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Hurricane Express Inc. Naedok Beware of scam Colcord Oklahoma
I am an OTR truck driver and have been driving for quite awhile. Please believe me when I tell you that this company is only out to make money at the drivers expense. There is no doubt in my mind that this company should receive an award for how devious they are at padding their bank account with the drivers hard earned cash.
I drove for Naedok for 3 weeks. That was all it took. They tell you that you are an independant contractor, leasing your truck through "Jonathan Ltd." However, you MUST follow their fuel routes (so they get the kick-back from Pilot). If you do not follow their fuel routes, you will get written up. You MUST run their routes, or you will get written up. There are several other policies that you must adhere to as well, that make no sense when you are an independant contractor.
They charge you for pallets. You are responsible for all tolls.
Until last week, I was "working" for them. On friday, I slipped stepping into my truck. Since I don't have workers compensation, there is no issue there. I texted Stephen and told him that my load would need repowered since I twisted my knee, and needed to let the swelling go down before I would be able to drive. I also called in and left a voicemail (they rarely answer on weekends). On monday I called to get the last 4 numbers of my comdata check for my pay and was told that since I quit, I would have to wait 2 weeks to receive my final pay, if there was anything to pay me. The com-data check they issued to my wife for $600.00 was cancelled by them. This check was for the previous weeks loads. How can they do this?
I asked them if they were firing me and they responded that they were under the impression that I quit. I told them no, I did not quit, just wanted the load repowered and a few days to heal. They stated that I had quit and that they took my truck and load back to Oklahoma. Why? They were to have a driver meet me at the truck stop by my house where the truck was, so he could get the loaded trailer to its destination. Instead they took the truck and trailer!!
I called Debra in safety to get this mess straightened out, and was told not to call them again. They would send my final pay (if any) 2 weeks from receiving my last driver logs.
They are going to charge me $1500.00 for the truck and loaded trailer, plus $3.00 per mile to colcord, OK. This is a scam to keep from paying a driver their money. I also recruited 2 drivers to the company (feel bad about it now). I was to receive $500.00 per driver bonus once they delivered their first load. I did not receive this money.
So I have one bad check, no pay for loads delivered, and they are going to try to report this on my DAC.
Please BEWARE of this company. They will screw you over royally and make your life a living hell.
3 Updates & Rebuttals
RT TRUCK
Tulsa,Oklahoma,
USA
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#4UPDATE Employee
Fri, January 08, 2016
As to the Safety Director changing Logs. I have worked for Hurricane for 8 months now and have never seen the Safety Director alter logs. I do watch numerous drivers each week come into the yard and work on log corrections, like any company still running paper logs. No driver enjoys this process but it is part of paper logs. We will be switching to E-Logs at a later date and this will not be any issue. The whole Safety Department works hard to make sure things are ran legal. The Safety Director follows the rules like walking a tight rope, she finds no room for error.
I tell anyone that wants information about Hurricane Express to call. There are many drivers that are very happy. We also know we are not the place for everyone and hope that everyone does their homework before moving companies.
RT TRUCK
Tulsa,Oklahoma,
USA
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#4UPDATE Employee
Tue, January 05, 2016
Just to clear up some information from this report.
Jonathan Ltd is part of Hurricane Express, INC. It is the where the company directs all payments of trucks to keep seperate from other incomes and payments. It keeps all the books in order.
Hurricane Express does not use Pilot anymore, we use Love's network and drivers get $.10 per gallon discount.
Hurricane Express is all about communication when it comes to routes, yes we give routes that are best suited to getting you to your appointment in a timely matter. If you are going to go off route contacting dispatcher and giving them reason for needing to do this so they know keeps it from becoming an issue.
As for the rest of the post I can not answer to it because I didn't not work there at that time. We do try to make the best decision for our equipment making sure it is taken care of and not damaged. We do have a lot of money invested in each truck and we are small to mid size company so we can not take risk of someone damaging our equipment or losing a load.
LisaB
Morristown,Tennessee,
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#4Author of original report
Thu, November 13, 2014
They will require you to run illegal. You are to log your truck at 74-76 mph even though the truck is governed at 70mph. This is so you can run 15 hours a day to get the loads there in time. Deborah Vanstory in safety will tell you that this is ok and if you dont want to log it that way, she will get your logs via mail, fax, or picture from phone, and alter them herself so they keep a good CSA score. Dont do it. They will fire you if you tell them that you dont want to run this way. I learned this the hard way.
They are crooks and scam artists. I am going to tell as many federal, local, and even news people as will listen. I may get not get all the money they owe me, but I will try to make sure that no one else gets scammed and screwed over.