Paschall Truck Lines A real eye opener for 6 new drivers at Paschall Truck Lines!!!! Murray Kentucky

I am presently employed with PTL...I went through those same issues. But I am glad my recruiter didn't lie to me, it was pretty much the way she said it would be.

But the thing I don't like about this company is: they just purchased maybe 300 trucks. I've been employed with the company since April of 2009. Instead of giving drivers thats been here with no incidents or accidents, a brand new truck...they are giving them to the new hires. I am still driving one of the beat up clunkers. I made copies of my inspection sheet so they wouldn't say I damaged the truck.

I was told I would get a raise every six months in orientation, I haven't gotten a raise yet. No new truck. Always, my idle is too high. I have high out of route miles(even though I follow the route given me). I still don't understand how that works.

But all in all, PTL has gotten better as far as the way they take care of the trucks, The way SOME of the staff talks to you, the idle is still an issue but not as harsh as I've read. But they do stress about those out of route miles.

My husband worked for PTL for 6 months and it was the worst experience he has ever had. in this ecconomy there is not a lot of jobs out there and he thought the company would be ok to work for - and we needed him to work. When he went thru orientation he was shocked at what they were saying and how they were treating the drivers. It was always you do this or you are fired.
One paper that he had to sign was if the trailer was broken into - my husband would be an accomplice. Nice right, the complany is building trust. My husband knew we were in trouble so he needed to stick it out. The idel time is horrible and I think it should be criminal. He is not allowed to have his truck on to give him heat or airconditioning. This is not safe for drivers, if they do not get the proper sleep then they are unsafe to drive. PTL expects the drivers to get up every couple of hours and turn the truck on and warm the cab up then turn it off. If it is hot they are expected to sleep with the windows down.
In the winter I was not as concerned as I was when it got hot. But when I knew he was in texas and it was 88 degrees outside and inside it was much hotter then that I was very worried. My husband slept with the windows down, bought a little fan and tried to sleep. He was unprotected, anyone could enter the truck while he was in the back - so any little noise woke him up.
In the first 3 weeks of working there I recieved a mag from the company and they have him listed as one of the 50 worst drivers due to his idle time. Mind you he was driving in NY and the east coast during snow storms and below freezing weather - but they did not care if he froze to death, they want the idle time down.
He would put in for his time off and they never got him home - they would say that he put it in wrong or the computer did not accept it. In his 5 months he was home twice!!! No joke.
My husband has driven trucks for 10 years and he used to be an owner- op- he believes in saving money for the companies. He will fix his truck when he can and does not idle excessively - but this company was insane. When he got a load going thru Murrary I drove 8 hours to get him and take him home. He turned in his tool bag and was told he would get reimbursed his money - well we only got 1/2 back because it was used!!!!
this is a joke of a company - they do not know how to treat the drivers. And the drivers are the company ---without them they would not make any money.

well i worked for PTL in 7/02 to 9/02.back then u didnt have to buy a tool bag. 70% of all lds pu were hazemate,they turned my truck down to 62mph because of ideling,(reason being my dispatcher had me sitting to much) I asked for another one ;was ignored.when i turned my truck back in a mechanic told me that they go thu 230drivers every 3 months,this was in 2002.Yea, drivers find out just how crapy the people are in this company,the bull S,an stupidity,being punished for something you had no controll of.Ive been driving for 23yrs an people say that companies are getting worse,actually its the quality of people thats getting worse,and im finding out that in the north east/south east people in trucking co's arent that great. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER LARGE TRUCKING COMPANY THAT DOESNT CARE ABOUT THE DRIVERS.

Also, Scott another driver that went to Tennessee to pickup his truck, came into the Murray, KY. yard that same night. 35% of his recap was missing on the trailer. The shop told him to run with it. We told him to call safety. Well, he drove off to New Jersey with the bad tire after calling safety. If you go into safety.gov online, get into the satelite system which lists all the tickets, OOS, fatalities, etc... on all the drivers for any company you want to look up. Check out all the OOS on PTL. By the way, the guy with the air leak in my story, he quit too.