5 Dirty Trucking Company Tricks You Should Know About 

To any new drivers starting in trucking-if they ever tell you in an interview/orientation " we put you on 30 days probation", tell them (the company), "thank you, because I am only giving you 2 weeks probation". Let them know from day one that they need you and you don't need them. Never love/like a company because they will never love you back. Always keep the back door open. Advice from 36 years OTR.

This is exactly why i ended up getting fired from work, they offer me a $5,000 bonus,500 at 30 days and the balance at 6 months,so 2 weeks before the 6 months dead line i was late to work(1st time ever)and the boss was waiting for me at the front door just to tell me:WE PARTING WAYS! (I was ready for this) I ended up approved for unemployment benefits(28 weeks at 667) and i also took them to court for the rest of MY "sign on bonus" that i had ON WRITTING(be smart,get this shit on paper) and guess what? They have a long record on firing drivers weeks before the dead line so I also ended up getting my $4,500 !!! Just wanted to share the experience with u guys !

I been in it for 20 years and I just found out that they get extra on weekends

Dave!! it's so damn aggravating..... My biggest point of frustration is why so many of us put up with it!!!! I've spoken with hundreds of people from all areas of employment and no one else has to put up with this bullshit! Why do we?!?!?!?

A lot of times guys are singing hold harmless as well! Read the form your signing! Never sign a hold harmless form!

Hi, Dave, nice vest, looks great. Lordsburg, NM., Deming, NM., my most favorite area on I-10. Great topic, "Sign-on bonuses " total baloney !

Speak the truth brother u always tell it like it is . I like the jacket remind me of Chicago bulls m j . An Scotty pipin. An rodmin. An others.

Well, if you get $10,000 sign up bonus right away after being hired, why would you want to work there. Just collect the bonus and move on to the next company.

Yeah you forgot about the new next one hundred scams coming up. I'd be sweating and nervous 😬 signing the paper to join. That shirt is made for country bar dance with pipeline crew. Cool video thank you Truckers.

I like this guy 👍🏼😁 don’t sign your name give them a name savester lol thanks for your useful info brother . Good bless you

On November 11th of 2017 when I was tired and fatigued from working a six day work week due to a so called "holiday rush" from J. B Hunt. They put me on an unfamiliar route in Massachusetts when my tractor was sideswiped by one of their stupid assed drivers. The head scumbag, Philip Glennon, didn't want to hear my side and I was fired after three damn years with those bastards. No matter what the situation is, it's always the driver's fault! Is this part of their company training?!? Do a video of this as well!!!

AND NATIONAL CARRIERS WILL ALSO TAKE MONEY FROM YOUR CHECK

if trucking companies pay out sign on bonuses right off the bat then drivers wud scam companies they sign up get bonus then they just up and quit screwing the company so i can see why trucking companies drag out the bonus

Thank you

I will sign the BOLS as Bob Dole

Good looking out!

@3:24 it’s call “detention” someone is getting payed... 💯

What happens if u get fired (safety) on a trucking lease u "can't" walk away from?!?! I got two tickets (30points each)am I gonna have to pay for it still? Will I be able to find job else where? Or can they tie my hands?

These are smaller carriers that cheat the drivers... rookies can't be hired on smaller carriers... insurance won't carry them.

This guy is exposing the real trucking industry, 💯💯💯💯💯💯 All the thumbs down were from the guilty carriers😂😂😂😂😂

Got burned out being a RN so went and became a OTR driver for almost a year. Never thought I would be so excited to go back to nursing after being screwed by the company I started with

Glad I'm paid by the hour and my work is construction hauling and its local.

No wonder they're having a problem attracting and retaining employees.

When I started driving in 92, the rule was that the bigger the sign on bonus, the worst the company was.

He 100% telling the truth..this why there a driver shortage

I always told my company if they spent as much time looking for ways to build their customer base as they do figuring out ways to take money out of the driver's pocket, things would be better.

This industry is cut throat.

I got my revenge on Aarhus United in NJ. They made me sit there 4 days idling fast idle because their employees were incompetent. They refused to pay detention time for my own truck, that had to stay running the entire time there cause it was veggie oil in a tanker. I saw that they had a tank overflow and spilled palm oil into the storm sewer at the Port we was at. Turned them in, turned out they never had any permits for hazmat, and the oil was another violation. Cost them a couple million dollars in fines. Fuuu Aarhus.. screw me, I screw you.

