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$846 - $1,710/week

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Former Employee - Dec 31, 2024

Forced dispatch doesn’t matter if it’s oversized or legal. Dispatchers don’t give a damn about you, they just want the work done. Talk down to you like you’re just a piece of meat. You have to call and get information for the load from the broker most of the time, so I don’t even know why the dispatchers are there. Want you to drive into winter storms if you have time on your clock and get mad when you say no. If you live in Florida DO NOT DRIVE FOR THIS COMPANY. You will NEVER go home and they will never even give you a load anywhere close to Florida. .60 cpm and the only way to get more is to do 5 oversized loads to level up and then it’s only .02 cpm more. $50 tarp pay and $25 per extra stop after the first. Almost every load is tarped. Have your TWIC badge or you will be paying $200 or more to pick up from the ports when they send you there. They love the northeast and if your dispatcher wants you there, that’s ALL you will do. I would never work here again, you are just a number to these people.

Pros

Trucks are decent.

Cons

Pay and home time suck.

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Former Employee - Mar 7, 2024

At.62 per mile, it’s a revolving door of high risk drivers. It’s like they gave you experience so that you can leave yet exposing their business to new risky drivers every week who have little incentive to stay. How about paying a decent wage so you can maintain good drivers and reduce risk to your business… how do you expect drivers to be paid $800 a week for flatbed which involves manual labor.

Pros

Well maintained equipment

Cons

They steal the drivers money even after profiting from the load

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Current Employee - Aug 19, 2023

Nice trucks, .62/mi and $20/hr is too low when you get forced dispatched on wide loads that pay you the same rate as legal loads! The dispatchers are too busy, rushed, and get snarky if you press them for more info, details, etc. Ignorant culture, where they quite often talk down to 25 yr veteran drivers who know more than them on many daily issues. Arrogant, flippant, and the courtesy is disingenuous, skin deep. Many local jobs pay you more for your time. This one averages $22/hr; $1600/wk avg divided by 70hrs/week, working six 12hr days per week, it's insulting really.

Pros

Nice trucks with APUs.

Cons

Pay is not high enough for risk and demands of job. It's about 30% too low. And that along with snarky dispatchers and load planners takes the cake!

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Former Employee - May 10, 2023

They do maintain there trucks. No home time, you cash in your vacation time as they make it a point to make sure you miss your scheduled time off. Don't believe the weekly guarantee pay, nothing in life is free. The driver cameras are not just for safety. Dispatchers can watch your every move anytime they want too.

Pros

Red trucks, good maintenance on trucks and flat trailers.

Cons

No home time, no vacation time, they watch you continually on the driver camers, dispatchers talk to you like trash, NO HOME TIME

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Former Employee - May 8, 2022

Where to start... You WILL be gone 3 to 4 months at a time, not 21 days like they say. They now have driver facing cams to watch and listen to you 24-7. Everyone has access to this, not just safety. THEY force you to sign a waiver giving up your rights to work there.

Pros

new truck new truck new truck new truck new truck thats the only pro

Cons

You WILL be gone 3 to 4 months at a time They now have driver facing cams to watch and listen to you 24-7 subpar pay no home time no vacation time (5( days not a week.

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Salary Surveys

Company Driver - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in on Dec 31, 2024

$1,346 per week

Current Employee

No

Company Driver - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Fort Worth, TX on Aug 19, 2023

$1,442 per week

Current Employee

Yes

Company Driver - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Fort Worth, TX on May 10, 2023

$950 per week

Current Employee

No

Company Driver - 4 Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Fort Worth, TX on May 8, 2022

$962 per week

Current Employee

No

Company Driver - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Fort Worth, Texas on May 5, 2020

$1,000 per week

Current Employee

No

Discussions

My Experience with Lone Star Transportation

American-Trucker

Dec 1, 2011

My Experience with Lone Star Transportation

Lone Star is generally considered pretty good around here. They were real big into wind a few years ago. That has died out quite a bit. They moved to Ft W from original headquarters in Gainesville, TX a while back. They bought the old Ceramic Cooling Tower headquarters at 820 & Blue Mound Rd in Ft W. If you do well they will get you into over dimension . That is what I like best. Good luck!

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Lone Star , Tmc , Melton questions.

LeeBoy

May 25, 2014

Lone Star , Tmc , Melton questions.

You will make the most at lone star....hands down...also, you'll get real OD load training at lone star which will increase your earnings substantially.

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Lone Star , Tmc , Melton questions.

LeeBoy

May 25, 2014

Lone Star , Tmc , Melton questions.

I second this. Lone Star is like all companies, but overall it's a pretty great place to work...or it was a couple years ago. I made good money and got a lot of practical, valuable experience with them.

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Lone Star bought out by Daseke

Rockford

Oct 3, 2014

Lone Star bought out by Daseke

Lone Star transportation of Fort Worth, TX became the latest flatbed company to purchased by Daseke. Kind of reminds of the 1990s when Ameritruck Refrigerated Transportation bought out a bunch of reefer companies. No problems until they merged them all together into one company which then quickly went bankrupt. I was working for Thompson Bros Trucking out of Sioux Falls, SD when they were bought by Ameritruck. That was the end of several good companies. No idea if the same thing will happen in this situation. Anybody who works for any of the Daseke companies notice any changes? Hauling each other's freight or being dispatched by other companies when in each other's territories?

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