Arrow Trucking Closing? Truckers Stranded Across U.S.

wow that is sad. My fiancee is a trucker.

Tulsa trucking company LinkAmerica has openings available. Company officials are encouraging Arrow Trucking employees to apply for work with them. Employees will have to meet qualifications to be considered for employment. If interested, call (918) 828-7620.

In addition, if needed, LinkAmerica will offer truckers a bus ride home if they are hired

Anyone know who some of their customers are? As sad as this is, that info could help others who are looking for work. Because of their relationship a company may be more willing to hire an Arrow employee.
Or it will allow others in the industry to pick up new business and help them from falling like this!

Wisonsin based trucking company also has openings available.Ecklund operates in 48 states,dry van only .We encourage you to apply for immediate openings.Employees will have to meet qualifications to be considered for employment ,Please call ,if you are interested #800-541-1028 EXT.123.

That's horrible, but we should have seen it coming. As retailers order less because they are selling less, fewer trucks are needed to deliver the goods. We've gone from not being able to find empty containers to truck goods, to having empty containers being returned from overseas because we aren't ordering enough to fill them. It is a sad day for truckers - very sorry to hear it.

Horrid!! they are leaving them stranded? and a lay off right before christmas? crazy!!

This is truly a sad situation. Our hearts go out to the employees and their families. For any drivers who have lost employment we welcome your inquires and applications for employment at www.tmctrans.com or call 800-247-2862 ext 1.

Very sad. Funny thing is that "trucker schools" are popping up all over Minnesota so apparently there is still a need?

If your employment was recently affectd by the closing of Arrow Trucking, Contact PGT Trucking for immediate consideration. 800-824-0723.

Central Oregon Truck Company is also looking for a few experienced flatbed drivers. Visit our website online at www.centraloregontruck.com for more information or call 866-394-1944 x 123 or 117. We'd be happy to have you, you're still a name with COTC!

This is interesting. My first instinct is to remove the comments of these "vultures," but actually I'd like any Arrow employees out there to see the opportunities if there's a chance they'll land on their feet any quicker.

As the author of the article, please don't flag for these comments. Thank you!

Evans Equipment Co. Inc. based in Butler, IN has immediate jobs for experience flatbed drivers with a good driving record. Call my cell phone at 866-396-8074. I am not a "vulture" just someone with jobs for those who lost theirs by no fault of their own.

I don't think you are a vulture, "Oscar." That was only an initial impression. Well, I suppose technically you are a vulture, but not in a way that should have a negative connotation. I wish all Arrow employees luck in landing on their feet quickly.

I am amazed at how many other companies seem to be hiring, while Arrow is in such dire straits.

My husband is(was) an Arrow driver, and only in the past few days had there even been rumors of this happening. This morning he got word to clear out his truck and go home. I'm praying he and other drivers find another job quickly. I will not put down Arrow, simply b/c they always treated my husband well until today. They him his start in this industry that he loves and that he sometimes very harsh. We are a trucking family and we will land back on our feet! I want to say thank you for the people posting job numbers, it is alot of help, b/c we are back to square one right now. To everyone else Have a Merry Christmas!!!

Sherri, I wish you and your family the best of luck during this difficult time. Have a Merry Christmas!

My daughter's husband is an Arrow driver that is under load. He was told to clean out his truck and they might send him a bus ticket home to Oklahoma. My daughter is with him but they said he is responsible to get his belongings and his wife home himself. He was also told there would be no pay checks from the last weeks work. This isn't the way business is conducted. Not any reputable business that I know of.

That's terrible Judith! Hopefully they will come through with their payroll commitments eventually.

Drivers are last on the pay commitments. Remember when others filed bankruptcy, employees get paid last, after other creditors, including shareholders. 99.9% employees never get paid.

I think it should be employees first, creditors second, shareholders third, and upper management last.