All you rookies who are not 100% as to what to expect or look for should listen to this guy here. He speaks the ABSOLUTE TRUTH and 100% of it. It can be a good career as long as you don’t let yourself become walked on or taken advantage of.

I had no idea that there were so many regulations in the trucking industry trying to choke out small trucking companies.

I got wacked for a lumper fee: $175. I went home for the week and turned my truck over to my co-driver. He was going to complete the run. I asked him if he new how to do the lumper check. All good. I few weeks later, in a different truck, my wife called screaming about getting a $5 paycheck minus $175. I went balistic. I found out I was still responsible for the load delivery and lumper fees. It came right out of my pocket! It sucked! CR Englands policy is turn the lumper reciepts. My co driver never did that. Anyway, I can right it off on my taxes as a non reimbusred business expense. I was counting on that money to pay a bill. Because of this screw up, things turned into a nightmare. Now, I don't trust anyone for anything.

I 100% agree, I just quit Covenant, since they never paid what they offered me, on top, they had me pay for tolls, pad-locks, car rentals and other stuff, and never reimburse me for none of it, not to mention I only collected 2 checks for only 12% of what I was promised, so if anyone is considering Covenant, please run, run fast and far away from Covenant, they will rip you off heartless!!!

Prime been robbing truckers for years and everyday there is a new sucker

WOW! If I knew half of this stuff, I may have never got into Trucking.

I sued USA truck for 20 grand in 2010 for not paying Fed min wage for all on duty and driving time,. I won 50 grand. don't forget 1/4 of your time on the road is free labor for your company, fueling, dropping and hooking, pre and post trips, logging, fixing small crap, ECT ECT....me and my 2 million safe miles don't drive anything for mileage pay,. only hourly pay.

Got off the road 3 years ago and now I drive a recycling truck i know it a dz thay treat me like gold and I make more than i was on the road

It's a shell game The other thing that trucking companies do is always keep a certain percentage of drivers in the (Top Performrers ) or ( The Elite Fleet ) These drivers are unknowingly get ting preferred treatment They get the good paying runs and loads ,they usually get their breakdown pay,layover ,detention time pay and home time This select group of drivers purpose it to promote the company propaganda and shield the company from potential lawsuits and already positioned to rany efute claims by drivers saying they were mislead by recruiters or advertising The companies can afford to give the select group of drivers top pay because they cheat the majority of drivers out of their pay its a preemptive maneuver

Thanks very much for this informative video. No truck driving school for me..... Thanks again...

Get with a good Trucking lawyer before you sign on with a company. Have your lawyer look over the contract. Have your lawyer advise you on how to keep records so that you can sue them later. A lawyer in an advisory capacity is not expensive. Money only becomes an issue when they have to actively get involved in a lawsuit. If you have had one advising you all along, it'll be cheaper and easier when the lawsuit is filed, because they've been helping you set up what they need to win. There are victims and there are volunteers.

I've been trucking since 1993. I found myself applying recently and got a call from PTI (Paper Transport Inc). I ask them to give me an actual mileage from a real run. While on the phone with the recruiter I check it with Google maps. Turns out on that specific run PTI is shorting their drivers 30 miles. That's when the recruiter started tripping over her words. She got another company rep on the phone and she fed me a line of shit about how that's the way they negotiate their contracts with their customers. She actually thought she covered that pile of shit up. Nope. I went on with the recruiter just to dig a little deeper. I asked if I could get a Freightliner with an automatic that hasn't been smoked in. You could almost hear the record screech to a halt. She said she couldn't make any guarantees. I asked "Can you at least get me into a truck that hasn't been smoked in?" Again she said "No guarantees." That's when I blew up and pretty much started yelling at the recruiter about how they don't give a shit about the drivers. I could hear her crumpling my application when she said "Maybe we shouldn't pursue this any further." I said "That's probably a good idea." Click!!!!!! Currently working with FedEx where they pay actual hub miles. I'm home every day sleeping in my own bed. I drive only at night when the crazies on the highway are at a minimum. The DOT doesn't mess with FedEx drivers. I make just as much as if I was OTR. If you factor in no OTR out of pocket expenses I actually make more.

Steal from drivers turn around and give it to lobbyists and political contributions.

