I have posted a message like this before.Watch who you sign on with.I went to orientation 9-11-06,and was going to drive for an owner leased to one of the largest expedite companies.I don't put any blame on the expedite company,what so ever.I accepted the owner's 40 cents a loaded mile agreement,with his Sprinter.He paid for everything else,maintenance,tolls,and fuel,insurance,etc etc.I drove up until Saturday 11-11-06,when he decided,he would lie to me about getting a straight truck,but when it came down to it,he was going to drive the van,himself.This left me with NO JOB.AND HE CALLS HIMSELF A "CHRISTIAN"
In the beginning he,the owner told me he would make up an agreement/contract.It never happened ! He told me I would get settlement sheets.That never happened until I turned in the Sprinter,Saturday.He told me that he would leave me alone,like it was my own van.That didn't happen either.The expedite company he was leased to,came up with a locator thing,owners can track their equipment,from their home computer.I don't mind that to a certain point.I'm 44 yrs old,and don't need a 79 year old man telling me he is watching my every move.The red flag should have come up the first time,when I felt vibration in the front end.I took the Sprinter a Dodge dealership,after talking with the owner.The Dodge dealership told this owner,when he was driving the Sprinter,the tierod was loose,but not enough to cause any real harm.Hmm. Well, the owner didn't have the money to fix that even when he was driving.Well, while I was driving the Sprinter,and it was at the Dodge dealership that day,the owner told me that the transmission was overdue for servicing,although the dealer ship had put that on his invoice,when he was driving the Sprinter,and he had the oil changed that day,when ever that was.The owner did not have the funds to have the tierod fixed or the transmission serviced.The dealership this day said the wheel weights had fallen off.Now while I was on the road,I always heard on Fridays,"you aren't making me enough money,you sit too much,the dipatchers are not giving you enough loads,I don't like to share my money with anyone else,You cash advance too much,do you eat on the road in truckstops or what,I'm going to have to sell the Sprinter,or just drive it myself,or find another business to put the Sprinter on with,the expedite business is terrible for vans". If you think about that for awhile,it gets on your nerves.Well,one day I called and spoke with the owner,and told him,"I am 556 miles away from needing an oil change He told me "you didn't make enough in the last two weeks,I can't afford a $125.00 oil change,being the oil is synthetic,and he only wants it done at a Dodge dealership,because he doesn't trust Walmart.So no oil change,no tierod fixed,no transmission serviced.Being they he paid for fuel,he got the bonus miles.One Saturday,I wa hit with a load to Nebraska.Sitting in Omaha,Nebraska board,I moved to Council Bluffs Iowa.I was bonused Monday night to the Rockford board.470 MILE BONUS,I WAS GLAD TO GET UP AND MOVE. For 12 hours and 470 miles,I was never compensated for any of that time.I drove for free.That's just one move,I'm really unhappy about.Mr money,never would give me ant compensation for that.I shouldn't have moved I guess.Other tikes when the owner told me I need to speak with contractor relation because I wasn't getting the miles,and he was unhappy.I was thinking,if he owns the van he is unhappy he should called contractor relations.He is the owner that must know someone after being there 5 years?
So anyways, I was setting in Peoria,Illinois.The owner calls me and tells me,He was thinking about trading in the Sprinter for a straight truck.Well he askedme to drive it,although he wanted a team in it.Well, I ain't teaming with Joe smoe,who stinks doesn't bathe and smokes like a freight train,and I have my dog,I don't smoke.He told me to bring the van back on Monday.I didn't get a load back,so he told me I could deadback to Ohio.At this point the oil change interval was 6000 miles overdue,but he wasn't concerned.In the 7 weeks,I drove,I did 35 loads.Maybe not a good record,but I'm sure some money was put in this owners pocket,But not enough I guess for sevice to be completed.I was enroute to Ohio,he calls me,and wants the Sprinter back Saturday morning.I explained that it would be late Friday night,when I got back,and I had to clean out the van.So we agreed on taking the van back Saturday at 1 pm. We arrived at our meeting point.I turned in my key,and Comdata card,then we talked. I was polite,po'd,and dumbfounded.I could not understand why a man would offer a Sprinter to a driver if he knew in his heart,he didn't like to share his money,with another person.After talking about 45 minutes,he finally told me he was driving the van himself,NOT getting a straight truck.I was totally shocked.In the beginning,the owner told me,with his wife and my girlfriend present,as he shook my hand,"I hope this will be a long term partnership".Well, that sure went to hell in a hand basket ! This puts a bad taste in my mouth to drive for some one else. I'm to the point where maybe I wont drive and find another industry to go into.My advice: WATCH WHO YOU WANT TO DRIVE FOR !!! I'm glad not to drive for someone who is wishy washy,yet at the same time I'm JOBLESS,thanks to a selfcentered,selfish liar.I'm not sure how he considers himself as a Christian ! x(
As I read the Bible,it tells us to pray for those we are againest us,and that we are to forgive. This will take time for these wounds to heal !
