I have seen many complaints about this company but none took the time to fully articulate issues. Today I'm going to fully detail how they get away with what they do. Fasten your seat belt I'm about to fully expose their dirty little secrets in a way they can't defend!!!
First off I must say I was a very loyal driver to them for 22 months as far as even defending them against what were truly frivolous complaints. I did thrive their for awhile but only because I'm capable of long hours very few can handle and I'm the consumate driver in my 30th year in business. I have gone since 1992 without a citation of any type for over 22 years and never had an hours of service violation. I will say now day dispatch can be easy to deal with but nights is a nitemare!! As an example I had 3 hours once to go 37 miles to a Tyson plant to pickup and idiots sent a cop to my truck!! Another example was had 7 minutes on my 70 left until midnight and woke up to 14 messages demanding I roll to shipper and get on break!! Trust me if work for them if on break at night shut your ringer and volume on Qualcom off or plan on never sleeping!!
The complaints about driver breaks being falsified by company are absolutely true!! The driver has no way to edit the elogs only the company can and they use it to their advantage constantly!! Anyone can view company handbook first primary rule is driver must be present to watch unloading of product. If driver runs 600 miles overnight as example and delivers and takes 4 hours to unload if driver present entire time why is it and how is it driver is rolling again 10 1/2hours after arrived? Do the math that would require a break of 8 hours in sleeper to gain tiny bit hours left or a full 10 hour break before moving again. The balance is only 6 proving the elogs falsified by K&B and I'm honestly dumbfounded DOT has not caught the pattern by now. k@B rarely allows a 34 hour restart get low they sit you only long enough to pick up hours to run load then unload and your stuck at customer for false break as explained in detail before. I'm sure are questions how truck can be moved when driver out of hours, I'll address that now. Elogs are set so stay under 25 mph they do not record it until gone 3 miles in same city. Under the right conditions you can go further as long as in same city. In example I tried to make a delivery in Des Moines Iowa last year.. The customer demanded meat must go to other warehouse 6 miles away. I did it but your question I'm sure is how? Is simple I never left city limits so all I had to do was shut off and restart engine at every stoplight enroute that resets it and if dinged and stop immediately violation can be cleared as long as done immediately and truck shut off to reset it I did that several times!! That is only control driver has over elogs I rarely got even a 6 hour break.
Some may wonder why I'm exposing them. Because I just became a victim of their polocies!! You refuse to do these things you'll be gone fast though my case a bit different. On June 12th I rolled truch I was driving due to choking incident, OK I'm human a drink caused it and could happen to anyone at anytime because we are all human. What angered me was 2 things.. 1st i spoke to Matt in safety today and told accident report had not even been viewed yet but decision to fire me had already been made? 2nd I know company has had several major accidents and after working for them I have no doubt in my mind sleep deprivation was major factor in most. Now add this to equation.. Before accident I was scheduled by them for new physical and told I had best take my blood pressure medicine 2 hours before? Huh? That error in my records may have been huge factor why decision was made before viewing report. Fact is I'm on no medicines and never was I have passed every physical ever taken without restriction!! Even after accident when EMT examined me at scene my pressure was passable and same next day at urgent care center next day. In my opinion that was no error they were looking for an excuse to be rid of me to pay someone less is just simply the way it all adds up!! Everything I've explained is true and proveable and I think it is long overdue DOT views driver manual and driver deliveries it will give them pattern of evidence will allow them to subpoena Qualcom records which will show company changes of driver record of duty status that can not be seen in office!!
1. Send you a card in the mail that says $400 or orientation and pay guarantee of $1089 per week/2500 mi per/wk and a minimum of .41 cpm if you are not on a weekly dispatch (in other words) work a partial week. You are supposed to get drop pay, etc.
2. If you don't work the way they want you to, which means they have it figured out how to go around the DOT rules of operation to make you work illegally...
The Following WILL happen to you and without ANY notice whatsoever:
3. You will be jerked out of the truck (and they don't care if you are tired from running your ars off) and all your gear will be boxed up and if YOU can't pay the bus company to take your boxes you lose your stuff. You are stuck on a bus ride home from Nebraska (at your expense) because it WILL come out of your paycheck.
I have an active Pay Day Claim pending with the State of Texas payday law against this employer.
My recommendation is that you document everything that they tell you by email so there is more ammunition for your day in court and whatever you do, make sure that you carry cash on you so you can get your own way home and get all your stuff out of the truck. In other words, pack like you are going to ride a bus home, I'm an experienced driver with over 20 years in the industry and this company is about as bad as what I've heard about JB Hunt.
