Yep, I too have had a tangle with Dart. They too have ruined my DAC and are trying to ruin my life. I had been with the company a little over ten years (Got the coat and the ring). Started with them in 1998 as an allpoints Company driver / fleetline division Lancaster Tx or now DOC. Then I became a lease operator and trained my wife to drive. At first they weren't so bad Leased thru H.S. (their leasing company) in 2000.
My wife then got my first truck by taking over the lease for the truck. I then leased another truck in 2002 a new 2003 Columbia FL and that was when things went into the crapper first load on a new truck the 5th wheel guts were pulled out and H. S would not honor repairs. I had to go thru freightliner to make the fifthwheel company honor the repair bill that still cost me $. And there were other things wrong with the truck that were not honored. But that is the trucks problems.
The thing that chaffs me is I worked 5yrs to pay off the truck I came in to Pro Stop (their repair shop) and was told that there was extensive problems with my truck and since i was so deep in repairs bills they would not lone me the money to repair (a practice they used to do) to get it up to their code. I say it is up to their code due to the fact the truck passed a full level three inspection outside of danville il weigh station 5 days before. Now get this. They wouldn't loan me the money to repair the 2003 truck but instead want me to lease another truck a 2000 mind you for $48,000.
Well at the end my wife gave up driving her truck (it is in the back yard right now) to help me to pickup the payments on my truck. Teaming, good idea huh? Nope got less miles with too people on the truck as i did solo. We darn near starved! Plus when we did start to run good, the truck would break down since it was set up essentially for solo driving at first...
Well I was more or less forced to buy that 2000 truck and got so angry i drove it for only 2 months After i found out they sold my truck for $3000 (which i lost money paying for 3 of the 4 drives on the truck) wife was angry changed jobs while we were on the road. Drove her to orientation. And had to quit that way because we were so deep in the hole that we'd starve. Well one month later i quit also.
Found a job as a company driver. But recently found out on my DAC that i was fired for late deliveries and safety reasons... Lies, but who is gonna believe that I thought of myself as a slave to Dart... Well I quit Dart gave back all their equipment told my fleet manager and others of the hierarchy my intentions to quit, and yes at the end i told them of my displeasure and why. I had some good times there but as for going back or recommending them... No!
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