I did P&D for a freight company for a few years and every time a shipper wanted me to sign by the pieces where I wasn’t able to count the actual pieces I would sign it and right next to my signature SLC=shipper load and count Or a lot of times they have me shrank wrapped skids and wanted me sign for actual pieces I would say no I’m not doing that. I would sign X numbers of skids STC x numbers of pieces (Said to contain )

There is no such thing as a back-haul, another scam to give owner ops low freight rates. A broker once told me "Oh, you want a back-haul back to Alabama". I told her no-I want a good paying load going back that way. Just another scam in trucking to cheat drivers/owners. '

Been in trucking for 13 yrs now and from day one to this very day I have never signed a BOL with my real name. If I was not allowed on the count I always asked who the guy was that loaded the trl and then signed his name or the shipping clerks name. Hell I've even used the name of who ever owned the company I was working for at the time I've even used past and the current president's name. CYA cuz your company damn sure ain't

Glad you mentioned about the companies cheating you: When you outsmart them, and beat them at their own game, suddenly your service is no longer needed.

Probably the most accurate description of how trucking companies shafts their drivers. Well done sir!

My dad was a long haul OTR truck driver most of his adult life but it was well before all these scams were basically commonplace in the trucking industry. Even still, seeing what he experienced made me never want to be a truck driver. It's sad that these companies do this to you guys and gals that keep this country going. All I can say is God bless all of you that choose to do it and I appreciate it

Werner Enterprises promised me $1200 per week and a $200 sign on bonus. I never got it.

Pimping ain’t easy!

You know, if I had a SHRED of evidence regarding the way the industry was, and is headed 19 months ago when I obtained my CDL, I honestly NEVER would of followed through. I did my research and I knew to stay away from the OTR megas, but what I failed to realize, is that the local outfits can be just as bad, or worse. I'm speaking specifically in regards to my area (Central Tx) and I've found one of the major scams around here, is local outfits paying percentage of the load. Whether it be flatbed, hopper bottoms, end dumps, you name it. Smaller fleets of 10 trucks or less and they all pay percentage. When you factor in the waiting time, etc you have to run multiple log books just to make a decent check, and the icing on the cake is when they say "we'll be paying you via 1099." Well of course you are, why wouldn't you put additional burden on me as a driver when it's so easy to do so. I know that there are good companies out there whether it be local,regional or OTR, but unfortunately finding one of those "good" companies that wont run you into the ground and make you stick your neck out on the line daily, seems to be like looking for a needle in a haystack. I'm more geared towards local driving so I'll stick to that portion of the industry, and around here and withing 40 miles each direction, all you find is companies boasting in their ads about how great they are, and don't forget about the over abundance of exclamation points to really put a dramatic late night infomercial spin on it!!! When in reality, it's all the same song and dace. Makes me sick. I've got a clean MVR, all of my endorsements, no criminal record, clean CSA etc, and I can't get a decent company to take a look at me because I don't quite have 2 years of experience on paper, (thanks insurance companies.) So I'm stuck weeding through the sketchy companies, trying to find the less of the evils so I can run and get my experience and pray to god I don't get popped for this or that, and ruin my chances at getting on with a reputable company once I have 24 months of experience. Speaking of said trucking companies, every interview I've been to in the last 2 weeks seems to have an interesting trend. They either want you to look past the shitty equipment, of course because that's on you once you leave the yard, or they'll put you in decent equipment and expect you to run like a scalded dog and cook the books so much that at best you get a couple hours of sleep here, or there. Meanwhile they're paying you the bare minimum so that you HAVE to run with said issues in order to just break even, while they pull in money hand over fist, and somehow they think they're doing YOU a favor? Makes total sense. The real sad part, is there's guys like myself who have been forced to run like that becasue we HAVE to pay our bills and feed our families. But guess what? Mr. State Trooper, or DOT officer couldn't care less, you're just an irresponsible, law breaking trucker in their eyes. So what in the hell are you supposed to do? About all you can do, is say a prayer and hope for the best when you leave the yard everyday, especially in an area like mine where GOOD jobs are hard to come by, where they actually treat you with respect as a driver, as opposed to a laborer in a sweat shop. That's just the way it is around here, and regardless of experience, the companies that have a good rep, have a line of qualified guys that forms a line around the block. You're damned if you do, and damned if you don't it seems. I've thought long and hard lately about getting out all together. I hate the way the industry is headed with the rules and regs, the shitty modern equipment, the list goes on. It just seems as if the industry as a whole is slanted AGAINST the driver, not to mention that at least 90% of the companies out there seem to not give a damn about you as the driver, but more so about what they can do to make the absolute maximum profit, while paying you peanuts. You threaten to quit, who cares? There's 15 applications sitting on the desk of guys that will take your place today, only to repeat the process. It's a revolving door at most companies, and there's a reason for that. I'll end my rant there but I had to vent somewhere, as my wife's tired of hearing it.

