I wasn't a driver for them but my husband was. He would type this but his typing really sucks... anyway
John Christner is a Lease to own company with no money down. Sounds great in the ads. What they don't tell you is that during the produce months they expect you to run 4500 miles a week in a 75 mph truck. Although they know you lie about your log book and they don't care, you better be a great lier or your butts in a sling. If you are ever in an accident the first question they ask isn't "Is anyone hurt" it's "Does your log book look ok"
JCT states that you can walk away from the truck at anytime. What they don't tell you is when you give notice they will cut your miles almost to a dead stop. One driver gave notice when he went by the yard. Asking them to get him home to unload the truck and then get him a load back to the yard. His dispatcher had the mecanics to disable his truck and the guy was under a load!! I was it with my own eyes. Oh and the never tell you about the $475 early termination fee either.
You can expect to starve in the growing off season. Although JCT starts hauling other fraight during this time there is not enought loads to go around. My husband usually didn't have enough money to pay the truck note every other week. On the good weeks he might make 300 dollars after everything was paid.
JCT will not reschedule loads. More than one time my husband has sat in Orlando, Florida waiting to be loaded and they tell him he's got unload in LA in 3days and the trailer is in the 7th hole and overweight. Then they keep saying you have plenty of time. Sometimes they have you swap out loads with other drivers to get it there, but if you do that your next three loads will have way way to much time on it.
And they say they have preplan but thats a joke. My husband was sent from Amarillo to Pheonix to pick up a load. He had to set 24 hours before he could pick it up. When he was almost there they asked him to save a load. He had to go get a load from a driver so the driver could go get married in Vegas. He picked up the trailer and took it 10 miles (It was only 30 minutes til it was due) to deliver then they wanted him back in Amarillo to pick up then next load! Oh and that would make it a full 24 hours of driving without a 10 hour break.
When they know legally you can't take a load they don't ask you over the Qualcomm, they call you. So if you drive for them get a recorder.
And don't ever expect to get home when you need to. One lady had to reschedule a court date 3 times and the third time they told her if she didn't make it that time she was going to jail. Her lawyer had to call and scream at JCT to get her home. JCT knowing my husband had already been driving over 12 hours called him and told him to rush to her and get her load and deliver it. The lady had to drive the truck straight to the court house. As for her load.. she had sat a Tyson for a day and a half before it was ready but they still wanted it in Washington in two days. We picked it up in Albaquerque. My husband got about 4 hours sleep in two and a half days.
Then my husband finally got his ex to let him see his kids (never happens) but he had to pick them up on a certain date. He told JCT a month in advance about when he needed off. He reminded then a week in advance. Then they refused to get him home. Then four days late for his visitation they got him a load to Alabama. It would have been a 450 mile deadhead if he drove home and all that would have comeout of his pocket. He ended up having to rent a car so he could go see the kids for two hours. If he had gotten home in time he would have been able to get them for three days.
Never tell them you need a restart. My husband's log book was two days ahead of him. He told them to put him out for 24 then give him a load with some time on it. They Qualcommed and called ALL night insisting he pick up a load in Pheonix and deliver it a 8am in LA.
And one last thing. If you insist on running legal with them exspect to starve. They will cut your miles so far that you will only make enough money to pay the truck note. They do that to force you to quit.
And their truck shop is overprised and crappy. If you go in there with a broken airbag expect them to find seven other things to fix too and your truck will run worse afterwards. My husband went in for a PM once and 32 hours and $1200.oo later they FORGOT to do the PM!!!!!!
Stay away from JCT (John Christer Trucking)
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