Morristown Driver's Service, Inc (MDS)

Truckertwotimes works for them. I would pm him ask him questions.

KH

 

I can forward a PM for you if you like.

Just PM me with your questions. (YOU CAN PM A MOD/ADMIN)

 

Can anyone tell me how this works for teams?
"Team pay: 42 cents per mile (split)" this is what came off their website. New to this so I don't really understand how the "split" works.

 

I would guess that to mean that each of you would make 21 cpm when it's all said and done on your settlement at the end of the week. So if as a team you do 4000 miles for the week you'd be paid .21 x 4000= 840 before taxes and whatever they may or may not deduct from you. I think teams average more miles per week but not sure anymore with loads being what they are or aren't. If I'm wrong on my assumption on the split I'm sure someone will let you know lol

 

More miles since your a team but less pay....I think I'm learning.

 

From their website:

Our minimum driver qualifications are as follows:

• One year over-the-road experience
• At least 23 years old
• No more than 3 incidents on MVR in past 3 years
• HazMat endorsement.

Our pay rates are as follows:

Solo pay - Dry Van and Refrigerated:

• 31 cents per mile to start.
• Increase to top at 35 c.p.m.

Ugh.

 

I was with MDS for 2 years their safety department people are nice Stephanie will listen to you and help in anyway possible, Pat Taylor is ok, definitely a newbie to the business he will not help you if he feels the "very young owner who knows nothing about the trucking business" isn't going to back you. Daddy bought the company for his son when he graduated, daddy has interest in the NASCAR industry therefore they cater to the sponsors, not what is good for the driver. The load planners and customer service department are very very inexperienced they have no clue how to pre-plan loads and you will sit for hours and sometimes days waiting on a new load. They are going to E-logs shortly and this will definitely hurt MDS because of their dummies in the load planning department. They think because they have a college degree in logistics that they know how to run a trucking company, boy do they have a lot to learn, their turn over rate has gotten very high, paychecks have bounced, they have more trucks sitting instead of rolling, dispatch won't answer your calls. They have had to resort to hiring drivers out of driving school because their good drivers can't get miles because of their load planners. Daddy has to keep pumping money into the company because the son doesn't know jack squat about trucking. I must give credit to the Maintenance shop, they are a great bunch of guys this is the only good thing that i can say about MDS. If it wasn't for the sitting and worrying from one payday to the other i my check was going to bounce, If you don't like the Northeast don't go with MDS this is the majority of their freight, they do more broker loads than anything, and those who know the trucking industry short broker loads don't pay crap after you factor in fuel, driver pay and the brokers cut but it seems like that is all the load planners and customer service know how to do. As the pay you start out at 31 cpm but good luck getting the 35cpm. If you want to be home every weekend and not make a money go with MDS otherwise look elsewhere that's what I did, the grass may not always be greener on the other side BUT at lease I can pay my bills now. The trucks are nice but nice don't pay the bills. Get new load planners that know how to run a truck company bring back your good drivers that have never had late loads and always had their loads picked up on time and maybe your company will make it without daddy having to bale you out each time.