Any information on Truckmovers.com? (Truckmovers)

If you're in MO, might as well go with Prime.

 

i have worked for truckmovers for two years now. started with quality drive away, dropped them and now also work for bennett drive away.

there is good and bad with all of them. for me, the best pay has come from truckmovers. i also have a great relationship with my dispatcher, which is everything in our industry. many drivers have left truckmovers because of a bad relationship with their dispatcher.

my biggest B1TCH with truckmovers and quality is their policy of driver assumes all risk on driver hazards, from rock chips to road kill. THIS SHOULD BE A SHARED RISK BETWEEN TM, THE CUSTOMER AND THE DRIVER.

two weeks ago, i was charged 350 dollars for a chipped windshield from a truck delivered 11 months prior. last week, i was notified of another chipped windshield claim and i will be charged another 350 dollars... i also just got hit with a hood mirror claim, in which the friggin mirror just fell off when i was adjusting it. i could not see any obvious damage, so i assumed it was improperly installed. not sure how this will be settled and i did not complete the pretrip paperwork properly so i might be held responsible for it. oh well. live and learn. usually i am very, very thorough in documenting, but this one slipped thru the cracks.

by policy, bennett motor home movers do not have to pay for windshield damage/chips.

this docking of pay for hazard damage is a huge turn off for many drivers and they end up leaving all butt hurt over claims.

that being said. i got lucky and got a select position (which has since ended) to deliver washed trucks and grossed 106k last year, mostly with truckmovers. my net was somewhere near 1/2 that, and because of the tax code i had to pay little in taxes. we get 80% of the lodging/meal per diem allowed by the IRS. which makes for a nice near tax free paycheck.

singles delivery pay is rather low, averaging 50 cents per mile and you pay all (to and from) transportation costs, lodging costs and meals. sleeping in the trucks is prohibited, but i hear many do it anyway being careful not to leave evidence of use or damage. not all trucks have sleepers too, many are day cabs.

bennett has the best dispatch system where they post their loads on a nationwide board and you can pick and choose what and where. some of their dispatchers come off as arrogant, they seem to feel like we are overpaid, probably because they are underpaid and erroneously think 50 cpm is alot of money.

bennett has the worst pay system. you submit paper work and they can take many days to pay. you check your pay status, which is very confusing, on line, where truckmovers, very efficiently, communicates pay status via email.

quality pays their driver in two hours. truckmovers pays within two working days. bennett makes no promise they will ever pay you. (just kidding).

drive away jobs, when you start out, is a break even proposition, many actually lose money. as you learn the ropes, take jobs that pay more and go to places that cost less, you can move into the profit zone. taxes are never an issue due to write offs. then, there will be opportunities that pay more and the money can be quite good.

it helps to live near a hub or place that commonly has trucks outgoing but is not necessary. a reliable tow behind vehicle that weighs under 3000 lbs can help with costs.

 

Well, I am planning on going to laredo for a job with Quality Drive Away on October 27th. I also have an application with Truckmovers.com. I live in San Antonio, Tx. and don't have a tow vehicle yet so I may be taking a bus down to Laredo. I'm not sure yet. What kind of loads are good for making more money? If I get a local job will I be able to make a run once in a while for extra money?

Thanks.