deerhunter74

hello all are there any members on this forum who are driving for h r trans in lethbridge alberta iam interested in long haul work canada / usa does anyone have any feedback from the company do they charge a fee ive noticed bison transport deal with an immigration company which will set you back a tidy $7.000 dollars not sure about h.r trans any help would be gratefull

Big Truck

Have a good read here:
http://lyndon001.blogspot.com/
or here
http://www.montedarlo.blogspot.com/

Gremmie

hey this isnt the real BT,, he would have tried to put you of,saying how you will work 60hours a day for peanuts etc.

Big Truck

If Deerhunter74 has a GOOD read of those two guys blogs and then looks at how much time/work they clock "unpaid" (layovers/breakdowns/loads not ready/border crossings etc etc) and are still fully responsible for their trucks,he should realise that they ARE paid peanuts for many hours per week!!

kb33

Thats more like it ..The Big Truck we have come to know and love

GAME ON ....

meritor

there are no fee's to pay for the driver with h&r,but you have to pay for your own pr which ever way you go about getting it.

deerhunter74

tyhanks for that it seems some companies are charging for the right to drive there trucks maybe i will give h&r a call and ask when they will be in europe next on a recruiting drive many thanks

koogar

Good luck whatever you decide.
I had a great time working in Canada.

Big Truck

H+R are now speccing new trucks limited to 62mph instead of 65mph all in the name of making the company "greener"!!!
Guys have said that it won't be long before they are limited to 56mph, (same as Manitoulin Trucking and some others) bit of a bummer when you paid per mile!!

bigwheels241

After just spending a lot of time in the UK governed at 56MPH and driven in USA / Australia /New Zealand and Canada plus on and off at a few other places, the laws of 56MPH are a joke.

Need not enter into why as those who are from UK will understand a lot of issues against fuel saving / greener etc.

I do feel safer knowning that I have the HP and not limited to get around another on the road, even the UK should be on open motorways 65MPH.

Will feel strange when back in Canada and can open her up a few MPH more than here.

On a side note, in Australia I would do Melbourne / Sydney in 8 Hrs on 80% not motorway (And before any young GUN comments) this is back in the early 90's

Northern Territory, being then in the 80's / 90's NO Limit in most open highways my Coolpower Mack would reach 79MPH. Could blow tourist in Caravans right off the road.....

Gremmie

My Kworth is limited to 65mph on the cruise controle and 70 mph on the throttle,,,,i usually drive ar a comfy 60mph... i get better fuel millage that way, thus eliminating stoping for fuel so often so there is no loss of earnings

bigwheels241

This (Overgrown Tonka Toy I got here in UK) MAN unit is tested and limited to 56, like most, but my sat nav tells me I am doing 53, and on cruise it drops to 51 on the sat nav but still shows 56 on speedo.

I know it low, the mechanics use their laptops to check and state its 56, but how come in a 400 mile round trip I am lucky to pass a handful of LGV's.

Man thats crap

koogar

I know what you mean.
Until last week, all our trucks were limited to 70.
Now they've been turned down to 65.
Still better then 53 though.

bigwheels241

We have a Scania in the yard, may take that out next week, least I can pull a fuse out ( opps slip of the typo ) dont know what I ment....sorry.

jamesmc

our volvos limited to 105kph on cruise,110 on foot,.
been stuck behind ontario trucks on yellowhead at 90kph ,they are really fed up.
james