Hogan transport, st louis, mo?

My experience with Hogan has been good. I believe they are a good company to work for. They are a smaller trucking company headquarter in Earth City (Bridgeton) MO. They run International Prostar and Freightliner Cascadia. Both are automatics, however, the Freightliner has a clutch. Trucks are 2011 and newer. They may have some pre-2011 but not sure. Dollar General run out of Fulton, MO. I am not sure about their hometime. The regional division do about 2500-3000 miles a week for solo (more for team). I have been with Hogan for 4 months now and I am home every weekend. Keep in mind, you will not always get in Friday afternoon and leave Sunday night. Sometimes, you will get in Saturday Morning or leave Sunday morning but you will see home on weekends. You get holiday pay (after 3 months)and it depends on your fleet manager if you get the holiday off. I believe that currently, there's a bonus of $4000 also. Overall, Hogan treats their drivers pretty well, and is courteous and respectful. I've spoken to a lot of drivers that have returned to Hogan after leaving. Hope this helps.

 

In general, Hogan runs midwest, Southern US, and NE US. Yes, Hogan does run to NYC, but usually (not always) those loads will be given to the drivers that live up that way. I've personally have not had runs to NYC, and I don't want it. The closest I've been is Newark, NJ. As far as weekly advances, yes Hogan has them. I don't know what the limit is, but $100 is doable. You also get a comdata card for fueling. Hogan have yards in Earth City MO, Downtown St. Louis MO, Indy, Columbus OH, Kansas City MO among others where you can get fuel also. If your friend have years of experience, he/she will probably go on a 200-250 mile eval run (1 day) with a driver and then get own truck. inexperienced drivers (less than < 3 months) normally go out with trainer for 4 weeks. Otherwise, you can expect to go out for a week with a trainer.

Sorry for jumping all over the place. I am typing as I think of information you may want to know about Hogan. Hopefully this will help. Any more questions, just ask.

 

got my test drive 3 rd day. picked up on the yard ran to springfield il. drop and hook back to the yard. the autos only major problem i found was backing up an incline to a dock overheats the transmission and it beeps loudly. the jake does suck. the electric apu thing sucked as well. i left mostly due to where they run im not a fan of any of the ne and thats where they go in the most part. i was an otr guy not a dollar gen guy. and the only times i didnt run the 70 corridor was when i put my notice in and then i got some se stuff because they were hopeing id change my mind. i averaged 2300 a week but thats the entire week i took no days off and rarely did a 34 i just ran recap all the time

 

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Do they have a school at hogan?

 

They do not have a school, but they hire a lot of students from MTC in st. Louis.

 

Dark,

Depending on how long ago your friend got the misdemeanor, it may not be an issue.

The prostar's jake is a joke. Like stlvance said, the auto likes to beep and complain while backongiup. On my prostar I often get a code of "CA" when backing up. I was told it means clutch abuse. It's annoying and distracting.

I run an average of 2700 miles, but lately, I've been getting around 3100 miles a week. Personally, I've been running missouri, illinois, iowa, wisconsin, minnesota, kansas, arkansas, texas, alabama, tennessee, kentucky, ohio, indiana, and new jersey. I get about 2 trips to NJ a month. Part of it is your fleet manager. Mine is a cool guy and he keeps me running and home on weekends.

The eval run takes the day to complete. You'll go out with a driver and run the load. If they are satisfied with your performance you come back in the afternoon and get your truck. the trip is usually 200 miles total.

I don't think I've mentioned this but Hogan's policy for parking the truck is that if you live less than 50 miles from the earth city, mo yard you will park the truck there. Further than 50 miles, you can park it near your house but you have to declare the location and have it approved. That's probably the same with any company. As for fueling, they prefer that you fuel at one of the yards since they buy fuel and it's cheaper for hogan. With that said, if you have to get fuel on the road at a truck stop, they allow it.

Hope this helps. Any more questions let me know.