Arrow trucking
Kujo
multitude of drivers stuck on the road and their paychecks had bounced
and fuel cards shut off. Anyone know if this is true? A friend of mine
heard this in Mass today and I also heard it from some drivers at the
Pilot truckstop in Ottowa Lake,MI tonight.
used2be
he'd just heard this news about Arrow as well. that the drivers should head
to the nearest freightliner dealer, and then they were on their own to get
home. he has a friend still that works for Arrow. i'm so glad my husband
got his old job back before this happened to us too!!!!! :(
Rocky
> my husband worked for arrow until october. he called me today and told me
> he'd just heard this news about Arrow as well. that the drivers should head
> to the nearest freightliner dealer, and then they were on their own to get
> home. he has a friend still that works for Arrow. i'm so glad my husband
> got his old job back before this happened to us too!!!!! :(
Cindy,
You were the first person I thought of when I heard what happened to
the company your husband used to work for.
I heard about the same as you and then someone said something about
$200 for a bus trip home but I don't know if he was still talking
about Arrow or not.
Yep, that was a close one for you and your husband.
Rocky
CCBlack
>
> - Show quoted text -
Yeah Cindy ... you and your husband were the first thing that came to
mind when I heard about this Arrow situation.
Glad he quit them when he did.
Chris
JerryD(upstateNY)
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JerryD(upstateNY)
Kujo
wrote:
> Was Arrow Trucking a union or non-union company ?
>
> --
> JerryD(upstateNY)
non union
Rocky
> On Dec 23, 8:11 pm, "JerryD\(upstateNY\)" <m...@rochester.rr.com>
> wrote:
> > Was Arrow Trucking a union or non-union company ?
>
Arrow Trucking is still the buzz on the CB.
Someone thinks they will come back with a new name but I don't think
they realized they are not the first trucking company to fold like
that.
used2be
> used2be wrote:
>> my husband worked for arrow until october. he called me today and
>> told me he'd just heard this news about Arrow as well. that the
>> drivers should head to the nearest freightliner dealer, and then
>> they were on their own to get home. he has a friend still that
>> works for Arrow. i'm so glad my husband got his old job back before
>> this happened to us too!!!!! :(
>
> Cindy,
>
> You were the first person I thought of when I heard what happened to
> the company your husband used to work for.
yes, i feel so bad for the other drivers. and so glad my hubby got his old
job back.
> I heard about the same as you and then someone said something about
> $200 for a bus trip home but I don't know if he was still talking
> about Arrow or not.
yeah, arrow never did cough up that $200. oh well, at least hubby got home.
>
> Yep, that was a close one for you and your husband.
sure was!!!
used2be
> On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:21:51 -0600, "used2be" <use...@nowhere.com>
> wrote:
>
>> my husband worked for arrow until october. he called me today and
>> told me he'd just heard this news about Arrow as well. that the
>> drivers should head to the nearest freightliner dealer, and then
>> they were on their own to get home. he has a friend still that
>> works for Arrow. i'm so glad my husband got his old job back before
>> this happened to us too!!!!! :(
>
> bus ticket home.
i hope so!
used2be
B
"used2be" <use...@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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Why would anybody "park the truck" and HOPE that they give you a busticket,
that
they probably wouldn't? How you gonna haul all your personal belongings
back on the bus.
I would have dropped the trailer and bobtailed straight for the house.
Rocky
I heard when Jevic went under that is exactly what some of the drivers
did.
Roughrider50
<ev...@theobvious.espphotography.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 09:57:03 -0500, "B" <a> wrote:
>
>>Why would anybody "park the truck" and HOPE that they give you a busticket,
>>that
>>they probably wouldn't? How you gonna haul all your personal belongings
>>back on the bus.
>>I would have dropped the trailer and bobtailed straight for the house.
>
>I'm no billy rig trucker, and I'm no lawyer (just ask richard), but
>that could be considered grand theft auto.
The outfit I'm with now had that happen at their Dayton terminal. The
driver disappeared with the truck and trailer and didn't answer his
phone for couple of weeks. They finally sent someone over to his
house and lo and behold, there was the tractor-trailer, where it had
been all along. They tried to prosecute him to no avail. They were
told that what they were dealing with was a civil matter not criminal.
The most they could do was sue him for conversion of property, or
denial of use. Good luck. Did arrow's recording (I listened to it
but don't remember) say anything about which Freightliner dealer to
take it to? All it said was take it to the nearest Freightliner
dealer..... Nearest to what, your house. That's what I would assume.
Furthermore what are they going to do, deduct it from your final check
which you will never see any way. A lot of it depends to on how far
it is to the house, even bob tailing you're lucky to get 10 miles per
gallon so you might be better ahead, money wise, to rent a cheap car
and drive home. Of course when you're down to your last 20 bucks and
no way to feed yourself that might not be an option either.
.
The problem with socialism is that eventually
you run out of other people's money."
-Margaret Thatcher
B
"Roughrider50" <cork...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4pack5hh4ni8vf7e8...@4ax.com...
unless
you were thousands away from home, then flying would have been better. If
your
down to your last twenty bucks whose fault is that?
pbj
Latest news in the Arrow fiasco:
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http://www.landlinemag.com/Special_Reports/2010/Jan/010110-arrow.htm
An emergency order was issued on Dec. 24, 2009, just two days after the
company's collapse, by William Quade, acting associate administrator for
field operations for FMCSA. This order comes after Quade spoke by phone
to Arrow's vice president of operations, relaying grave concerns
regarding Arrow's chaotic shutdown. The order against Arrow, its
managers and officers, directed them to “comply immediately with all
applicable federal, state and local regulations pertaining to commercial
motor vehicle cargo securement, attendance and parking.”
However, this order appears to have been ignored by Arrow executives. In
fact, countless trucks, trailers and abandoned loads are still missing.
[...]
Quade states in the order that Arrow executives' “failure to comply with
the provisions ... will subject (Arrow) to an action in the U.S. District
Court for equitable relief and civil penalties.” The agency further
advised Arrow that the company may be assessed for criminal penalties.
[...]
One concern that triggered FMCSA's emergency order is the fear that some
of these drivers were hauling hazardous materials at the time the
company suspended operations, which could be a “threat to public
safety.”
Spencer said drivers may have been forced to abandon their hazmat loads
when they ran out of fuel and received no instruction from Arrow on what
to do next.
[...]
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One can hope...