They make you drive illegal they will change your hours to give you more driving time. they continously interupt your 10 hour break. what they are doing is a federal offense and no one seems to care
I worked for these scam artists twice. The first time they were not so bad at first. I had a on the job injury to my wrist. A hairline fracture. No cast. 1 hour away from home in oklahoma and they wanted me to drive all the way up to nebraska without being able to shift! I said no and drove home and my wife took me to the E.R. I was told I have to take off about 5 days. They acted like it was okay and then sent someone to come get my truck! Didn't even call me. I never got my last check and they put it on my dac that I abandoned my truck. When I found this out I called them. They said that they did not know it was medical. I had to go to the hospital and get copies of my paperwork and faxed it in. They took it off of my dac and said they were sorry and it was a misunderstanding. They told me that the guy who did that was no longer there and to please give them a second chance. I decided I would. But when I got there he was still there and still a j******! I had already quit my other job and was pretty much stuck. Not only did they keep almost all of my last paycheck but that I damaged my truck! One dent by the apu unit that happened when they had it towed. They always blame the driver! No matter what it is always your fault! They treat you like a child and tell you when to fuel, when to take your breaks, and they call you if you haven't moved yet, they always put a message of are you rolling yet? on your qualcomm. It is the most stupid thing I have ever heard of!
Oh yeah. If you want a full break, don't work there! They call you to illeagally move freight during the middle of your 10 hr break. They also tell you to avoid the weight stations at all costs and run you mostley at night for that reason. They also go in and change your electronic logs so that it shows you are legal when you are not. They also think they are the police now and will fine you if they think you are going over the speed limit! They use google to determine if you are speeding! Google is not even updated with new speed limit postings due to construction! Doesn't matter to them! The guy that is running this company has already run 2 others into the ground and they had 2 dispachers arrested by DOT for these exact things. DOT needs to shut them down! They are the reasons why truckdrivers get such a bad rap! I am contacting Iowa and Nebraska DOT to file an official complaint to them and I am also contacting the labor board in both states! They owe me money and we almost lost our house because of these people. My advice is to RUN! RUN AWAY AS FAST AS YOU CAN! Don't believe anything they tell you. They open their mouthes and out falls lies.
K&B trucking says they will pay you a minimum of 2500 miles per week. The catch is you can't be late. They wonnt give you any miles from Monday to Thursday, the when Friday comes they want you to do 560 miles overnight in ten hours or less becase you loose time waiting at the shipper. They only give the white drivers the easy drop and hook loads while the darker skins get the live load and unload. they don't give you more that 1200 miles if your going home cause they don't care, they don't have to pay you the guarantee for that week and the same if you stay home past Monday then no miles and no guarantee.
they don't have toll pass and run you across Indiana and Ohio all week that comes out of you advance and you don't know if they paid you till you get your statement when your at the house. If they didn't reimburse you or get the correct miles you won't know for two or three weeks then you have to prove you ran that load.
In the winter you have to run even if its not safe due to snow or ice, they don't shut you down unless the roads are closed.
K&B Transportation Inc Reviews
I have seen many complaints about this company but none took the time to fully articulate issues. Today I'm going to fully detail how they get away with what they do. Fasten your seat belt I'm about to fully expose their dirty little secrets in a way they can't defend!!!
First off I must say I was a very loyal driver to them for 22 months as far as even defending them against what were truly frivolous complaints. I did thrive their for awhile but only because I'm capable of long hours very few can handle and I'm the consumate driver in my 30th year in business. I have gone since 1992 without a citation of any type for over 22 years and never had an hours of service violation. I will say now day dispatch can be easy to deal with but nights is a nitemare!! As an example I had 3 hours once to go 37 miles to a Tyson plant to pickup and idiots sent a cop to my truck!! Another example was had 7 minutes on my 70 left until midnight and woke up to 14 messages demanding I roll to shipper and get on break!! Trust me if work for them if on break at night shut your ringer and volume on Qualcom off or plan on never sleeping!!
The complaints about driver breaks being falsified by company are absolutely true!! The driver has no way to edit the elogs only the company can and they use it to their advantage constantly!! Anyone can view company handbook first primary rule is driver must be present to watch unloading of product. If driver runs 600 miles overnight as example and delivers and takes 4 hours to unload if driver present entire time why is it and how is it driver is rolling again 10 1/2hours after arrived? Do the math that would require a break of 8 hours in sleeper to gain tiny bit hours left or a full 10 hour break before moving again. The balance is only 6 proving the elogs falsified by K&B and I'm honestly dumbfounded DOT has not caught the pattern by now. k@B rarely allows a 34 hour restart get low they sit you only long enough to pick up hours to run load then unload and your stuck at customer for false break as explained in detail before. I'm sure are questions how truck can be moved when driver out of hours, I'll address that now. Elogs are set so stay under 25 mph they do not record it until gone 3 miles in same city. Under the right conditions you can go further as long as in same city. In example I tried to make a delivery in Des Moines Iowa last year.. The customer demanded meat must go to other warehouse 6 miles away. I did it but your question I'm sure is how? Is simple I never left city limits so all I had to do was shut off and restart engine at every stoplight enroute that resets it and if dinged and stop immediately violation can be cleared as long as done immediately and truck shut off to reset it I did that several times!! That is only control driver has over elogs I rarely got even a 6 hour break.
