worst truck driving jobs

I know the feeling. Trucking is not what it use to be no money anymore and no respect.

Well mike I got news for you,Insurance companies make the call who gets in a big rig & takes it down the road.It will be a cold day in hell when a Felon tells me about trucking ethics.

I feel your pain norm !!! i drove for priority [out of chesterton in.] i had a disp. who went by the name "oz" what a piece of sh@# he was, now im working for a company that treats CDL A drivers like professionals. we have an $ 800.00 a wk. guarantee witch is un heard of at priority.

Hey rjones1963, how bout guys with a dui on their record? Does that make them a person with unethical behaviors too?

roadrunner/dawes suxs!!!!!!!!!1
load haz-mat on your trailer without telling you, and tear up trailers with inexperienced dock -workers.

Jbugs in Martinsburg, West Virginia said: Worked for JB Hunt for 6 months and they are supposed to be king of safety well one day i had a safety issue with my trailer in the yard so i called dispatch they said it will be ok just pull the load well i refused to and they fired me.

JB HUNT IS A BAD COMPANY PERIOD

also go to ripoffreport.com to see more complaints on jb hunt

I didnt say un ethical, all that was said is this trucking industry has Insurance guidelines in order to put a driver in a truck and down the road. Maybe you should e mail those companies to see what they are & quit ragging on me.

If you are just getting into driving go with the big boys who offer in-house training. Truck driving schools tend to offer "Incentive$" to private/state run unemployment agencies to get people into their schools. Often times they knowingly take folks they can not get placed into a job with any company due to some event in their history. After all, you are paying the school to get your CDL. After you get your licence. There are no gaurantees of finding a job that suits your need(s). If you aply with a company that offers training,They tend to be more forthwright about your chance of being hired on as they don't have a vested interest in wasting time and $ & not being able to put you in their truck. (Always apply at a company that offers training before considering a "Trucking School.") At no cost to you. You will at least know without spending any of your $ what chance you have of getting hired. Try aplying @ the company you are most interested in first. Once you are hired you may have to sign a reimbusment clause stating pay-back terms for your training if you quit in a certain time period. Do your time with them. At least 2 years looks good on a resume. It takes more than a few weeks to get an idea of what a company is like. They all have faults! know that going into the business. You are looking into a life-changing business/lifestyle moreso than your next job. Most things in trucking seldom go according to plan. We plan & do our best to deal with the circumstances surrounding those plans to meet OTHER peoples needs/demands first & foremost to get paid. That is why it is called trucking and not a job.

Chuck in Summerville, South Carolina said: IHAVE 3 CONTROLLED SUSBSTANCE VIOLATIONS ON MY RECORD FROM 7 YEARS AGO.I'AM 42 NO POINTS AGAINST MY LICENSE,NO WRECKS AND NO CARELESS OPRATIONS.THE VIOLATIONS ON MY RECORD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH DRIVING.I WANT GO OTR BUT I HAVE NO EXP.I GRADUATED FROM A TECH SCHOOL WITH MY CLASS A CDL.ALL I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LAND IS DRIVING A TRIAXLE.ANY ADVISE

Hey dont' feel too bad. I was looking for a local job about 5 years ago & answered an add in the paper for a tri-axle position. Went to the interveiw with 11+ years experience (All kinds of trucks otr & tankers & flatbed ect.) They asked if I had a CDL w/endorsments? I told them I had the Alphabet on my licence, clean, no goofs. He gave me a 20min speel on how skilled of a job it was & I wasn't what he was looking for. (I figured he just had someone roll one on unlevel ground while dumping off or hoisted one into a tree,bridge, or power line or all of the above & just couldn't afford to hire me.) HA HA! You are in demand up here in these parts.

Steve in Baltimore, Maryland said: I spent like $1200 for trucking school and can't find a job. I do not want to go OTR. I want a local job but everyone seems to be on their high horse or something. My record is clean and i'm a good driver. Just can't get my foot in the door and these OTR companys want me to be out to long. Does anyone know of a company were i could be over maybe 1 or 2 nights tops?

Hey Steve. I have a freind who pulls for Cowan out of Baltimore! He loves it & has been there for over 10years. He pulls containers but runs the same freight lanes all the time and always seems to be trough the house or headed that way. He is an O/O but I see their green company trucks runnin all over the east coast. Try S&H up in York PA. The fleet manager is a real Human being who has been out there behind the wheel & still might take a run here & there to get out of the office. Or at least I know he still could. Best of luck to you!