They steal because they can...….you work non-union and you work without a contract. the average driver at UPS makes 36.00 dollars an hour and they are teamsters...…...imagine that. You give way too much of your labor away for free. You have to be "on-duty" when fueling the truck and doing pre-trip inspections. Who pays you to fuel the truck? Break-down, road side inspections and detention. This is how they steal. Driving a truck for cents per mile is a suckers game...…..Drive the northeast and you might be lucky to average 45 miles an hour, if you are lucky.

WOW!! Sounds like CR England, CRST, Werner, Prime, Swift and the other Mega carriers!!

Not a trucker, but once several years ago while out on a rural service call (IT), the guy riding with me pointed out something about the trucking industry that has always stuck with me. He asked if I had ever noticed in the city the multitude of help wanted advertising signs by security, fast food, and discount retail firms. I said that I had, and that those firms need to always advertise for help because they treat their employees like crap. He then asked if I had ever noticed out on the road the multitude of help wanted advertising signs by trucking firms.

Hey there, I’m an old school driver myself with 30+ years experience. You used a term “shrinking the mileage “. Reminds me of the old Rand McNally house hold movers guide mileage calculator all the big carriers used. The biggest scam ever pulled on the truck driver routinely shorting the trips anywhere from 10-12 percent. I’m an advocate for abolishing the “pay by the mile” pay scale. Nothing compromises safety more then “pay by the mile”

deceit , deception , lying and denighing. thats the majority of trucking.

If I switch companies I only go to one that DOESN’T have a sign on bonus. & the mileage calculation is a huge scam! Layover, detention, all scams!

And they wonder why they will always need drivers! Glad i quit when i did. I loved driving but a big F you to the industry! I got lucky and got a job making tons of money and home every night and best part i retired after 15 years. So yea, F the trucking industry. People learn the hard way. They used to have little books for the milage, zip code to zip code minus some. The truck driving schools are also a joke. Unless you truley wanna be nomad and live like a true slave at the same time then by all means go drive. I'm 50 now and retired because i quit driving after only 3 years of the BS. But godspeed to those who do.

You didn't say anything about rubber pay check

I don’t always agree with this guy, but he has nailed it on this video. I’m so tired of the bullshit mileage scam. The mileage rarely matches the actual mileage, and the time it does, it’s a mileage that cannot be done because it is not a truck route!

I love watching his video this whole system is so full of sh*t. I learned a long time ago u have 2 cyoa ( cover your own ass). Its so sad how damn near every company tries 2 get over on the driver, no matter who u driver 4. Smfh

When I had to pick up drop and hook trailers at a shippers facility I would write on the BOL diagonally in big block letters above the signature line- SHIPPERS COUNT/SHIPPER SECURED. Most of the time I had no problems with the clerks. One time I got into a knock down dragged out argument with so called know it all who told me I could not do that. The argument ended when he told me his job was about covering his ass! I said SAME HERE!

Too Funny, and too real. On my anniversary with a big carrier they slowed my miles down so I didn't get my pay increase. They told me freight was slow. It sped right back up after my anniversary which meant I never got my pay increase. Sad

Thanks for the valuable information on carrier scams. Here I was thinking that the bigger carriers were the more professional with the best paid drivers. Boy was I wrong ! I'll stick with the small guys and help them grow instead. Your videos are blessing. Thanks a bunch !

That is why we see more and more non- Americans driving trucks.

You can't, and never will Win at Trucking. Your playing Somebody else game, a stacked deck. All the rules are against the Drivers. Nothing in the industry favours the Drivers. I have been Victim of every single Company Scam You mentioned in this video. Often there is No recourse to lodge a complaint, and if You do, nothing is ever done about the money You were ripped off for.

You are telling the truth I appreciate you getting straight to the point

How about when they promise regular raises and all of a sudden, after your raise, you're only getting 1200 miles a week.

Werner shorts miles pay by 5 to 10 percent per trip. When I complained about it, I was told that it's ok for them to do it because all the other big companies do it too.

