I was hired by Barry Nix trucking overnight which should have told me what they are about. Twice in my life I have taken work with a company listed on Rip Off Report, the first one never paid me and the second is Nix Trucking. I'll never do it again.
These reports are out here for a reason, to make us aware of companies that are less than honest and rip off or unfairly charge the employee for almost anything they can think of.
I hired on and was flown to Dallas, I sat in the office with Heather while she tried to "get to know me" and after three hours they sent me 40 minutes away to where the truck was parked - in a truck parking area. The only presence Barry Nix Trucking has in Irving Texas is a small two person office in an office building near DAL. It's occupied by two people who spoke good and understandable English. That was the last understandable spoken English I heard from that point on. They do not use texting and dispatch via email - they prefer the phone - one day I received 9 calls none of which were clearly understandable. Heather told me the top O/O solo drivers were taking home $4k a week. Can’t prove they were not but Heather did fake information – she told me she had tracking on all the trucks but they never seemed to know where I was. There were other questionable statements; I left there a bit uncertain. When I saw the truck I went oh boy.. But I’ll give it a chance. I did and I found out what they were and it cost me all but $100 of my first paycheck that started at $1,700
Heather ranted about how good the truck was and how she had saved for me when other drivers wanted it. I located the 2016 Freightliner with the right side caved in from an accident. The skirt, still damaged was riveted where cracked with aluminum squares. The passenger door was caved in and the front right wheel had been damaged as well. The tractor interior was beat up pretty bad, the plastic covering the gauges had been punched and was cracked and splintering. The window lock controls were beaten also and did not work. I then completed a full inspection and found the two steer tires with toe wear on the right edge of each tire with scalloping. Someone had kicked in the fuel gauge on the reefer tank and that did not work. One tire on the tractor was worn down and was very soon to be replaced. 4 trailer tires were scalloped and had toe wear as well. I documented it all. This trailer also had a suspension air gauge to determine trailer axels weight. This gauge has been smashed too. Heather told me she visited the yard every day but had no idea of the shape the truck was in. I believe Heather misrepresents what the company is and what condition the equipment is in..
The reefer unit was completely out of oil and had been run dry of fuel and needed to be primed - I primed the reefer myself; the tractor did not show any oil on the stick. There was one other tractor in this yard and it was in worse shape than the one I had been assigned.
I loaded to Grand Junction Co with enough time to get there. The afternoon before I arrived they called and told me I needed to arrive 4 hours earlier than the assigned delivery time so I could get to Colorado Springs to load a hot load.
Each load I ran for them seemed to be bottom of the barrel type loads that had not loaded when they should have been and you were expected to run over your hours to deliver it. Each load seemed to be this way - it had not been picked up and was behind but Nix may have promised to get it there on time at the driver’s expense and their profit.
That first trip I monitored the two steer tires and by the time I dropped the load in Long Island (I was told during the hiring process they ran mostly Dallas to Chicago to the Carolinas – I won’t run east coast and told them if they had informed they ran east coast exclusively I would not have signed on.)
The tires would not have passed a dot inspection. I also had a trailer tire blow out - I lost 5 hours getting it replaced. It was also suggested by Dorian - their maintenance arranger that I would need to pay with my money upfront at the TA for the tire and service. I told him I already had $100 out for fuel where a Loves would not take their fuel card, 4 gallons of oil for the reefer and tractor and misc. other expenses totaling $316.61 refused loudly I would not pay up front for the tire. From what I can tell it is the companies practice to have the driver pay upfront for repairs and then be reimbursed. On request I was reimbursed for the $316.61 without incident. The service manager at the TA informed me a Nix driver had been in the day before and had trouble getting paid - Nix claimed EFS was down....
I had another trailer tire blow and lost another half a day on repairs. In the first week I lost three days running because of their equipment. They also buy the cheapest tires so you bounce on down the road - constantly bounce down the road.
I was forced to drive the truck back to Dallas under threat of dismissal. The right steer tire was into the casing before I reached Dallas. They had promised to replace the steer tires when I got to Dallas but they dispatched me anyway. I refused to load and worked my way up to the right person and was able to convince them the truck had been in an accident and needed aligning and two steer tires. I was not able to load on Friday and I sat all weekend, I did suffer some verbal abuse from Marcus for not taking the load. I had considered pulling into a scale house and requesting a level 1 DOT inspection but the tires did a bit better when I inflated them to 125 PSI cold. It is the only reason I made Dallas.
Some of the breakdown happened after hours so you were to call a fella in Chicago - he agh - I referred to Him as Tommy Chong. Not a lick of sense and a Russian dialect I could not understand. He sounded like he was asleep each time I had to call him or on drugs.
This company also fines you for tires blowing and a dozen other fines - the fines are high. I was there less than three weeks and informed them I had no intention of driving for them any longer after trying to get me to drive all day and then all night. They loaded me to Crown Point In and told me to take a load or find your own way home. The cost of getting home was close to $600, they find me $1,000 for not completing a two week notice. My check started at $1,700, I kept $100 of it.
