I have been expediting for over 16 years , always in a cargo van . Worked for the same company for 15/ half years . Made a real good living with them , home almostevery weekend if i wished to be . The management all got change to a lotta hot headed inexperienced kids . They reminded me that my years at the company meant only to them as i was a number and they could find lotsa numbers that would work . So i quit . Decided to try a different company last june . Ran realy hard made good money , not home so much . Would like to be home more . Then the bad stuff happened at christmas time . It got slow and some other stuff with my company . But i trying to hold on , the weeks are getting harded to get bye . But trying to give the benifit of doubt and hold on . Better days they tell me are coming soon . Thought about going to a different company or back to my old one that i gave 15 plus good years too . Anybody got any sensible advice ...........................?
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More info please, like which company now? What was the old company? Still in a van? Straight truck? Tractor? Solo or team? Welcome to the forum. We look forward to you input.
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mjolnir131
Veteran Expediter
Well judging from his name i would guess he's with run just run but thats just a swag.
dhalltoyo
Veteran Expediter
I suggest you contact Tri State.
Welcome to the site.
Aufmerksamkeitst: Just a word of advice. Don't post anything negative regarding any carrier that pays for advertising on the site or your thread will mysteriously disappear.
Oh, and read the contract carefully before going to orientation or you may be lead to believe that you are getting a certain percentage as the result of their advertising, but only to discover it reads "x" percentage of less than 100%. If the carrier won't fax or email you a copy of their lease agreement before you agree to sign on....forget them!
Talk to a few vans drivers from any company of interest. A tractor driver or a straight truck driver might not be able to provide the exact info you need. Why? Some carriers have decent freight offers across-the-board, but others only have regular offers for their TT's and straight trucks.
Welcome to the site.
Aufmerksamkeitst: Just a word of advice. Don't post anything negative regarding any carrier that pays for advertising on the site or your thread will mysteriously disappear.
Oh, and read the contract carefully before going to orientation or you may be lead to believe that you are getting a certain percentage as the result of their advertising, but only to discover it reads "x" percentage of less than 100%. If the carrier won't fax or email you a copy of their lease agreement before you agree to sign on....forget them!
Talk to a few vans drivers from any company of interest. A tractor driver or a straight truck driver might not be able to provide the exact info you need. Why? Some carriers have decent freight offers across-the-board, but others only have regular offers for their TT's and straight trucks.
Wow...You are 500 times wrong. I will say this Dave - you accuse this organization of that one more time and I will cancel your membership on this site - of all the people who should know better - a former Moderator. You obviously have a beef with us - take it to PM's - if not you will be removed.
Without question rjrrob, you should be mindful of the source of any info here. As an example, dhalltoyo once used what he refered to as "chatter on the cb" as the source for info he posted here. That would, very clearly, brand him as a questionable source, IMHO.
dhalltoyo
Veteran Expediter
Lawrence,
If you have a moment could you please clarify something for me?
Are you indicating that if I should post the contract info to which I have referred, this factual information can remain on the site?
I guess I am a little confused, because I can email you copies of the threads that were deleted. Hopefully you can understand my concerns when something like that happens. Personally, I don't believe it was your doing, but more so, a subordinate who has a bone to pick. It was only my intention to inform others in regards to those carriers who disseminate confusing rates and policies. I have a friend that works at one particular carrier and I was told that after my original post regarding their lease contract, they were inundated with calls from their active owner/operators.
Again, I never intended to offend you personally. You response gave me pause for reflection. After writing a newspaper column for two years and never having the Op/Ed editor reject, or edit, any of my content, I sometimes forget what great liberty was afforded to me.
PS. Star, I mentioned the CB chatter as a source of misinformation in general. If you can find a post of mine that indicates otherwise please bring it to my attention.
If you have a moment could you please clarify something for me?
Are you indicating that if I should post the contract info to which I have referred, this factual information can remain on the site?
I guess I am a little confused, because I can email you copies of the threads that were deleted. Hopefully you can understand my concerns when something like that happens. Personally, I don't believe it was your doing, but more so, a subordinate who has a bone to pick. It was only my intention to inform others in regards to those carriers who disseminate confusing rates and policies. I have a friend that works at one particular carrier and I was told that after my original post regarding their lease contract, they were inundated with calls from their active owner/operators.
Again, I never intended to offend you personally. You response gave me pause for reflection. After writing a newspaper column for two years and never having the Op/Ed editor reject, or edit, any of my content, I sometimes forget what great liberty was afforded to me.