Hey does anyone know how insurance works when your a O/O? If you contract out with someone do you just need bobtail or can you buy the whole package with your own personal insurance? Do you have to deal with the insurance co. that the company you contracted out with deals with?

I am researching CRST I have only found a little bad about them.(but you find about the same with all companies.) At the moment I am slotted to start CRST school, I might just have the gitters but before I sign anything I would like to see if they are as good or bad as I think. Thanks.

Thomas in Flint, Michigan said: Hey does anyone know how insurance works when your a O/O? If you contract out with someone do you just need bobtail or can you buy the whole package with your own personal insurance? Do you have to deal with the insurance co. that the company you contracted out with deals with?

You have to make sure what coverage the carrier has on you, your equipment, your cargo, and yourself such as workers comp. A good reputable company will advise you prior to leasing on what is required of you and what is provided by them/will be in your lease agreement. If it isn't in your lease/they can't tell you what you are covered under. By no means lease on with them. In the end the truck owner/driver is held responsable for any number of things which means any & all things they can think of! What ever the carrier dosen't have it is up to YOU the truck owner to make sure you are insured. As an O/O IC, I have to carry property damage/liability, Comp/collision on tractor, unladen/empty, bobtail, and worker comp on myself. If you have a high risk/haz mat or high value load. The agent/broker or customer may request an additional insurance rider on top of your coverage to cover any added risk. Be sharp & keep asking questions. All the best to you & good luck!

Thomas in Flint, Michigan said: Hey does anyone know how insurance works when your a O/O? If you contract out with someone do you just need bobtail or can you buy the whole package with your own personal insurance? Do you have to deal with the insurance co. that the company you contracted out with deals with?

BTW, I was leased to a small mom & pops outfit & they had a fatality accident. I was (Told)by them when I leased on that bobtail insurance was all that was required of me to purchase.
(I also had my own comp&collision. All said & done. The driver that was involved in the BIG One was not at fault, But was driving a LONER/Penske truck at the time because his truck was in the shop getting an overhaul. His Insurance company only insured HIS truck not the loner. The whole thing spiralled into meyhem as to who was responsable for the coverage. The company I am with now showed me what coverage I am Mandated by law to have leagaly and to have to do work for them. They offered better coverage to me though their insurace as a package deal & was a better deal that what little insurance I had with MOM & POP.

Hey Lenny, the reason I ask is because my insurance agent told me that he can only give me bobtail insurance and the company i'm leasing from must supply the rest of the insurance while I'm working for them. So what your saying is if I buy my own truck and sign a contract with a company I can then supply everything for myself?

Thomas in Flint, Michigan said: Hey Lenny, the reason I ask is because my insurance agent told me that he can only give me bobtail insurance and the company i'm leasing from must supply the rest of the insurance while I'm working for them. So what your saying is if I buy my own truck and sign a contract with a company I can then supply everything for myself?

Most insurance agents will only sell you bobtail/liability.Yes the company SHOULD cover you under their cargo claims,unladen/empty,property damage policies. A lot of them don't. If you wind up in an incident there are six ways to Sunday to put the liability on you. Just make sure you get an insurance card w/your tractor vin# Tractor Fleet# listed on your lessors policy roster & what your rig is covered for under their policy. Don't pull a load for them till you have one "IN HAND." Don't forget to get your Workers comp policy! Some States it's maditory to have now. It's cheap & worth $1/day. There is a company with a duck mascot who is AWEWSOME at protecting a driver.(Making a roadside repair on your truck or CO. trailer.) As an independnt you have to have it. In most cases companies don't offer it for a number of reasons. If your company Has an AAA+++ DOT rating, they may be able to cut you a great PACKAGE deal on insurance. If a number of treir drivers have alot of tickets,wrecks,dui,or DOT OOS violations, your going to pay BIG $. If you still want to pull for a particular CO. There is an O/O organization OOIDA who has affliate insurance offeres for their members. (My cousin is a member) & says it's a good value & they stand by their members. Don't forget to check out any companys DOT rating before you lease on with them. The better the rating, the better deal on insurance & more respect from DOT officials.

