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They start you out making is sound wonderful offering you 1200 a week for 12 weeks. And they do honor that. After that you make good money for awhile . Then they start not giving you as many loads , Or you get bad loads and many time you,'ll sit and sit waiting for your appointment.  They,'ll give you alaod time you get loaded you drive a hour or less up the road and your unload times 5 or 6 hours later. And you don't get detention time because you are early. Or they,'ll give you a load you get to the shipper and they have no idea or knowledge about this load , this happened to me many times. Go back to the yard they tell you by the time anybody gets there in the morning guess what most of your clocks been burnt up.And they advertise 1200 to 1500 hundred a week good luck.My last couple of pay checks were horrible I could have made more money flipping burgers at McDonald's. Yea they screw you it's just a matter of time. I ran my butt off one week not long ago had great miles got my pay check and it was totally bad and I mean bad. No at all worth the hours and time  i spent on the road away from my family. I was never late picking up or delivering a load by being my fault. But they will start giving you bad loads and beleave me the money will start getting lower and lower, And hauling chocolate and coco butter there's no baffles in the trailer it beats the heck out of you. And it pushes the truck around,  All the trucks are auto,s and very slow getting moving even when empty.  They do go 70 and are very well maintained the mechanic at Elizabethtown is awesome.Good luck if you go here but I would steer clear, there's much better companies out there.

On a dedicated account you get a guaranteed minimum and Very rarely will you make over that. You will end your days with enough hours to do another run but no matter how much you ask and beg dispatch won't give you one. So youll end up sitting and wasting time. You can very easily make over the guaranteed minimum but it's  like dispatch gets a bonus or something if they keep the drivers below that. Ive tried and tried to get more runs and have talked to everyone short of the CEO and yet  they always seem to limit your pay right at that guaranteed minimum. They should call it the maximum. Ive never seen a company that doesn't understand the more runs you do the more the company makes and the more the drivers make but they don't seem to care. There are multiple drivers constantly asking for more runs but still nothing. If they dont have enough runs then they need to quit hiring drivers. Home time is great though I've never had a problem getting it approved. Management office staff and other drivers are cool and laid back.  Management does what it can to help you but obviously can only do so much. Dispatch runs the show when it comes to making money. If they can't schedule multiple runs for a driver cause it's to difficult then they need to find new jobs. I guarantee other companies hauling and doing the same thing aren't scheduling their drivers 1 run a day. But at the end of the days it barely pays the bills and it's a job.

I have been at LCL for several years now and things have changed a lot since I have been here. Changes have been made in just about all parts of management all for the better of us driver and the company. 

We haul for the the chocolate industry and it is relatively simple work when you get used to it.  It if  easier then box work mostly.  I get paid for miles drivers and for most of my on duty time too. 

I will say that this work isn't for everyone. The day to day work that i do is not difficult.  I pick up at a company that produces chocolate (they load it) and deliver that chocolate to a company the produces candy.,  (sometime i unload sometime they do)  I go to a lot of the same places every week.  I know where i am going and what to expect when i get there.   I like that about this job. 

Pay is a little difficult to get to understand but it is fair and the reason it can be difficult is that they want to make sure that they are paying for the different things we drivers do. 

I make a point to talk to all the new drivers when I see them and let them know that it will take a couple of weeks to get comfortable with the work.  that is why they have the new drivers incentive program. 

Overall it is a good place to work.   Terminal staff and dispatchers that get to know you.   Other drivers that have been here for longer then I always willing to help when needed.

rom the start my trainer lied about my training, he allowed me to drive twice during my week of training with him and claimed I drove the whole time. They believed him even tho I denied it and they didnt bother to look at the ELD logs for that week and said I was the one lying. They claimed I was late for 4 of my loads even tho I had hard copies of everything I did and all signatures that showed I was within my ETA and not late. I asked for their proof and all they gave was excuses. Based off that I was terminated. Later on in my employment they also claim to have caught me driving distracted, but when I asked them what I was doing they could not give me a straight answer. Apparently checking your right mirror is distracted driving, and even in the video it showed both hands on the steering wheel checking my right mirror. They blamed me when my dispatcher sent me home earlier then my assigned home time cause there were no loads available at the time before my home time so I would get sent home early and it was my fault. Long story short, lots of excuses, lies and dishonesty in that company. Stay clear

I have been driving for about 5 yrs,  Mostly OTR doing van work. I got an email for a job at LCL and gave a call.    The recruiter i spoke to was very insightful about the position and what i could expect switching to tanker. He went over the orientation and tanker training  pay benefits etc.   I am glad a made the switch.  
The equipment is well maintained and mostly brand new.  My truck has a refrigerator in it and an APU.   I take the truck home when i want to go home.   I run a mix of regional and OTR   I can usually decide if i want to get home weekly or if i want to stay out longer.  I like that flexibility   Overall it been a good experience and I learned a lot.   

The terminal in Elizabethtown is nice, Operations staff there is good and understanding.   They were always willing to help when i had questins when i started on my own.

Worked in the tank business for several years, both food grade and chemical.   I like food grade better.  Less Stress..

I will be moving west shortly so I will have to leave LCL.  I will miss the company. 

Trucks:  Well outfitted with XM radio, refrigerator, APU and Satellite TV all at no cost

Pay:  Really good.  There are so many ways in the tanker business to get held up.  (IE  trailer not cleaned right, full tanks at customer, canceled loads...)   LCL pays for my time.

What I learned from this job...  Liquid chocolate gets hauled in tankers

I was an OTR driver which means i was in my truck for 2 or 3 weeks.  It was my choice.  If I needed or wanted to get home sooner all i had to do was ask. 

Most of the loads were in the MW and the NE (no NYC).  Occasional i would get a load to somewhere outside the normal run area.   I liked that there was a lot of repeat lanes,   I knew what to expect when i got there and knew where it was. 

It's a great little company and I hate to leave

Every place has there good and bad.  This has more good then bad IMHO.  LCL hauls mostly chocolate w/ some cream loads or sugar loads or occasionally flavorings for beer.  nothing hazardous at all.  Overall I like it.   I think I'll be about $ 68k for 2014.   I do a mix of home every other weekend and home weekly.    

Their customer base is easy to get into and out out of for the most part.  After a month I mostly knew where i was going and what to expect at that particular customer.    Over all i am satisfied

Over all they seem to be a good place to work.  I only lasted through training.  Which was very through.
  When they gave me 4 trucks to look at & all 4 were dirty after having been sitting there I left.  The terminal mgr. was my problem.  He knew the trucks were there & didn't have them cleaned out.  When I asked if he would sleep in them his reply was "it's not that bad".
  This place was a tank wash running 24 hrs. meaning people on staff to clean things.  Trucks sitting for a week & not being cleaned was unacceptable to me.  Who was the last driver?  What did he have?  If I get bugs or something worse & bring it home what happens to my marriage???

Had a great time enjoyed the job and company till this past year  You where ok if you did not complain but if they needed to get rid of someone they would find or wait for you to get a few things in your file to use against you  No one is safe no one is not expendable No company loyalty to anyone what so ever you are ok if you don't make waves and don't get management in trouble with shippers this is  the fasted way for them to find some excuse or reason to fire you

Dispatch is in Green Bay and they don't care if you sit for days. You rarely get a chance to talk to the decision makers. This place is a revolving door and I can see why. The money is good in the beginning then they slowing start to take it away. These people are not trustable you have to watch every paycheck. The terminal manager will nickel and dime you to death. They  don't care about drivers or make any effort to keep them happy. Stay away! I've spent over 3 days at customers that will not even let you use their facilities.

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