18 Wheels of Justice Presents - Trucking Legends
Transport America - Website
1984 - Eagan, MN. Born amid the turmoil and confusion of new trucking legislation implementing the deregulation of truckload carriers, James Aronson started a new company, a rising star, which emerged to fill a desperate need in the trucking industry for service, technology, and unparalleled customer service.
Throughout the last 27 plus years, Transport America (TA) has emerged a clear leader in our industry. The company went public in 1994 and did a couple acquisitions in the late 90s. Unfortunately Mr. Aronson passed away in 1999, but his vision and dedication to driver’s and operators continues to live on today at Transport America. This dedication to his drivers shows in the opportunities and programs available to every driver at TA.
The leadership team has the influence and ability to operate a world class organization and Scott Arves is the CEO to lead this organization into the future. Transport America became a bright light in the otherwise ordinary field of medium and large trucking companies. A mid-sized carrier with old-world values and commitment applied to their drivers and owner operators in our modern world.
The latest technology combined with a streamlined, efficient operations department that creates the agility to make decisions and changes as needed to meet the commitments made to their drivers and owner operators. Transport America is one of the largest carriers in America for a reason, they deliver. They topped the Transport Topics list at #1 in Revenue Growth for 2012, yes, number one. Transport America delivers to its drivers through great processes, excellent leadership, and state of the art technology. This makes them more agile and personable than even the smallest carrier, but with unrivaled options for drivers and financial muscle behind them.
Transport America's customers consist of a list of corporate America's finest citizens. Customers rely on Transport America's reputation for safety and service. A well maintained fleet and rigorous safety department makes sure that your CSA scores are never at risk. The choices available at Transport America make it a one stop shop for any driver. They offer 6 different divisions offering driver opportunities for everyone, along with unique home time plans. It's your career and your life, and Transport America makes it your call.
Transport America operates in 48 states and Canada with a focus on building freight density in key lanes. With a strong freight balance, Transport America is better able to serve customers and provide more home time options for our drivers.
OTR Solo (Company and O/O) - Haul freight across all points in network and home every 10-14 days.
OTR Teams - Recognizing that teams need to keep moving to maximize driver and company income, Fleet leaders at Transport America plan and dispatch teams to maximize productivity.
Dedicated Routes - Drivers in our dedicated fleets may operate from a single customer location or cover multiple locations in a geographic area. Transport America Dedicated drivers have more predictable home time and work schedules, familiarity with delivery and pick-up locations and consistent travel routes.
Dedicated Team Routes - Fleet Leaders plan and dispatch dedicated routes to maximize team income.
Regional Operations in Midwest and Southeast - Stay in the driver friendly Midwest and southeast with excellent customer mix and great home time.
Intermodal O/O Opportunities - Call for more information
Giving drivers a choice is the key at Transport America, come for a job, stay for a career. We know many things happen over the lifetime of an over the road driver. Marriage, Kids, the need to be home more often to take care of elderly parents, and so on... As your lifestyle changes, there is always opportunity within the six divisions at Transport America. We know changing jobs and moving to a new company is a difficult choice, there are many questions that can't be answered until after you are weeks, sometimes months, into a new company. And too often, when you realize it was a bad choice, there is a lot of time and money lost switching jobs. With all of these different driving opportunities, join hundreds of others who have found a true home and career at Transport America.
Transport America has it all - Lifestyle Fleets - (Available in several divisions). Recognizing that driver home time needs differ, Transport America developed the 7/7 and 14/7 fleets to provide drivers with extended home time options, along with a guaranteed TAH program.
• Under the 7/7 program, drivers are out for 7 days and then home for 7 days.
• Under the 14/7 program, drivers are out for 14 days and then home for 7 days.
As part of these programs, drivers share a tractor with one or two other drivers, meaning more home time for you and a more efficient use of equipment for the company, but the additional home time is well worth it.
Transport America Website
Transport America Truth
As all drivers know, the biggest question mark when starting at a new company is the number of miles. Pay per mile doesn't pay the bills when you sit. It is miserable when you're away from home and not making money, unfortunately everybody has been there. TA focuses on miles, between their customer base and a company- wide desire to keep you rolling, this helps generate both more pay for you and more income for the company, so you are always making money. It's just common sense and Transport America delivers, day in, day out. Transport America understands this and it resonates loudly throughout the company.
• Pay: Transport America's pay is in the upper 5 percent of the truckload industry both from a per mile and W2 perspective. Transport America offers the fastest raises in the industry for solo and team OTR drivers. Students can reach top pay in as little as 5 years. Miles: Our people get miles. Pay is nothing without miles behind it. In a time when most carriers are down, Transport America is up over last year from both a total mileage and miles per driver standpoint. Freight, freight, freight, you want miles, TA works hard to get it for you.
• Open doors: Transport America Operations prefers face-to-face interaction. There are no barriers for drivers to speak to their Fleet Leader through. The Leadership Team and the CEO himself, answers the phone and enjoys talking with our people.