In the beginning he,the owner told me he would make up an agreement/contract.It never happened ! He told me I would get settlement sheets.That never happened until I turned in the Sprinter,Saturday.He told me that he would leave me alone,like it was my own van.That didn't happen either.The expedite company he was leased to,came up with a locator thing,owners can track their equipment,from their home computer.I don't mind that to a certain point.I'm 44 yrs old,and don't need a 79 year old man telling me he is watching my every move.The red flag should have come up the first time,when I felt vibration in the front end.I took the Sprinter a Dodge dealership,after talking with the owner.The Dodge dealership told this owner,when he was driving the Sprinter,the tierod was loose,but not enough to cause any real harm.Hmm. Well, the owner didn't have the money to fix that even when he was driving.Well, while I was driving the Sprinter,and it was at the Dodge dealership that day,the owner told me that the transmission was overdue for servicing,although the dealer ship had put that on his invoice,when he was driving the Sprinter,and he had the oil changed that day,when ever that was.The owner did not have the funds to have the tierod fixed or the transmission serviced.The dealership this day said the wheel weights had fallen off.Now while I was on the road,I always heard on Fridays,"you aren't making me enough money,you sit too much,the dipatchers are not giving you enough loads,I don't like to share my money with anyone else,You cash advance too much,do you eat on the road in truckstops or what,I'm going to have to sell the Sprinter,or just drive it myself,or find another business to put the Sprinter on with,the expedite business is terrible for vans". If you think about that for awhile,it gets on your nerves.Well,one day I called and spoke with the owner,and told him,"I am 556 miles away from needing an oil change He told me "you didn't make enough in the last two weeks,I can't afford a $125.00 oil change,being the oil is synthetic,and he only wants it done at a Dodge dealership,because he doesn't trust Walmart.So no oil change,no tierod fixed,no transmission serviced.Being they he paid for fuel,he got the bonus miles.One Saturday,I wa hit with a load to Nebraska.Sitting in Omaha,Nebraska board,I moved to Council Bluffs Iowa.I was bonused Monday night to the Rockford board.470 MILE BONUS,I WAS GLAD TO GET UP AND MOVE. For 12 hours and 470 miles,I was never compensated for any of that time.I drove for free.That's just one move,I'm really unhappy about.Mr money,never would give me ant compensation for that.I shouldn't have moved I guess.Other tikes when the owner told me I need to speak with contractor relation because I wasn't getting the miles,and he was unhappy.I was thinking,if he owns the van he is unhappy he should called contractor relations.He is the owner that must know someone after being there 5 years?
So anyways, I was setting in Peoria,Illinois.The owner calls me and tells me,He was thinking about trading in the Sprinter for a straight truck.Well he askedme to drive it,although he wanted a team in it.Well, I ain't teaming with Joe smoe,who stinks doesn't bathe and smokes like a freight train,and I have my dog,I don't smoke.He told me to bring the van back on Monday.I didn't get a load back,so he told me I could deadback to Ohio.At this point the oil change interval was 6000 miles overdue,but he wasn't concerned.In the 7 weeks,I drove,I did 35 loads.Maybe not a good record,but I'm sure some money was put in this owners pocket,But not enough I guess for sevice to be completed.I was enroute to Ohio,he calls me,and wants the Sprinter back Saturday morning.I explained that it would be late Friday night,when I got back,and I had to clean out the van.So we agreed on taking the van back Saturday at 1 pm. We arrived at our meeting point.I turned in my key,and Comdata card,then we talked. I was polite,po'd,and dumbfounded.I could not understand why a man would offer a Sprinter to a driver if he knew in his heart,he didn't like to share his money,with another person.After talking about 45 minutes,he finally told me he was driving the van himself,NOT getting a straight truck.I was totally shocked.In the beginning,the owner told me,with his wife and my girlfriend present,as he shook my hand,"I hope this will be a long term partnership".Well, that sure went to hell in a hand basket ! This puts a bad taste in my mouth to drive for some one else. I'm to the point where maybe I wont drive and find another industry to go into.My advice: WATCH WHO YOU WANT TO DRIVE FOR !!! I'm glad not to drive for someone who is wishy washy,yet at the same time I'm JOBLESS,thanks to a selfcentered,selfish liar.I'm not sure how he considers himself as a Christian ! x(
As I read the Bible,it tells us to pray for those we are againest us,and that we are to forgive. This will take time for these wounds to heal !