PS. Star, I mentioned the CB chatter as a source of misinformation in general. If you can find a post of mine that indicates otherwise please bring it to my attention.
Dhall, in Truck talk there's a thread entitled "Hino vs. Freightliner". I don't know how to create a link, but you talk about the "CB chatter" concerning the problems with Sterling transmissions, clearly using it as a source, without saying which transmission. I guess it was all the transmissions they use?
dhalltoyo
Veteran Expediter
Yes, I do remember that post.
The demise of Sterling is testimony enough as to the problems with their trucks.
From their website:
October, 2008
Dear Customers,
You may already be aware of Daimler Trucks North America's (DTNA) decision to discontinue the sale of Sterling branded Heavy, Medium, and Light duty Trucks. After months of extensive review, and after examining a range of alternatives for both DTNA and Sterling, we reached the painful conclusion that this action was a necessary response to dynamics in the economic environment, and future demands on the company's capital and other resources.
Star...are you a Sterling truck owner?
The demise of Sterling is testimony enough as to the problems with their trucks.
From their website:
October, 2008
Dear Customers,
You may already be aware of Daimler Trucks North America's (DTNA) decision to discontinue the sale of Sterling branded Heavy, Medium, and Light duty Trucks. After months of extensive review, and after examining a range of alternatives for both DTNA and Sterling, we reached the painful conclusion that this action was a necessary response to dynamics in the economic environment, and future demands on the company's capital and other resources.
Star...are you a Sterling truck owner?
Before starting this, I had been an O/O, T/T driver for nearly 35 years.
I had purchased 5 new tractiors over that time period.
International, GMC, Freight, KW and Volvo, in that order. All were O/O specked.
Hands down, the Volvo was A+ in my book.
I had never driven a straght truck cross country until now.
The truck is a 2006 Sterling, with 353,OOO now showing.
Like the Volvo, this is a sweet ride and if I were to ever buy a new one, I would go for another Sterling.
I can not count how many times a week drivers, shippers, 4 wheelers, etc. compliment us on the truck.
So, I guess like anything else, we all see things different.
BIG JOHN
I had purchased 5 new tractiors over that time period.
International, GMC, Freight, KW and Volvo, in that order. All were O/O specked.
Hands down, the Volvo was A+ in my book.
I had never driven a straght truck cross country until now.
The truck is a 2006 Sterling, with 353,OOO now showing.
Like the Volvo, this is a sweet ride and if I were to ever buy a new one, I would go for another Sterling.
I can not count how many times a week drivers, shippers, 4 wheelers, etc. compliment us on the truck.
So, I guess like anything else, we all see things different.
BIG JOHN
RLENT
Veteran Expediter
That's true - but I knew who you were talking about - even if you didn't have the cajhones to actually say who it was .....
As do I .....
Be interesting to see if your and my copies would agree .....
Might not be so much a case of a bone to pick, as much as it might someone with enough common sense to save you from yourself ..... how does the saying go ?:
"When you've dug yourself into a hole, why not just put down the shovel and stop digging ?"
For you to say that the above was your only intention is, at best, a misrepresentation, and perhaps others, less charitable than I, would call it a blatant, outright lie. If you truly believe that to be true, then you are not even being honest with yourself, much less us .....
One would only need to examine the tone and content of the words in your posting, in the most recent thread to be deleted, to draw a conculsion about what your "motivations" truly were .....
Easy words to say - personally, I'll be looking for evidence of that in your future posts ..... should there be any.
In response to highway star:
He did - and your response was to try and twist the fact that Sterling is being discontinued as a brand - which is an economic decision, probably largely due to marketing and having duplicative brands/products - into something else entirely different, into evidence that there was a quality problem with the product. Nothing in what you quoted (other than some CB chatter apparently) supports that contention.
It's this kind of fantasy of "X" must mean "Y" that gets you into trouble David - you draw conclusions about many things that certainly could possibly be true, but aren't necessarily true - and the "facts" that you cite often do not support your conculsions.
Beyond that, when someone does actually point out the above, rather than admitting to being in error, the likelihood is that you will:
A. Never respond, or
B. Disappear for awhile until the incident is forgotten.
Like I said previously (in somewhat different terms), in that thread that is no longer around .... some folks have a problem with accepting the fact they themselves might fallible ..... and so can never admit an error.
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No, I don't have a Sterling, and I haven't heard anything at all to suggest that a quality problem led to the brand being dropped.
I wish I could at least tell you "good job" at deflecting, but this was a pretty lame response. It does do a good job of supporting the notion that one should be careful about who they listen to here.