• Safety: Transport America values safety. The individuals who drive have been empowered to have the final say in whether or not it’s safe to drive. Transport America has one of the top CSA scores in the industry. As a CSA Safe Carrier you can feel secure knowing the they have safe equipment and understand the measurements and rules to help keep you in good standing with CSA. In some cases TA can help improve your score
• Technology: We invest heavily in technology. Voice mail for all drivers, new MCP200 Qualcomm that has navigation, internet, e-mail, in cab scanning, e-logging and text to speech, are all currently being installed on our equipment. Even Driver scorecards with accurate driver performance data is available. Knowing your driver score can give you peace of mind that you are on the right track and if not, allows you to make changes accordingly The company is also using On Guard and Roll Stability technology to ensure safe operations.
Come home to Transport America...Susan is available to answer any questions and assist you on the road to success and stability at Transport America.
Call Susan at 1-877-276-4083, she is available from 8Am-5PM CST. If it’s after hours, feel free to leave a message for her and she will get back with you ASAP. Visit Transport America's Website
Owner Operators -
Transport America brings it home for you.
Maintenance Credit line for Owner Operators, Sure Pay Program (Verify pay amount upon completion of load) no settlement guessing nor settlement day surprises at Transport America. This is the way things should be done, period.
Loading/Unloading PayLayover/Detention PayFuel and Road TaxOnline Access to Your Business
Check your weekly settlements online.
Insurance Options
NTU (Bobtail)
Physical Damage
Occupational Accident
Owner-Operator Services
-Tire and parts discount
- Repair service at 5 full service terminals
Owner-Operator CO-OP
-Maintenance credit line, health, dental, life insurance, retirement plan and more
Working as business partners Transport America provides you the freedom to balance your workload and home time. Offering many different options for you to choose from whether it be becoming a part of the Owner Operator Co-Op or taking advantage of tire and maintenance discounts. Transport America makes sure as business partners you have the tools necessary to be successful.
Transport America's success happens for a reason. The culture at headquarters is very different from what you’ve ever experienced. From driver visits, where drivers are encourage to come and learn the life cycle of a load and give us feedback on how to improve, to our driver council meeting where we listen to drivers and their concerns to our pen door policy we value a driver friendly atmosphere. — Our open doors mean access to all levels of management. You’re never a number here, our senior leadership team and CEO are always available, meaning that our drivers are welcome anywhere, anytime. You’ll never be faced with locked doors or have to talk through a glass window to speak to anyone. Our commitment to the people who drive for us starts with the accessibility of our leaders.
Come home to Transport America...
Susan is available to answer any questions and assist you on the road to success and stability at Transport America.
Call Susan at 1-877-276-4083, she is available from 8Am-5PM CST. If it’s after hours, feel free to leave a message for her and she will get back with you ASAP.
Visit Transport America's Website & App Page
Friday, September 21, 2012
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Cortes on Recruiting and Retention II
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Continued from Part I - Senor Cortes on Recruiting and Retention
Cortes may not have been the most qualified to lead the expedition. Though he was experienced and renowned for his courage, another reason for his appointment was his promise to help finance the expedition. Cortes emptied his personal wealth and poured it into the trip. He mortgaged his lands. He called on friends to both help prepare for the trip and to join his small army.
The first land Cortes and his crew of 508 men spotted was the coast of Yucatan, at one time the central nervous system of the Mayan empire. Cortes had ordered his scouts to the coast a month ahead of time to travel to the borders of the Aztec Empire to see what sort of trouble they might face when they approached to pillage the Aztec gold. They set up camp on the beach and prepared for the perilous journey ahead into the heart of the Aztec's and waited for the scouts to return to the coast with their report.
As Cortes' men waited for the scouts and prepared horses, guns and provisions for the nearly 200 mile inland journey, some curious local tribesmen had visited the encampment. The subject of Montezuma, gold and armies were the main topic of discussion. The locals told them of Montezuma's city of gold, the homes were decorated with and the streets were paved with gold. They were amazed with the white, bearded man's peculiar interest in gold. They also told them of Montezuma's fearless army, some 10,000-20,000 men strong by the locals count.
Within a few days the scouts returned, and they met with Cortes in the conquistadors large tent. Some of the Cortes' men, eager to learn what they were facing, hid behind the tent and listened carefully to the discussion. The scouting report was worse than any had imagined, Montezuma's army numbered well over 100,000 men, armed with spears, bows and arrows. Although the expedition was well armed with guns and a large cannon, victory with 500 men vs. 100,000 well trained warriors, seemed an impossible feat. Cortes took all of this in, swore his scouts to secrecy, and retired to his tent for the evening.
Cortes, meanwhile, weighed his options. He faced imprisonment or death for defying the governor, Velasquez, if he returned to Cuba. Cortes knew the want of gold and riches was not a big enough motivator for his men to face such a daunting task. They were Soldiers of Fortune, not the soldiers one needed in such a battle. All the gold in the world is worth nothing to a dead man. The best soldiers are the soldiers who are fighting for God, Country and for the safety of their homes and family.