Man thanks for all this clear concise information 100% truth ... Xsigned

I schnigned on with a mega-carrier for a dedicated account. Promised starting drivers 1500-2000 miles at .32/mile a week, to start. Wasn't told that half those miles would be "empty" miles (hauling pallets) at .06/mile on back hauls. Giving them 1 chance to make it right and keep the terms of my sign on bonus (which they wouldn't take my military truck experience because it was over a year ago). The man in this video is absolutely correct.

Got my start with a notorious company that payed city to city miles, not by the odometer/hub. Long haul trips that were 2500 miles were instead 2375 miles. I confronted my DM about this discrepancy and told him that I was keeping track of it and they were shorting me miles, he just said "thats how its done now a days and I will see if I can bump it up a bit". Safe to say I didn't stick around much longer after that. Also, had a planner from the same company send me a dispatch with completely inaccurate mileage for a short trip into NYC, clearly no other drivers were willing to accept this short 350 mile trip due to the ending location, so the dispatcher tried to bribe me and my co driver after I declined the initial dispatch by making the mileage like 1400 instead. Being a newer driver and knowing my limitations I wanted no part of NYC as Chicago was enough for that week. Love your channel man! Stay safe out there guys!

He's correct, *never sign* those bills without "SLC" or "Shipper Load and Count" somewhere on the BOL If you have to call claims, that's the first thing they'll ask. It's bullshit in this day and age that there's no board a driver can go to about being cheated out of money. Especially with all the mileage they steal. I think it's a damn shame that I have to get it back by burning their diesel 24/7 so that I can get at least some of it back through fueling points.

You got that right. My last job I was offered a $2,500.00 "sign on" bonus. Pay out was $500.00 every 3 months. They paid me "short miles". About 100 miles a week SHORT @ .53cpm.= $50.00 a week. So,where did the $500.00 quarterly bonus come from? From the mileage they stole. I have since quit. In the future I will sign the freight bills Don Corleone.

Another scam is paying Driver like say 25% but first taking 10 or so % off the top for fuel. Had a End Dump company do that to me. I busted them when I got a check & the rate dropped a couple cents a ton, called them on it all they said was the had to, because of the cost of fuel & the gravel company didn’t pay a fuel surcharge. I kinda thought if the load didn’t pay then why are we hauling it. I know why they did it, it was to keep the customer happy & screw the Driver if they didn’t make money as long as he was making it.

I don't know if anyone else is noticed this but in my truck my temperature sensor will be at 21°, but the real temperature outside will be like 15°I remember specifically one time it was 12° outside and guess what my truck was reading 21°. I found ways around this but I still feel like this is a pretty dirty trick they pull.

14 yrs of trucking I did. Long haul. I just finally had enough.

Love it, : " sign on bonus", more like smoke and mirrors! I just laugh when hear the companies trying to pull the wool over the new hires eyes, they'll always find ways to avoid paying it, or most of it.

Preach!!! Very well said!! Me and my mentor have gotten close over my first year (which I drove over 100K miles) and we were talking about the same, exact things! I love talking about how shady this industry is.. because as long as they have documentation, it's all a mind game! You're speaking the truth!

Yep. Know what to look for and ask. There's been a few times I caught the mileage being short before, luckily before payday. They tried passing it off as every other thing other then them short changing the miles, but, they did work in the the missing miles.

I had to quit a company for all of the reasons mentioned here. One example was dispatch told me to wait a day for a load they were giving to me. 2 days later one of the dispatch finally gives me the paperwork to proceed with the load. The head dispatcher finds me just before I leave and takes the paperwork away from me explaining he had promised his friend this load. I complained to the owner. His reply was dispatch was God and not to question God. The load he took away was a 4500 mile round trip with hazmat pay. I ended up pulling a 350 mile load that day. I commented about this on another RU-vid page and someone said I was an ass for complaining and that I was trying to change how a company operates for my own purpose. It shows the poor attitude out there for drivers. My driving record started in 1987 and have logged over 2 million miles accident free going on three. I've also never been late by own fault for any delivery. I have scored a few times in the company top fuel economy as well. The example above was only one of an endless array of excuses for short tripping drivers there while their friends got the long miles. It didn't matter how good you were, it mattered who you knew there.

I NEVER knew so much about the trucking industry that I'm in until you've educated me!! Please continue your Awesome videos!!! P.S. Please go into further detail about the Pilot Flying J scam. Thanks!

That's why I am glad I work for a decent company. Still some hick ups but not that bad. I am also paid hourly but I am a p&d driver. LTL is the way to go.

Good on you. Great upload.. after 30yrs of driving heavy vehicles in Australia and new Zealand, I've learnt to not believe a single word my employers tell me lol..