If you really want to drive,there is acompany out there thet will hire you,felony or not,some good some bad.OTR is easiest to get on with.

I have two dui's one in 96 and 2005 will someone hire me?

Deric in San Mateo, California said: I just want a job. I have a CDL But no Experiance. and of course 6 felony's but all of them years ago. Arrow almost gave me a job. but there recruiter messed up and I heard they are not that good and I was willing to work for them any way. I have told people I will work for half the price and still no one will give me a chance. what a waist of money I put into truck driving school. any one have a suggestion email me at rickbozora@yahoo.com

Try C>R England.My Brother wnet though them.

For these of you looking for a some what good place try C.R.England out of st.lake Ut

my husband lost his job because he tested postived on a random drug test. he has completed the SAP program. But no one will hire him. He just made a mistake in judgement. He was not smoking on the road. Do anyone known of any company that may give him another chance
thank you for any help
his wife

Find a company that doesn't use the DAC report. That will be hard if he was driving before.

How bout any help for a good driver caught up with a random positive drug test
wanting to drive a dump truck

Deric in San Mateo, California said: I just want a job. I have a CDL But no Experiance. and of course 6 felony's but all of them years ago. Arrow almost gave me a job. but there recruiter messed up and I heard they are not that good and I was willing to work for them any way. I have told people I will work for half the price and still no one will give me a chance. what a waist of money I put into truck driving school. any one have a suggestion email me at rickbozora@yahoo.com

Try Covenant Transportation in Chattanooga Tn 800-721-5202

US XPRESS=I never worked for them, but heard how they strand applicants miles from home at Orientation sites and how they screw up people's DAC Reports

You are so very right bunnygirl!! I have even been thinking about driving a bus lately. My story goes as so..I started my driving career in Dec. 2004 with USXPRESS and stayed with them until I decided to switch over to a company called BEECH FREIGHT SYSTEMS out of LITTLE ROCK, AR....BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE!!!
This company happened to still be entwined with USXPRESS as an O/O who ran his own company but leased his trucks from USXPRESS and pretty much still went by USXPRESS'S RULES. I switched over because of .04 more per mile. This guy decides that even tho your truck has been in and out of shops for the whole 3 weeks you were driving it that when it comes to a planned hometime and a preplanned doctors appt. at home that you can't go home because you haven't ran enough miles for him!! After asking for a repower and being told "maybe" or bring truck to Arkansas yard first and then I could go home I decided that he wasn't leaving me stranded in Arkansas with no way to get home to Alabama!! I took the USXPRESS truck to the terminal in Tunnel Hill, Ga. where I had originally picked it up from when I started driving for him, cleaned it out, called my son and told him to come pick me up, I had sent Mr. Beech a message over the Qualcomm telling him I quit, where his truck was located and I was going home!! I receive my last paycheck in the mail for $80.00!!! I had run hard that week and my check should have been over $900.00 bring home, well by the time he finished taking what he wanted from it for "ABANDONED TRUCK" and "OUT OF ROUTE MILES" it was 80BUCKS!! I sent for a copy of my DAC REPORT to find out what he had put on my DAC...it shows "unauthorized use of equipment" and that I had been discharged!!!! After a totally clean DMV,criminal record, safety record and background check, I was screwed by him!!!!

TruckCoOwner in Salt Lake City, Utah said: Funny, I have never been ripped off by a felon...but ripped off SEVERAL times by trucking companies!

AMEN TO THAT TRUCK CO OWNER!!! YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH THAT COMMENT...TRUCKING COMPANIES HAVE BECOME SO CORRUPT AND GREEDY THAT THEY SEEM TO FORGET THAT IF IT WASN'T FOR THE DRIVERS IN THOSE TRUCKS WORKING FOR THEM THEN THEY WOULDN'T BE SITTING IN THOSE AIR CONDITIONED/HEATED OFFICES EVERYDAY RAKING IN MOST OF THE BIG MONEY WHILE PAYING THE DRIVERS NEXT TO NOTHING!!

What can drivers do we cant go on strike because we would be replaced the next day and not to mention are DAKS would be screwed all to heck.

John in Martinsburg, West Virginia said: What can drivers do we cant go on strike because we would be replaced the next day and not to mention are DAKS would be screwed all to heck.

