ABCO Transportation, Inc., Ocala FL

Professional driver’s stay away from this company. Just like every driver there I spent more time sitting @ truck stops and rest areas compared to driving. Recruiter said there was salary, operations manager said that ended earlier this year. Loads/Miles aren’t consistent, driver’s have to wait hours for company to book loads. As a SE driver I never saw more than 800 miles a week. OTR doesn’t get more than 1,200/miles a week. Chad Miller & Seth, operations manager are racist. Trucks aren’t cleaned, I had to clean my own truck after completing orientation. ABCO is all reefer. Read all the reviews. If every driver is saying the same thing then it must be true. Choose to still apply, you’ll regret it. I made more working for Werner with. 48/cpm compared to ABCO 55/cpm and less miles. If I could give this company negative stars I sure would.

It’s a great facility. Descent equipment. Wish I could give more stars but they don’t allow you to make the money you need to pay your bills. They leave you sitting after sending you scraps for loads.

Safety cannot be a priority. One of your trucks just cut us off turning with an arrow. Not impressed. Truck AB1530.

If i could rate this company 0 stars i would. Completely a waste of time. If you are going to be a regional driver be prepared to sit around alot and don’t expect to get over 1200 miles a week. Overall this company is by far the worst place ive ever worked. You can make more money pushing buggies at a grocery store. Hopefully someone will take this review into consideration. No need to learn the hard way like i had to

Not worth the time or effort to do their lease at the star. I received a piece of junk for a truck, and then from there six weeks without pay only received three paychecks. All were less than 700 bucks other than that they were OK until they told me I had to move out of my truck and left me and my dog out in the heat with a truck that did not work at all the APU did not function correctly. The truck had a Lotta problems run away from the Lease.

I know a driver who work for ABCO it was the biggest mistake he ever made working for thim thay would not fix his truck did not have the mile for driver you work for ABCO you will live on hard times

Zero stars
There is a lot of sitting there is absolutely no money to be made with this SCAM COMPANY
and as independent contractors, we'll it's not 0 money down as posted on the website
FALSE ADVERTISING!
Drivers you will make more money standing on the corner begging for money
I worked 3 weeks straight and made a NEGATIVE PAYCHECKS

Worked for a while here. It is a good company. Well structured and nice place to work with really friendly people. Unfortunatly had to quit because I didn't make the miles they offered to me. Basically a local driver makes a way more money than me. To be clear to understand, I am talking about a $500 a week being Regional first and then switched to OTR. Not possible to survive with that. Wasted two consecutive weekends stuck in truck stops without moving a single mile. Hard to make any money in such a condition. Not to mention that I haven't been payed for detentions and layovers yet.

Update.now those guys are charging me with $320 for the orientation because I worked less than 90 days. So was I supposed to continue loosing money for 90 days? My Last paycheck was $71. It is Just not fair because I quit because they didn't give the miles they offered. I was supposed to have a minimun of 2k miles a week and hardly made 1k. With loads of 300 or 350 miles to be driven in 2 days.it doesn't make any sense. And yet they charge me for leaving the company before 90 days.not to mention that they haven't paid me for detention and layovers.and pretty sure they won't pay.

I seen a job posting from ABCO and wanted to speak with a recruiter before applying. I called and someone answered and literally just hung the phone up.

Good place to work so far. I’ve been here since January/2023, I have no complaints so far. I do regional, but they do have OTR positions, and in most big cities they have local but you would have to get in contact with them to find out where local work is available.

They have a steady amount of loads from dedicated freight, a majority of the loads are refrigerated so always arrive early to get in and out faster.

They do have outward facing cameras, and once you dispatchers do not annoy you, if you hear a driver complain about dispatchers they must be lazy lol. If you are in the Southeast Region you will most likely see a ABCO truck and just talk to a driver, even from our private driver convos, there’s really nothing to complain about at this company.

Oh yeah we got BENEFITS! Lol

They assigned me there filthest truck they had. Stunk to high hell. They acted like it was my fault.

If I could rate a zero I would. Stay away.far away.this is a write off company for RL carriers.drivers sit on loads that are due to deliver for two days.sit in truck stops for 2 days or more and not get paid for being under a load.they then claim they over paid you on your pay checks and take money back without informing you.then refuse to pay you ur final check when you resign.stating the driver didn't turn in the bills in time.another lie.company is a joke. Too many hands in the pot when it comes to dispatch.one tells you this another tells you that.you can sit at docks or in yards for up to 10 or more hours.thats the norm for this company.running down ur drive clock then the dispatch informs you to PC to the next drop or pick up.stay away if you value your CDL

They advertise hiring drivers in Atlanta! I'm in Atlanta 32 miles away & I'm out of their hiring area! What kinda ish is that? But all these companies keep saying they need good drivers! I've been driving since 1989 & just sold my rig W900L 3406e Cat. I've got all the endorsements except motorcycle. My MVR is clean, my Csa is clean. I'm Smith System certified along with defensive driving certification & skills test along with truck & trailer inspection tests certificate! And I'm just 32 miles away, but y'all looking for good drivers right?

The pay was not all that good compared to other trucking companies, I was offered a much better position and local at that from another company and be home everyday, $1,550.a week, I only stayed with ABCO 2 weeks before accepting this local job, so ABCO decided to take back my orientation pay that I earned regardless of the fact that I didn't stay with the company for no more than 2 weeks,
That gives them the right to keep my money? Wrong I was considered on duty working for 8 hours a day and they need to pay me!

Awesome Family company. With owners that still care! I am the shop Forman for Knoxville R+L Carriers but try hard to repair all equipment. May someday move to Ocala Florida to join ABCO

A good working environment office management is very pleasant anytime you need time off they will be very understanding Good family