Judith, I am so sorry your daughter and son-in-law are going through this 2 days before Christmas. As a CFO, I just thought I would chime in on one of your comments. If he is a W-9 employee, then he should be first in line before other creditors and shareholders. Employee wages are always considered first in any bankruptcy proceeding because that's the type of liability that the officers and directors of the company can be personally liable for. So don't let your son-in-law give up on those earnings, he is entitled to them.

Correction, a W-2 employee (not 1099/independent contractor).

Does anyone remember Enron? That mess is where we were informed of the rights of employees. The law hasn't changed, just the top rate employers.

PTL is has immediate openings. Please call 877-775-3533.

As a (well now former) employee of Arrow Tulsa truck shop. It got pretty ruff yesterday, we came in and it was dead silent, drivers where told there trucks where going to freightliner to get fixed there, along with the 100+ trucks that where no drivers sitting out back. I knew a tow truck operator and there orders where to repo everything. So the truck shop guys, got every driver we could find that could go down the road, filled there trucks up with fuel from no drivers and told them to get to the respective terminals. At that time they where kicking people out of the trucks with no where to go.
The trucks that couldnt not move under there own power, even tho we were told that we will not pick over trucks that where no drivers or in the boneyard. we got the trucks going and got them out that night. only 3 drivers stayed at the tulsa shop.

Alot of the dayshift guys did not know until it was on the news, some came at night when we loaded up our boxes. I came in at 8am to find out they where done, everybodys tools are out.

For the base employees our last weeks check (the 15th) bounced, we all are a grand plus in the hole. with another check and a half coming. What i got from the meeting was, we will get our money, mechanics, office and truckers alike. Good luck i wish yall the best in your edevours.
I talked to linkamerica, they are definately hiring drivers, but not mechanics, so im off for another job.

Try john christner trucking, they do a leas to own program as well as the normal deal where you driver their truck. there based out of sulpalpa oklahoma, just a few miles from arrow.

I truly feel bad for the drivers, i hope they are doing well. Hope to see you back on the road, and maybe in the shop, thats how i make my money.

Good luck
Anthony L

Good luck, Anthony. I hope you have better luck than the drivers that are still out on the road. You can buy a Bus ticket for yourself and your wife, you can't buy one for your truck pet. There are a lot of cats and dogs that have no way home and there are a lot of drivers that will loose Thousands of dollars in equipment and personal belongings. The Owner and CEO knew what was happening. They didn't take any steps to take care of their own. Shame on them.

Thank you
But i heard through the great vine sometime around noon today, that diamler financial was giving kw/freightliner drivers a bus ticket or 200 dollars cash. Provided the show up at a freightliner dealership and call a number, they are also paying for enough fuel to get to a dealership.

International drivers are waiting for the same thing, but not have been given there instructions yet.

Anthony

Martie C.
Really sorry to here about all the drives from Arrow getting laid off. My Son is a truck driver and was talking about going over to Arrow last month I told him to wait until after the first of the year to see how the economy was going. He was sure glade I told him to wait. He is driving up from Patterson Ca to Redding he is willing to help any driver who is having trouble going north because they are short of money or have a pet. His name is Jeremiah and is on channel 17 handle Toad.

Hey Anthony, as an ex-driver for Arrow now, I know how hard you all worked in the shop, having to take parts off junk trucks out back to repair ours, instead of getting new parts put on them. Tulsa, was not the place we wanted to go, because of the long waiting period in the shop. Know it was not your fault. I'm 50 years old and honestly, this was the worst business I've worked for. Thankful for the chance at flatbedding experience, but hell, they starved me out to gain it, lol...not funny but the truth!

yea going to the boneyard sucked, IVe taked whole doors because the vent window is impossible to remove with damageing it. I pulled a vpod last friday off a truck with a whole in the block. Soaked with oil, only to have the truck i was putting it on, one of the air lines snap with 10 mins left in my shift, had to let the driver go out with a horrible leak because i didnt have time to go back outside and get another line. and we didnt have it in stock.

