Clark Transfer Harrisburg , PA

OWNER OPERATORS BEWARE OF CLARK TRANSFER INC in Harrisburg, PA!

The purpose of this post is to help anyone who is thinking about signing on with Clark Transfer. I do not mean to offend anyone, just calling it as i have seen it first hand and heard 1st hand from other un-named clark drivers.

This was the only forum i have found about Clark before i signed on with clark transfer. i hope it helps fellow owner operators avoid a financially bad decision. Clark will make things sound good but they are stretching the truth. please read on if you are thinking about leasing on to clark.

I quit Clark on 11-14-2012 due to lack of income after 7 weeks.

I am posting to warn anyone and everyone about Clark transfer. Their pay is misleading. I have never made so little with a truck in 6 years of owner operating. They tell you that the tours will pay about $300 to $700 per day. Most i saw were $280-$320 per day for solos. after expenses this isnt enough. the larger $$ numbers were for teams. at 1 point i sat for 6 days straight at $100 per day.
$100 per day for 6 days straight is not enough for a guy with a payment on a nice truck.
After expenses your would be better off as a company driver somewhere else!

They have a very high turnover rate because of the pay.

I ran into a nice husband wife team who have been at Clark for 5+ years. They were lead Drivers on the Les Miserables show. The wife told me how the show was going to sit in chicago for 3 weeks. She was afraid they would not be able to afford to go home for Thanksgiving to see family. SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING IS WRONG..... DOESNT IT?

I met several solos who are clearing about $1500 per week after fuel BUT berfore other expenses like truck payments, ins, and so on.

I met a guy who had been there for 20+ years who bounces his truck payment on a regular basis. WTF?

Another guy I met was talking to me about how in a year or 2 he wont be able to run legally in CA. He claimed he isnt making enough at Clark to justify buying another truck. He has been there for 5 or 6 years.

The teams are lucky if they clear $2500 per week after fuel.
I was with Landstar and did well there, the smart teams did close to double that or more. As a solo I cleared an average of $2500 per week there and put about 180 days/year in the logbook.

These guys at Clark are content making company drivers wages after expenses. Most cant afford to go home and wind up living like bums 365 days per year. The guys who stay do not know how to fish for freight or make multiple calls to get it or use a load board. From what i see Clark has a bunch of "glorified company drivers". Most of the drivers are nice guys but they generally do not know how to run a truck for profit or work on a truck.(please note the word "most" i did not say all)

If you are retired with additional income, a gypsy team that doesnt want to work hard, or you like devoting your life to a company with low pay who does not care about you... go for it!

Most of us deserve better.

 

most guys i talked to are clearing 1500 to 1800 per week after fuel and before truck payments and insurance. Untill you are in the trenches with them like i was, your arguement is weak.

The ones who stay are mindless, lazy, and lack knowledge of the trucking business due to low efforts. Turnover is very very high because the money sucks.

Sounds to me like you work at clarks office. I mean come on, 2 posts and at least 1 defending clark?????

 

Most have not been there a long time. the long timers are happy making peanuts and too scared to fight enough to see if other ventures are more profitable.

Answer this if they are so good. Why do they advertise so much on websites and radio?

if they were so good there would be a huge line of guys waiting to sign on without advertising. turn over is high due to low pay while being forced to be a lazy bum on the road

 

My judgement was also based on the income of some other guys there. i see the main office has you brainwashed into thinking $1500 a week profit is good money. i know company drivers who make that. everything you said is the same exact line of bs the main office feeds people.

The TEAMS were so dumbed down they were happy making $2000-$2500 a week.... my last check as a solo pulling tanks was $3800 after fuel for 1 week. i sat at home for a day and a half of that too.

I seriously think you are in the office at Clark as i examine your post more.

To anyone reading this is all bs and its bad for ya. i would work for clark before some mega carrier o/o scam. The mega carriers are known for preying on dumbed down sheeple. Clark is proof that smalled companies do it too.

If a solo cant clear $2500 ave week on a consistent basis, then its not worth being a bum in a truck.

Company driver wages in your own truck... what a joke. These solos deserve at least $3000 a week(after fuel) to dedicate themselves to the show life.

 

By the way b&m the last part of your post really makes it sound like you work in the office, or just want to get a referal bonus because you need the money.....shame on you for preying on the sheeple.