When I signed on I had to initial a piece of paper that listed the fines and sign it at the bottom. I had no idea what I was getting into and I’ve never had a problem giving notice before. All I could see was a thieving company that was a mess and equipment so bad I'd spend so much time repairing the truck I'd not be able to make money.
They told me to drop the truck in a truck parking area in Lamont, IL – many miles from their Chicago office. Seems they do not want to make it possible for you to see them face to face like in Dallas. On the way to Lamont the truck shut down and I spent 1.5 hours on a regen on the side of the road. I informed them of the need to bake or pressure clean the DPF at around 230k miles – they were close. No APU on the truck and just another maintenance issue. There were also two more trailer tires - nice trailer tires - scalloping with toe wear that would need to be replaced within a week and the tractor tire that was worn was way past 4/32 of tread left. They are charging drivers for tire wear they believe is due to tire pressure but is due to the trailer being out of alignment
It cost me close to $600 to rent a one way rental home from Chicago to Pensacola, it would have been $173 from Dallas.
Also, another ex-driver named Billy posted about Nix on Rip Off Report - with the exception of speaking for another driver ( O/O ) I can assure you his information is accurate. He believes the company GS trucking a Russian trucking company that failed and shut down was brought back under a different LLC = Barry Nix trucking. I can't prove that but I do believe it to be true
Nix trucking also requires you to fax in the BOL once loaded so they can get an advance on the load. My belief is they are in dire financial trouble doing whatever they can to have the drivers monies help keep them afloat.
This is the same company as GD TRUCKING EXPRESS INC out of Elk Grove Village IL. These guys have cheated numerous drivers and are getting sued by many. Look up on google under their old name, the reason they switched names is because of their bad reputation and so many drivers after them, not to mention their terrible safety scores. These guys will do anything to cheat you out of your money and they will treat you like crap. They never paid my friend that was an owner operator with them and never paid other drivers I know including myself.
They hide from drivers and have a bunch of dispatchers that are not even in the United Sates but somewhere in Eastern Europe. These guys will do anything to get you so to those who had it happen to them by this company speak out. Im getting all drivers that worked for GD TRUCKING EXPRESS INC that is now NIX to do a class action lawsuite. They lie to brokers, lie to drivers, and dont care about anyone at all. This is a prime example of why trucking is going to the s****er in this country.
BARRY NIX TRUCKING, LLC. Reviews
I was hired by Barry Nix trucking overnight which should have told me what they are about. Twice in my life I have taken work with a company listed on Rip Off Report, the first one never paid me and the second is Nix Trucking. I'll never do it again.
These reports are out here for a reason, to make us aware of companies that are less than honest and rip off or unfairly charge the employee for almost anything they can think of.
I hired on and was flown to Dallas, I sat in the office with Heather while she tried to "get to know me" and after three hours they sent me 40 minutes away to where the truck was parked - in a truck parking area. The only presence Barry Nix Trucking has in Irving Texas is a small two person office in an office building near DAL. It's occupied by two people who spoke good and understandable English. That was the last understandable spoken English I heard from that point on. They do not use texting and dispatch via email - they prefer the phone - one day I received 9 calls none of which were clearly understandable. Heather told me the top O/O solo drivers were taking home $4k a week. Can’t prove they were not but Heather did fake information – she told me she had tracking on all the trucks but they never seemed to know where I was. There were other questionable statements; I left there a bit uncertain. When I saw the truck I went oh boy.. But I’ll give it a chance. I did and I found out what they were and it cost me all but $100 of my first paycheck that started at $1,700
Heather ranted about how good the truck was and how she had saved for me when other drivers wanted it. I located the 2016 Freightliner with the right side caved in from an accident. The skirt, still damaged was riveted where cracked with aluminum squares. The passenger door was caved in and the front right wheel had been damaged as well. The tractor interior was beat up pretty bad, the plastic covering the gauges had been punched and was cracked and splintering. The window lock controls were beaten also and did not work. I then completed a full inspection and found the two steer tires with toe wear on the right edge of each tire with scalloping. Someone had kicked in the fuel gauge on the reefer tank and that did not work. One tire on the tractor was worn down and was very soon to be replaced. 4 trailer tires were scalloped and had toe wear as well. I documented it all. This trailer also had a suspension air gauge to determine trailer axels weight. This gauge has been smashed too. Heather told me she visited the yard every day but had no idea of the shape the truck was in. I believe Heather misrepresents what the company is and what condition the equipment is in..
The reefer unit was completely out of oil and had been run dry of fuel and needed to be primed - I primed the reefer myself; the tractor did not show any oil on the stick. There was one other tractor in this yard and it was in worse shape than the one I had been assigned.
I loaded to Grand Junction Co with enough time to get there. The afternoon before I arrived they called and told me I needed to arrive 4 hours earlier than the assigned delivery time so I could get to Colorado Springs to load a hot load.