They were making us pull brake pads off wrecked trucks to put them on driver trucks, thats very risky, i almost got fired over telling em no that i wouldnt do it. They would probably have no issue, but if you went down the road and hit a bus full of kids cuz the brakes failed, that would come to me.
Anthony

Diamond Transportation System Inc., a specialized freight hauler based in Racine, WI, is always looking for OTR independent contractors with experience hauling flatbeds, stepdecks and RGNs. Call 1-800-927-9702, ext. 125 for more information. Firm is 100 percent independent contractor, and has trailers available. Thanks, Mark (recruiting/orientation)

http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=11718693 This is a link of companies that are hiring drivers. If you know any drivers that have lost their jobs, please pass on this link. Thanks.

What amazing people you all are...I hope & pray that each and every one of you have a happy holiday! My kids were so upset to find out their dad lost his job, but you always have to look on the brighter side of things...He will now be home with them for Christmas. And I believe everything happens for a reason, I hope that every driver and employee of arrow will find better things ahead..Keep your head up guys!!!

I "was" a driver for Arrow. Luckily got out of Tulsa, Ok last saturday night to repower another load going to Chicago, Il. Delivered monday morning, then received another load in Chicago going to San Antonio, Tx....but after securing and tarping the load in the early evening, received a message on quallcomm the load was canceled. Dang, just did all that work of throwing three tarps on this load, and heard rumors of them shutting down, so went to truckstop about 25 miles south of Chicago hopefully to hear something from Arrow, but nothing, no message on quallcom or phone call from them. So, the next morning took load back to shipper to have it off loaded and headed home. Just lucky had enough fuel in truck to make it home in Ky.

The next day had message to deliver truck to nearest freightliner dealership and get bus ticket home, but the way they have been treating me, having me wait weeks at a time in Tulsa for repairs and sitting in truckstops for loads, there was no way I trusted this message, so just came home to my family.

Now, I have the truck and trailer at my house, not really sure what to do....should I take it to freightliner about one and half hrs away, put a lien on truck and equipment in order to receive pay they owe or what. Lost in limbo here not knowing legal rights, but do have another job lined up first of the year with a more reputable company.

Must say overall the truth working for this outfit has been lousy. I have almost 9 months with them and have been sticking it out to gain flatbed experience. Was hoping for a year exp then move to another company. Flatbedding is hard work and the learning never ends.

I've heard they were getting money from the government for hiring new drivers, and they must of made a ton of money doing so, because they were bringing in around 75 to 100 new people every week. The turn around rate is 183% with this company. They would give you loads keeping you busy for a month or two, then begin to starve you out on the road, which is why so many people quit....they had to have people to quit to keep that government $ coming in. A real shame how this business was run lately....no thought of the drivers over the road. And to keep many of them stranded across the country is a travesty for hard working people, just trying to provide for their families. I'm just lucky to have enough fuel left in truck to make it home.

hold the truck and trailer and put a lien against arrow, contact diamler tell em your situation, thye might pay you. I tried putting a lien on a truck, a really nice international 9400i with 220k on the clock. I was told it had to be in my possession.

good luck and god bless.

in oklahoma the lien is called a title 42, go to your dmv or tag angency watever they call it in yoru state.

disconnect your quallcom, at the tower on the top of the truck. Also at the keyboard. They can track your truck using those, find somewhere else but your home to store both. or in most states they can not open a locked gate to repo a truck.

Attention all former Arrow workers, Chuck Ercole is filing a class action suit on behalf ofsome other drivers. You can contact him at: 215-290-3907 or email to: cercole@klehr.com.

I am really sorry that this happened to you guys at Christmas but I will say TMC has been very good to us drivers anyone who wants to stay in the flatbed game should call them!!!! 800-247-2862 ext 1, I am a driver at TMC and me and my family love it!!!