Dohrn Transfer, Co. - Rock Island, Il.

you will have a very hard time finding a local job that doesn't work your 70 hours. And if you find on it is likely to only pay 8 or 9 bucks. I did local for 5 years or so and only recently went back on the road.
It's easyer to find a regional company that gives you two days home. I see my family more driving like this than I did driving local. Oh ya, most the good paying local jobs will be nights and weekends.
I know Dohrns, they have a terminal out of Janesvilly WI I spoke with but the money was miserable so I never went any further with them

 

More true words have never been spoken. I used to drive for Covenant, running regional and getting home for at least 1 day a week, sometimes 1.5-2. Then I ran for Central transport, as a nightime linehaul driver. Supposedly my shift would start at 1900, and be done about 0600. The truth is I only got back to the Terminal ONCE by 0600, and that's because I only went to Kokomo,IN and back (to Romulus MI). Most days I was lucky to be back at the terminal by 1000 (yes, a 15 hour ILLEGAL shift). And so, the only real day I got to properly spend with my family was Sunday, even though I was home every day.

 

WI has a 16 hour exemption. they allow you to be on duty up to 16 hours on a day, one day a week. If you started and finish at your home base and don't leave WI. My company has one run that REQUIRES us to use that exemption every week. It's one run where we go from Madison to Marrinette WI and then wait for them to scan patients then down to MIlwaukee and back to MAdison, WI It is at the very least a 14.5 hr run but I'v pushed the limits to make it fit into a 16 hr day more times than I care to talk about.

 

Yeah 10-4; My run was typically romulus Mi to Indy In. It's 300 miles (if u take us24) and my co said it should only take 5.25 hours to get there. That was my first warning sign. Anyways, they want you to drive straight thru, and then sit in Indy (waiting for your relay load from St Louis or KC) for 2-4 hrs, and run straight back.

 

I too worked for them, they really have no clue how to treat a driver !THEY believe that you should be seen and not heard ..it took me four months to see this.Be careful about how you leave them even with a 2 week notice they put on my dac "wont rehire"...owell they are known to put that on your dac ...QUESTION:WHY CAN THEY FIRE YOU WITHOUT RECOURSE THAN PUT BULL ON YOUR DAC ...WHAT`S A DRIVER TO DO??

 

I have seen their trucks and trailers. Wow! Tired old Binders and FLD's pulling worn out Wabash trailers. I can see how they wouldn't be someone to work for.

 

I really wish someone would turn CT into the governement. Someone needs to stop Maddie and his dangerous games before the public gets hurt. We all know that people are working more than 15 hours a day as over the road drivers for this company.

 

If you are talking about CT most companies know they are the pit of hell and ignore what they put on your DAC.