Each load I ran for them seemed to be bottom of the barrel type loads that had not loaded when they should have been and you were expected to run over your hours to deliver it. Each load seemed to be this way - it had not been picked up and was behind but Nix may have promised to get it there on time at the driver’s expense and their profit.
That first trip I monitored the two steer tires and by the time I dropped the load in Long Island (I was told during the hiring process they ran mostly Dallas to Chicago to the Carolinas – I won’t run east coast and told them if they had informed they ran east coast exclusively I would not have signed on.)
The tires would not have passed a dot inspection. I also had a trailer tire blow out - I lost 5 hours getting it replaced. It was also suggested by Dorian - their maintenance arranger that I would need to pay with my money upfront at the TA for the tire and service. I told him I already had $100 out for fuel where a Loves would not take their fuel card, 4 gallons of oil for the reefer and tractor and misc. other expenses totaling $316.61 refused loudly I would not pay up front for the tire. From what I can tell it is the companies practice to have the driver pay upfront for repairs and then be reimbursed. On request I was reimbursed for the $316.61 without incident. The service manager at the TA informed me a Nix driver had been in the day before and had trouble getting paid - Nix claimed EFS was down....
I had another trailer tire blow and lost another half a day on repairs. In the first week I lost three days running because of their equipment. They also buy the cheapest tires so you bounce on down the road - constantly bounce down the road.
I was forced to drive the truck back to Dallas under threat of dismissal. The right steer tire was into the casing before I reached Dallas. They had promised to replace the steer tires when I got to Dallas but they dispatched me anyway. I refused to load and worked my way up to the right person and was able to convince them the truck had been in an accident and needed aligning and two steer tires. I was not able to load on Friday and I sat all weekend, I did suffer some verbal abuse from Marcus for not taking the load. I had considered pulling into a scale house and requesting a level 1 DOT inspection but the tires did a bit better when I inflated them to 125 PSI cold. It is the only reason I made Dallas.
Some of the breakdown happened after hours so you were to call a fella in Chicago - he agh - I referred to Him as Tommy Chong. Not a lick of sense and a Russian dialect I could not understand. He sounded like he was asleep each time I had to call him or on drugs.
This company also fines you for tires blowing and a dozen other fines - the fines are high. I was there less than three weeks and informed them I had no intention of driving for them any longer after trying to get me to drive all day and then all night. They loaded me to Crown Point In and told me to take a load or find your own way home. The cost of getting home was close to $600, they find me $1,000 for not completing a two week notice. My check started at $1,700, I kept $100 of it.
When I signed on I had to initial a piece of paper that listed the fines and sign it at the bottom. I had no idea what I was getting into and I’ve never had a problem giving notice before. All I could see was a thieving company that was a mess and equipment so bad I'd spend so much time repairing the truck I'd not be able to make money.
They told me to drop the truck in a truck parking area in Lamont, IL – many miles from their Chicago office. Seems they do not want to make it possible for you to see them face to face like in Dallas. On the way to Lamont the truck shut down and I spent 1.5 hours on a regen on the side of the road. I informed them of the need to bake or pressure clean the DPF at around 230k miles – they were close. No APU on the truck and just another maintenance issue. There were also two more trailer tires - nice trailer tires - scalloping with toe wear that would need to be replaced within a week and the tractor tire that was worn was way past 4/32 of tread left. They are charging drivers for tire wear they believe is due to tire pressure but is due to the trailer being out of alignment
It cost me close to $600 to rent a one way rental home from Chicago to Pensacola, it would have been $173 from Dallas.
Also, another ex-driver named Billy posted about Nix on Rip Off Report - with the exception of speaking for another driver ( O/O ) I can assure you his information is accurate. He believes the company GS trucking a Russian trucking company that failed and shut down was brought back under a different LLC = Barry Nix trucking. I can't prove that but I do believe it to be true
Nix trucking also requires you to fax in the BOL once loaded so they can get an advance on the load. My belief is they are in dire financial trouble doing whatever they can to have the drivers monies help keep them afloat.
This is the same company as GD TRUCKING EXPRESS INC out of Elk Grove Village IL. These guys have cheated numerous drivers and are getting sued by many. Look up on google under their old name, the reason they switched names is because of their bad reputation and so many drivers after them, not to mention their terrible safety scores. These guys will do anything to cheat you out of your money and they will treat you like crap. They never paid my friend that was an owner operator with them and never paid other drivers I know including myself.
They hide from drivers and have a bunch of dispatchers that are not even in the United Sates but somewhere in Eastern Europe. These guys will do anything to get you so to those who had it happen to them by this company speak out. Im getting all drivers that worked for GD TRUCKING EXPRESS INC that is now NIX to do a class action lawsuite. They lie to brokers, lie to drivers, and dont care about anyone at all. This is a prime example of why trucking is going to the s****er in this country.