Roadone/Universal Intermodal?

Good question. I contacted roadone, because they have local work out of philadelphia.

The route that I called about runs from phila to york pa. He did answer all my questions, but when I asked about the pay, I heard a little hesitation and he cleared his throat and told me the rate.

That run, without tolls, which the turnpike may be the fastest way, paid about $230 after fuel, and not figuring any tolls. He was honest about telling me that the guys really can only do one per day, OCCASIONALLY two. because going into the port ties you up.

For that amount of money, it's really not worth starting the truck. That happened to be the run that I inquired about because it goes right past my house. I don't know how they pay for anything else.

Now they do have regional, and they do operate in different areas, and they appear to be a good sized company. Other than that, I really don't know.

I am also looking for a container company to lease on to for the next year or two. It's smart to check them out like you are... I think that you can make money with containers, but some of these guys are shady.

 

Speaking from my experiences- stay away from ANY company that isn`t locally owned. Avoid any company operating out of more than one port. You have a better chance of success if you research companies in your area that export/import regularly and approach them. Try to find something within 200 miles of the port. Most days you can log that with no problem-even with the long wait at port. Stay away from local drays that don`t pay by-the-hour. A $75 dray is great if you can turn one every hour.

 

Universal intermodal July 2015, stay away from this incompetent bunch. In the month and a half that I was there I can honestly say that there were only two settlements that I received that did not have a discrepency. And let me be clear $200-$700 short every week. That would force me to wait another week to get paid on containers that I had already delivered.

They have preferred drivers who they give all the gravey, local work, to and being a newly contracted truck you will be feed scraps, the b/s no one else wants i.e. heavy and long runs.

The dispatcher, Jessica, is a new jack who has only been dispatching for about 3 months. She was originally doing other office work. She is the terminal manager's niece (yeah, go figure). Her first week dispatching Kelley, terminal manager, left and went on vacation for a week. I did not get one clean dispatch that whole week--if it wasn't an issue with a p/u #, then the box was not billed, or I was told to ingate at the wrong yard, or the rate was misquoted. She is known to misquote rates and cause dispatching and planing errors that in turn leave the driver having a longer day out and missing money.

They are uber disrespectful to drivers. One time after having a screwed up settlement, their payroll person,Tonya, told me that I should be happy with the money I was payed out--although I had been shorted around $400. During my time there I personally witnessed three other drivers go through the exact same thing. I never received any referral bonus and I had referred a driver. I never saw my sign-on bonus and inquired about it on various occasions. But truthfully, I could not focus too much on it since I had to make sure I that I was paid correctly for freight I had already hauled.

I would have stayed if they knew how to pay on-time and talk to people. Do not screw with my doe and I do not play disrespect!