I AGREE ABOUT THE STRIKE NEVER WORKING BECAUSE TRUCKDRIVERS WOULD NEVER STICK TOGETHER TO DO THAT BUT AS FAR AS THE DAC GOES, COMPANIES CAN PUT WHATEVER THEY WANT ON IT ANYWAYS, YA DON'T HAVE TO MESS UP TO GET BLACKBALLED ON YOUR DAC! I FOUND THAT OUT THE HARD WAY...

doesnt matter if you stick together, if you go on strike the national guard will haul that frieght until they find a replacement driver. Then good luck finding another job. Best thing to do is think before you vote this election/do your homework.

what if you do your homework and decide that none of them are worth wasting your time going to the polls for? ya have to admit, our choices for presidents in the past haven't been very good and seems they are getting worse with each new election! as most of us already know, doesn't really matter who we elect to the white house, it's the one's who control him/her once they get there!!

You just eliminate the worst candidate and work backwards,that goes for congressman,senators,judges etc.

Well....everyone is talking about the worst....but how about the BEST trucking jobs.......I have been with ABF for 26 years...as a city driver outside Philly...and as a road/Utility driver....and i have to say they are the cream of the crop..... great equipment....new trailers....very safety conscious.... great working conditions....great dispathchers....great co-workers....I have 31 years in the pension (5 years at McLean trucking) in the Teamsters philly area supp..and my pension would be $3700...if I retired today..and i am only 56. there is a lot of negative talk about the union on here...and you're entitled to YOUR opinion...but most of it is heresay as most of you have never worked for a union company ...I'M telling you first hand...a UNION job is almost ALWAYS better than a non union job!

Paul Dallard, ABF shop steward, Chester, Pa. Shield1751@hotmail.com

John in Martinsburg, West Virginia said: JB HUNT AVOID AT ALL COSTS

get over it jb will get rid of you if your bad at keeping logs or just a slack driver and it sounds like you are. i have been with jb for 13 years and i see them come and go and to jb it was time for you to go

I was a great driver 0 accidents no late appointments and never late for work and my logs were 100%. I had a safety issue and they refused to call road service while i was still at the terminal so i refused a unsafe load that would possible harm others and me. You sound like the type of driver that s...s up and s...s under the table to get what you want. You can have Jb Hunt because i work for a union trucking company now making over 24.00 a hour. Have fun with your 45 cents per mile. Ohh and your grammer needs work!! lol lol

Chris Battershell said: DEBOER, Blenker, WI; Company located middle of nowhere,
Operations Manager is rude towards drivers does not have a open door policy, will leave drivers stranded in blenker Wi with no way back home. THey will falsifity
personnel records for their own personal gains, on a power trip " I'm the boss and you're nothing attitude.
Do not work for this company

This DeBoer Company did the same thing to me after I refused to climb up onto a wet and unstable curtain van load that was up to near the ceiling. I am still very outraged at how this company treated me when I worked there loyally over 10 years ago. I would be happy to join in any legitimate hearings against DeBoer!!!!!

j.b. hunt recruiters are liars,, two weeks ago they told me 4 times that I was hired and to come to orientation. Then when I called to confirm they told me I wasn't hired because of a dismissed misdemeanor on my record.

and Big Dawg dont trust them they are full of it. then some guy said he could get me a job hauling wood floors in another state, he was full of it to.
well maybe some one will hire you if you get a hazmat, who knows. they look at whats on paper, they never take the time to know you. I am driving a bob tail, but most the time I am the passanger.
Try this site :www.resumepromo.com/jobs/
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I dont know if this will help any of you but at least it lets you know of companies in your area that are hiring, here is the addy it may link you to the site if you click on it, Our Truck has been parked in the driveway since 2001 when a car load of druggies decided to try n drive under the trailer and the insurance said well its cheaper just to pay them, with that and fuel costs we would rather throw rocks at it than put up with the bull, I feel for everyone but owning is nooo better. Cont...
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how are the roads in viet nam? didnt expect to see a post so far away

chuck in Laurel Hill, Florida said: rick you can go to the court and try and have your record expundged

A chuck listen, if you r not getting any money, if you r poor u can get ur crinimal record taken care of by a legal clinic for free. I'm not sure how long ur felony has to be b4 that consider to dismiss it. Also to let you know, even getting ur record xponded it will still show it on USIS report. I no it still shows up on mine. Good Luck.