Trucking is sweatshop on wheels. Got hosed by Werner, never got the student loan reimbursement.

Never ever do any more work than what was discussed during your interview! If they promised you certain lanes or runs, then a week after you’re hired they ask you to help them out by doing an “extra run” or doing a “different run” than your normal route, don’t do it. They will gradually start taking advantage of you to help more and more then next hung you know you’re not doing anything that resembles what you thought you were hired to do. Stand your ground. Don’t do It. You took that job based on what that recruiter/manager told you your duties would be. Nothing more. Nothing less.

Im 19 and im just now starting to get my CLP... glad I saw this 🙏 never knew a company would treat its own people like that

Another thing when I was owner operator with a major trucking company was the fuel incentive program where they are supposed to get a percentage back that was a joke I never seen a dime back from them

Dude knows what he's talking about. Got CDL in 2002, seen a lot of what he said first hand. FYI to drivers, if you're on side of road for more than a couple minutes put out your triangles. I was broke down on side of interstate and another tractor-trailer hit me. I got sued even though 5 troopers and 1 DOT officer said I did nothing wrong. He destroyed his tractor, my trailer and load, damaged his load and my tractor and almost killed his passenger. He ran over my triangles and my lawyer said if I didn't have them out I could have been fault. If you drive a big truck no one is watching out for your best interests. Not cops, not your company, not your dispatch (who will lie about everything), not your customers, you are on your own. Be safe, be legal, trust no one...

I signed on with Central trucking co. CTI out of kingman az. as a casual driver " the big thing any more ",,,, they run drivers on regional runs out 3 day runs , and back ..out of all terminals , it works for me being a semi retired ( and on disability to pad my income ) but what they dont tell you is they limit the mileage east of kingman to glenrio tx. to .32 CPM ....but pay runs to cail . 43...yeah another scam ...yeah there all the same ...after 35 yrs out there im used to them all ...but this works for me ...on one week off one week ....! keep up the good work dave ... !

This dude is Awesome 💪🏾 and I really appreciate your willingness to help us new truck drivers. Thank you very much Bro👌🏾

Thanks for all the tips on your vids. The bigger the company in any industry it seems the worse off you'll be. I'll stick with my construction job like you say and try to find another side hustle between projects. Too many fee's and regulations in this industry.

You forgot the biggest scam of all, in my opinion! The lease to own your own truck! Oh ya, I fell for that 40 years ago...they start making you money with the what-will-be-your-own-truck someday, and slowly start to ''starve'' you out, and pretty soon you're behind on your truck payments, they take the truck back, and then use that truck to start the scam all over again on the next poor trucker! That one should be illegal in my book! trucking is hard work and heart-breaking work...no getting around that! But yipeee...I'm retired now!!!

I have NEVER ever gotten any bonuses.

K let me break it down. After twenty years experience as a professional driver I've seen cab overs to conventional tractors. My dad came home with twice as much money. Then the 1st strike in 73 changed how much we make. Now the ELD is cutting our wages in half. What is next? No families no home and no money. God save my TRUCKING INDUSTRY

You had me laughing........Walmart is infamous for that practice of piece count. I am glad you put this out here for these steering wheel holders.

I spent 35 years of my life as a long haul trucker, and a few more years before that as am army trucker. The biggest scam of them all is the "lease purchase" scam. They tease a driver with the idea that he might become an owner operator (never happen) or he might make more money than a company driver (not true). I bought my own truck in 1990. I can tell you a few scams that companys who only hire owner ops are guilty of,starting with landstar ranger. The best job I ever had as an owner op was being leased to forward air for 12 years. I dont miss trucking (im retired now) but I miss forward air. I loved working for them. I hope I dont sound like a commercial.

I ran a dedicated customer for a mega carrier ...mostly drop hooks and the customer paid the deadhead back...so our bosses figured they would send us out of route to get loaded with any freight they could find on our return trips and bill the customer as if we were empty...basically getting free freight because we (drivers) were paid by the day not the mile or load.

That's one reason I got out after 28 yrs. Dirty business. It use to be a great job. Not anymore

I drove for 39 years for UPS. There was big money in Trucking in the 70s . Everything went to shit with deregulation

Awesome info for the new drivers. I was an owner operator for a major HHG vanline in the 1980's and 1990's. I saw this all the time even in our industry. That is why I sold my truck. Keep up the good advise!!!!