivery service is full of sh@#
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Post by ybenningz on Nov 8, 2009 1:26:09 GMT -5
How in the hell can Owner Ops make a living, $1 per mile.
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Post by realtrucker on Nov 8, 2009 8:45:33 GMT -5
Some of these d@mn fools are working for .85 per mile. I talked to one the other day after fuel surcharge he is making .90. But wait, that's also PC miles. What a chump!!!
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Post by ybenningz on Nov 8, 2009 9:54:58 GMT -5
Don't 4get 2 mention dray charges, I told the dispatcher I'm losing money on the dray's. He told me that I can make it up with the miles. I have my twic and all endorsements on my CDL. I just can't seem 2 find a 1/2 descent carrier.
Loaded miles is $1 mt .86 bobtail .76, dray is $37, fsc is now 12.5% X loaded miles is only a few gallons.
Any 1 have any info on Comtrack, Cowan, Southern Cal, Big daddy.
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Post by phantom309 on Nov 8, 2009 16:10:21 GMT -5
Don't 4get 2 mention dray charges, I told the dispatcher I'm losing money on the dray's. He told me that I can make it up with the miles. I have my twic and all endorsements on my CDL. I just can't seem 2 find a 1/2 descent carrier. Loaded miles is $1 mt .86 bobtail .76, dray is $37, fsc is now 12.5% X loaded miles is only a few gallons. Any 1 have any info on Comtrack, Cowan, Southern Cal, Big daddy. Shake them all up in a bag and they still come out smelling like manure
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Post by phantom309 on Nov 8, 2009 16:17:09 GMT -5
It actually depends on what port you are based out of, who is the local agent running the show, and who are their customers? I am just making time trip leasing until after the holidays when I will park my truck to catch up on repairs. The thinking is that come first of the year freight will trickle back to a drip anyway
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Post by hammerdown85 on Nov 8, 2009 17:01:38 GMT -5
hey, hey guys down south is just as bad or worse too many trucks .
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Post by tailgate on Nov 8, 2009 23:00:44 GMT -5
hey, hey guys down south is just as bad or worse too many trucks . How far down south are you? We (my husband & I) work the rail depot outside Atlanta but sometime run to Jacksonville, Florida or Savannah, Georgia. Yes there are many trucks here & not enough steady work for them all.
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Post by hammerdown85 on Nov 9, 2009 5:25:07 GMT -5
hello,yes iam south like miami, maersk had an auction amonth ago or so all the local companis bid guest were th rate went .there are companys and people abuse not just us ,our family but the safety the country this steamship lines are to me illegal they know we can not run 100% safe with the pay we get they have trucking companys to they know they just dont care...
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Post by Bob on Nov 9, 2009 9:00:31 GMT -5
Don't 4get 2 mention dray charges, I told the dispatcher I'm losing money on the dray's. He told me that I can make it up with the miles. I have my twic and all endorsements on my CDL. I just can't seem 2 find a 1/2 descent carrier. Loaded miles is $1 mt .86 bobtail .76, dray is $37, fsc is now 12.5% X loaded miles is only a few gallons. Any 1 have any info on Comtrack, Cowan, Southern Cal, Big daddy. Comtrack is probably the best pick out of these. I hear some of those guys seem to be doing OK. Local hauling sucks but is better than working for the oil companies right now. I was running the road but quit a couple months ago because the company I'm with slashed road rates to keep the customer which we lost anyway. In fact six of us stopped running the road and are swapping city work or short haul.
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Post by workingdude on Nov 10, 2009 9:52:24 GMT -5
hello,yes iam south like miami, maersk had an auction amonth ago or so all the local companis bid guest were th rate went .there are companys and people abuse not just us ,our family but the safety the country this steamship lines are to me illegal they know we can not run 100% safe with the pay we get they have trucking companys to they know they just dont care... You guys can have Miami Florida. Truckers there should get additional combat pay for driving in that cluster f^^k on I/95. The rates for local moves should be $20.00 per every mile traveled!
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Post by ybenningz on Nov 10, 2009 18:15:25 GMT -5
I'm a road driver, this company only pays short haul, not pratical miles. Flat tires out of drivers pocket, load can't delv early in the port, drop on the yard and pay dray charge. Drop a load on the yard and pick up a load and delv it 4 free. The load can't delv early get charged, moved a trailer and only made $10. Bucks. Charged me $37 too drop and paid me $47 too pick up a load off the yard 2 delv in the port. Local moves I don't even bother with, pays by the mile and it takes an average of 3 to 5 hours. Detention pay is only $25 and the company gets any where of $100. - $200
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