Some may wonder why I'm exposing them. Because I just became a victim of their polocies!! You refuse to do these things you'll be gone fast though my case a bit different. On June 12th I rolled truch I was driving due to choking incident, OK I'm human a drink caused it and could happen to anyone at anytime because we are all human. What angered me was 2 things.. 1st i spoke to Matt in safety today and told accident report had not even been viewed yet but decision to fire me had already been made? 2nd I know company has had several major accidents and after working for them I have no doubt in my mind sleep deprivation was major factor in most. Now add this to equation.. Before accident I was scheduled by them for new physical and told I had best take my blood pressure medicine 2 hours before? Huh? That error in my records may have been huge factor why decision was made before viewing report. Fact is I'm on no medicines and never was I have passed every physical ever taken without restriction!! Even after accident when EMT examined me at scene my pressure was passable and same next day at urgent care center next day. In my opinion that was no error they were looking for an excuse to be rid of me to pay someone less is just simply the way it all adds up!! Everything I've explained is true and proveable and I think it is long overdue DOT views driver manual and driver deliveries it will give them pattern of evidence will allow them to subpoena Qualcom records which will show company changes of driver record of duty status that can not be seen in office!!
1. Send you a card in the mail that says $400 or orientation and pay guarantee of $1089 per week/2500 mi per/wk and a minimum of .41 cpm if you are not on a weekly dispatch (in other words) work a partial week. You are supposed to get drop pay, etc.
2. If you don't work the way they want you to, which means they have it figured out how to go around the DOT rules of operation to make you work illegally...
The Following WILL happen to you and without ANY notice whatsoever:
3. You will be jerked out of the truck (and they don't care if you are tired from running your ars off) and all your gear will be boxed up and if YOU can't pay the bus company to take your boxes you lose your stuff. You are stuck on a bus ride home from Nebraska (at your expense) because it WILL come out of your paycheck.
I have an active Pay Day Claim pending with the State of Texas payday law against this employer.
My recommendation is that you document everything that they tell you by email so there is more ammunition for your day in court and whatever you do, make sure that you carry cash on you so you can get your own way home and get all your stuff out of the truck. In other words, pack like you are going to ride a bus home, I'm an experienced driver with over 20 years in the industry and this company is about as bad as what I've heard about JB Hunt.
They make you drive illegal they will change your hours to give you more driving time. they continously interupt your 10 hour break. what they are doing is a federal offense and no one seems to care
I worked for these scam artists twice. The first time they were not so bad at first. I had a on the job injury to my wrist. A hairline fracture. No cast. 1 hour away from home in oklahoma and they wanted me to drive all the way up to nebraska without being able to shift! I said no and drove home and my wife took me to the E.R. I was told I have to take off about 5 days. They acted like it was okay and then sent someone to come get my truck! Didn't even call me. I never got my last check and they put it on my dac that I abandoned my truck. When I found this out I called them. They said that they did not know it was medical. I had to go to the hospital and get copies of my paperwork and faxed it in. They took it off of my dac and said they were sorry and it was a misunderstanding. They told me that the guy who did that was no longer there and to please give them a second chance. I decided I would. But when I got there he was still there and still a j******! I had already quit my other job and was pretty much stuck. Not only did they keep almost all of my last paycheck but that I damaged my truck! One dent by the apu unit that happened when they had it towed. They always blame the driver! No matter what it is always your fault! They treat you like a child and tell you when to fuel, when to take your breaks, and they call you if you haven't moved yet, they always put a message of are you rolling yet? on your qualcomm. It is the most stupid thing I have ever heard of!
Oh yeah. If you want a full break, don't work there! They call you to illeagally move freight during the middle of your 10 hr break. They also tell you to avoid the weight stations at all costs and run you mostley at night for that reason. They also go in and change your electronic logs so that it shows you are legal when you are not. They also think they are the police now and will fine you if they think you are going over the speed limit! They use google to determine if you are speeding! Google is not even updated with new speed limit postings due to construction! Doesn't matter to them! The guy that is running this company has already run 2 others into the ground and they had 2 dispachers arrested by DOT for these exact things. DOT needs to shut them down! They are the reasons why truckdrivers get such a bad rap! I am contacting Iowa and Nebraska DOT to file an official complaint to them and I am also contacting the labor board in both states! They owe me money and we almost lost our house because of these people. My advice is to RUN! RUN AWAY AS FAST AS YOU CAN! Don't believe anything they tell you. They open their mouthes and out falls lies.
K&B trucking says they will pay you a minimum of 2500 miles per week. The catch is you can't be late. They wonnt give you any miles from Monday to Thursday, the when Friday comes they want you to do 560 miles overnight in ten hours or less becase you loose time waiting at the shipper. They only give the white drivers the easy drop and hook loads while the darker skins get the live load and unload. they don't give you more that 1200 miles if your going home cause they don't care, they don't have to pay you the guarantee for that week and the same if you stay home past Monday then no miles and no guarantee.
they don't have toll pass and run you across Indiana and Ohio all week that comes out of you advance and you don't know if they paid you till you get your statement when your at the house. If they didn't reimburse you or get the correct miles you won't know for two or three weeks then you have to prove you ran that load.
In the winter you have to run even if its not safe due to snow or ice, they don't shut you down unless the roads are closed.