Cortes decided to take a walk on the outskirts of the encampment and try and get a feel on his men and their morale. The men who had been eavesdropping on the scouts and Cortes, had of course spread the word quickly about the 100,000 plus warriors. Panic ensued within the men and everyone felt Cortes had surely lost his mind if he wanted to proceed, and there was no amount of gold worth marching into a certain slaughter. They knew his situation at home in Cuba, but they were merely following Cortes' orders when they set sail from Cuba, and felt any of the consequences of joining Cortes would be dismissed. The majority of them came to the conclusion, that life was good enough in Cuba, and it was time to return to their families and plantations.
Cortes knew his only option was to move forward with the expedition, he knew Velasquez's anger at his disobedience would be cooled off by returning with ship loads of gold, of which the Cuban Governor would get his fair share, of course.
Hernando Cortes had heard all of this mutinous planning discussed at length by his men well into the late evening. They had finally decided to seize all the ships at first light and sail back to Cuba, with or without Cortes. Cortes, in a bold stroke of genius, sent his personal entourage of 50 loyal soldiers to the ships in the darkness.
He ordered his men to set all 11 ships on fire and send them out to sea.
They followed Cortes' orders, set the ships on fire, pushed them out to sea, and watched them burn and eventually sink, in a glorious sight in the darkness.
The next morning, Cortes and his army of 508 men marched toward Montezuma.
How does this relate to the trucking industry's seemingly never ending battle with recruiting and retention? Join us here on Monday, September 24th to explore more on this fascinating subject.
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Continued from Part I - Senor Cortes on Recruiting and Retention
Cortes may not have been the most qualified to lead the expedition. Though he was experienced and renowned for his courage, another reason for his appointment was his promise to help finance the expedition. Cortes emptied his personal wealth and poured it into the trip. He mortgaged his lands. He called on friends to both help prepare for the trip and to join his small army.
The first land Cortes and his crew of 508 men spotted was the coast of Yucatan, at one time the central nervous system of the Mayan empire. Cortes had ordered his scouts to the coast a month ahead of time to travel to the borders of the Aztec Empire to see what sort of trouble they might face when they approached to pillage the Aztec gold. They set up camp on the beach and prepared for the perilous journey ahead into the heart of the Aztec's and waited for the scouts to return to the coast with their report.
As Cortes' men waited for the scouts and prepared horses, guns and provisions for the nearly 200 mile inland journey, some curious local tribesmen had visited the encampment. The subject of Montezuma, gold and armies were the main topic of discussion. The locals told them of Montezuma's city of gold, the homes were decorated with and the streets were paved with gold. They were amazed with the white, bearded man's peculiar interest in gold. They also told them of Montezuma's fearless army, some 10,000-20,000 men strong by the locals count.
Within a few days the scouts returned, and they met with Cortes in the conquistadors large tent. Some of the Cortes' men, eager to learn what they were facing, hid behind the tent and listened carefully to the discussion. The scouting report was worse than any had imagined, Montezuma's army numbered well over 100,000 men, armed with spears, bows and arrows. Although the expedition was well armed with guns and a large cannon, victory with 500 men vs. 100,000 well trained warriors, seemed an impossible feat. Cortes took all of this in, swore his scouts to secrecy, and retired to his tent for the evening.
Cortes, meanwhile, weighed his options. He faced imprisonment or death for defying the governor, Velasquez, if he returned to Cuba. Cortes knew the want of gold and riches was not a big enough motivator for his men to face such a daunting task. They were Soldiers of Fortune, not the soldiers one needed in such a battle. All the gold in the world is worth nothing to a dead man. The best soldiers are the soldiers who are fighting for God, Country and for the safety of their homes and family.
Cortes decided to take a walk on the outskirts of the encampment and try and get a feel on his men and their morale. The men who had been eavesdropping on the scouts and Cortes, had of course spread the word quickly about the 100,000 plus warriors. Panic ensued within the men and everyone felt Cortes had surely lost his mind if he wanted to proceed, and there was no amount of gold worth marching into a certain slaughter. They knew his situation at home in Cuba, but they were merely following Cortes' orders when they set sail from Cuba, and felt any of the consequences of joining Cortes would be dismissed. The majority of them came to the conclusion, that life was good enough in Cuba, and it was time to return to their families and plantations.
Cortes knew his only option was to move forward with the expedition, he knew Velasquez's anger at his disobedience would be cooled off by returning with ship loads of gold, of which the Cuban Governor would get his fair share, of course.
Hernando Cortes had heard all of this mutinous planning discussed at length by his men well into the late evening. They had finally decided to seize all the ships at first light and sail back to Cuba, with or without Cortes. Cortes, in a bold stroke of genius, sent his personal entourage of 50 loyal soldiers to the ships in the darkness.
He ordered his men to set all 11 ships on fire and send them out to sea.
They followed Cortes' orders, set the ships on fire, pushed them out to sea, and watched them burn and eventually sink, in a glorious sight in the darkness.
The next morning, Cortes and his army of 508 men marched toward Montezuma.
How does this relate to the trucking industry's seemingly never ending battle with recruiting and retention? Join us here on Monday, September 24th to explore more on this fascinating subject.
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