John in Erie, Pennsylvania said: I have a felony from 8 years ago checks and credit card abuse. I am working pulling tanker for 35 cents a mile. I get about 2500 miles a week and I am home every weekend. I even got my hazmat. it aint that hard to find a half decent job if u have a felony. I also have about 20 MISTIMEANERs also. so my rap sheet is a mile long. I have aslo been offered many OTR jobs making 40 or better per mile. just keep your driving record clean and time helps alot with criminal backgrounds. If they see you are good for 7 or more years they feel bettr about hireing you.

A John if you are still reading these things, can you tell me what company you are working for. Maybe some of us could see about coming aboard.

These companies' need an overview group
with respect to What they do! Robert

jc in Conyers, Georgia said: my husband lost his job because he tested postived on a random drug test. he has completed the SAP program. But no one will hire him. He just made a mistake in judgement. He was not smoking on the road. Do anyone known of any company that may give him another chance
thank you for any help
his wife

try badger express out of fall river wi, they'll hire just about anybody based on experience and personality. they have a new owner who's a prick and they tend too push ya but it's a start.

David in Fort Smith, Arkansas said: I am researching CRST I have only found a little bad about them.(but you find about the same with all companies.) At the moment I am slotted to start CRST school, I might just have the gitters but before I sign anything I would like to see if they are as good or bad as I think. Thanks.

Hey David, If you are thinking bout going w/crst, from experience they are just bout like anyone else that train drivers for their cdl a. One good thing about crst you get paid twice a week. But you must have in your paperwork (trippak) in at a curtin time. I dont know if you want to go solo. I know they said they have solo drivers in the east and everywhere else is team. I have a guy in the trk w/me and he wanted to smoke weed (u no those funny rolling cigs.) on duty and in the trk. You will find out that running teams you will have problems w/ur teamdriver or he/she will have a problem w/u. In the 8mos. 2weeks I was w/crst I went through 5 co-drivers. Some of them could bearly drive moreless read a map, pre-trip and other things you have to do to get there safe. I'm not blaming those drivers, however when you start that training please make sure that they train you so you will know what to do and when to do it, cause they are just going to try to push you through the course and thats not really good. Hell they had me to help them teach pretrip airbrakes the drivers in my class due to me already having experience w/cl b. The choice is your, my suggestion is to call around and weigh the option of other company that will train. I didn't.

A how do you get an DAC MVR report for yourself, anyone knows cause the only thing I've gotten from DMV is my H-6 Printout.

Gizmo!!!! Sounds like some clown name from the Circus!! You can find local jobs without going OTR. Don't listen to this Clown called Gizmo, it looks like he don't even have a job with all his stupid comments!

I used to drive for Swift quit in January 08. thought I`d get another trucking job no problem well I was wrong, had a preventable in 06 have been turned down by 12 trucking companies so far gonna keep tryin I luv to drive truck

I drove for J.B.Hunt for (10) months and they never and I mean never got my pay right, no matter what I said or did.
I had a safty issue with them and was terminated only to find the reasons for my termination had been blown out of perportion when I applied for my DAC Report. A lane change accident is reported as a side swipe, and I moved a trailer and damaged the landing gear, J.B. reported it as a dropped trailer, and I had a minor backing accident and the cops werent called but they reported I had been issued a tickett, I only have two years expereince driving and did bad all by myself and did not need any help."Boy do I need a job, be safe guys"! PS DONT EVER SIGN NOTHIN!

I was involved in a lane change accident in 06 was not cited by CHP or fired by Swift who I was drivin for at the time, I made a safe lane change to pass a slower truk on a grade I was struck by a moron 4 wheelr rear of trailer 3 seconds later more or less. The guy told the officer I had pulled out in front of him he even admitted he was goin up to 80 mph I told the officer my side of the story but in the accident report he left out parts of my statement and said I caused the accident unsafe lane change. I quit Swift a year later now I cant get on w/another company cuz of the accident

I drove for Jb Hunt for 6 months when i refused to haul a unsafe trailer and they fired me over it. I took them to court and won the case and i got my dak straight now but i still cant find a job.
If anyone knows other ways a company can screw u let me know.