What Drivers
Actually Say

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Seven years behind the wheel and I'd never felt like anything other than a number — until I came to Hylas. First week: brand new Peterbilt, dispatcher who actually answered, and a settlement sheet that matched exactly what they told me it would be. 85 cents a mile, clean miles. No games. I'm home every three weeks like we agreed. Not four. Three. After years of voicemail and surprise deductions, that felt almost unreal.

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I tried two lease programs at other companies before this one. Both of them looked great on paper and fell apart in the fine print — fuel surcharge adjustments, "administrative fees," safety bonds that somehow never came back. I was netting maybe 40 cents on a 70-percent deal. At Hylas I asked upfront: show me a real settlement from a driver on this program. They showed me three. The math held. Eighty-eight percent of gross, no balloon at the end, walk-away clause if it ever doesn't work. Fourteen months in and the truck feels like mine. Because it basically is.

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Five years hauling steel. I've heard every trucking pitch there is. What made me call Hylas was a driver I met at a fuel stop in Memphis — she had a newer truck than anything I'd seen at companies I'd worked for, and she told me her net number without hesitation. No inflation, no "it depends." That number was real. My equipment here is maintained. And when something goes wrong — and something always goes wrong eventually — somebody picks up the phone. After years of voicemail at other companies, that alone is worth more than a sign-on bonus.

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Me and my co-driver came over together from a mega-fleet company where we were running 5,500 miles a week and grossing less than we do here at 5,000. The math never made sense there. Here we're at a dollar a mile each — that's real money split right. The Volvo sleeper is big enough that two people can actually live in it without wanting to kill each other. Orientation was four days, recruiter stayed in contact the whole time, and our first load was ready when we finished. No waiting around. No surprises.

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I specifically needed home weekly — I have two kids. Every company I talked to said they could make that work, and then once I was running, it turned out "weekly" meant every 9 or 10 days. At Hylas the regional program is actually regional. I'm home Friday night most weeks. Pay is solid for the miles — the PPL structure took a week to understand but once I did the math it was competitive with any per-mile rate I'd been offered. I run the same lanes consistently, which means I know the shippers, I know the receivers, and I'm not guessing what my week looks like.

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I came out of a SAP program and was having a hard time finding placement. A lot of companies say they accept SAP drivers and then ghost you after the background check comes back. Hylas didn't. My recruiter was straight with me: here are the programs in our group that work with SAP drivers, here are the ones that don't, here's what to expect. I was placed within two weeks. The International rides well, the freight is consistent, and I'm building my record back. That's all I needed — somebody to give me a straight shot.

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Dedicated is a different world from OTR. Same lanes, same receivers, home most weekends. I took a slight CPM cut versus what I could've gotten OTR, but the consistency is worth it at this point in my career. What I'll say about Hylas specifically is that the dedicated account they matched me with actually runs the way they described. Walmart freight is high volume, well-organized, and the loads are legal weight. No surprises on the dock. My recruiter checked in at 30 days, 60 days, 90 days. After that I stopped hearing from him — which is exactly what you want, because it means everything is running.

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I've been driving 12 years. Hylas isn't perfect — no company is — but when I have a problem, it gets handled. That's the bottom line. My truck went down in Kansas last spring, and by the time I'd finished the call to roadside, a plan was already in motion. Breakdown pay, hotel covered, back rolling in 22 hours. At my last company that same situation took four days and I fought for three weeks to get my breakdown pay. Three years in and I still recommend Hylas to every driver I meet who's looking.