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DVL Express Inc.

2064 W 167th Street
Markham, IL 60428

Reviews

December 19, 2023

by Jacob. R

Driver

Waiting on my deposit . Had to fight for my money that I earned working hard

June 19, 2023

by Jonathan Sandi

Dishonesty at its best

I worked for DVL from August 2022 thru June 2023, and unfortunately I CANNOT recommend it to any other owner operators. I feel like the company is going through a lot at the moment and that is being reflected 100% as a whole. The article from the Chicago Tribune “#1 top place to work” must be the biggest paid advertisement ever, there is no way in hell this is the #1 place to work in this industry. Their deductions are very high, which doesn’t correlate with what the pay should be for an owner operator and I will tell you why, keep reading!. Basically the way I see it is that as an owner operator you are competing with their company drivers. My whole time there I felt like if I worked under a forced dispatch environment, I feel like DVL gives their good loads to company drivers and owner operators are basically left with breadcrumbs. There were many times I didn’t get paid in time and that caused me many problems with my banks as I had bills to pay in time, as a matter of fact I requested them to cover over $120 in overdraft fees given by my bank a few weeks ago due to their irresponsibility for not paying me in time. I am afraid they are administering funds or profits in a very irresponsible way which is causing them to be unable to cover their bills or payroll. DVL will give you a fuel card and only $0.40 per gallon, but in reality they’re getting up to a +$1 per gallon discounts, and pocketing the difference. Dispatchers were told to cut off rates for drivers, those rate confirmations were 100% edited in order to remove $150-$300 from the original rate confirmation, I reached out to a few of the brokers I suspected was happening and the rate difference was confirmed. Their safety team charged me unfairly for an inspection that happened in California on Sept 4th 2022, they claimed they were given points for that inspection but the FMCSA safer website shows otherwise, and I was charged $630 as a penalty. I brought it to them sometime later and nothing was done. Their fleet department manager Oleg is absolutely incompetent, his lack of understanding towards drivers can be seen 1000 miles away. On May 9th they sent me an email letting me know that they were going to start charging $250 for parking at their terminal. I refused to park there. Though there were very nice people there, for example Justin, or Dominic (very very nice and smart guys) I feel like the majority of people at DVL are just wolves in sheep’s clothing, they’ll smile at you but once you turn around the whole thing is different. The terminal in general is nice, it’s got very nice amenities for being so small, but it definitely needs improvements. Prices at their mechanical shop are not that “discounted”. You can definitely find cheaper mechanical work somewhere else. Dispatch fees for owner operators is 12%, plus your weekly deductions which could be around $750, plus whatever you spend on fuel. For lease trucks their dispatch fee is 25%, plus about $1,400 in weekly deductions plus whatever you spend on fuel. To be honest, I think that there are better companies out there. I left DVL with a bittersweet taste. Unfortunately now I have to wait 90 days to get my $2,500 escrow back, which by the way they will return with no interest (as it is required by the FMCSA). Perhaps they will take into consideration these reviews and make changes that are clearly necessary at the moment.

January 20, 2023

by Aiden Carol

Perfect fit for me

Too easy to move from company driver to owner operator. Very thankful for DVL Express

January 20, 2023

by Fred Voit

The best for truckers

Better pay than I have had with other companies. Fleet dept and truck repair shop on the lot. Newer equipment. Hope to be with them long enough to become an owner operator

December 13, 2022

by Jordan Reed

They Don't Steal From You

DVL Express is a very Honest company, they treat us like a family, their pay is great why ? BECAUSE they never steal your money, your paychecks will never be cut as 90% of other companies do cheat the drivers, their LOGO is Honesty, they give you a truck with trailer fully inspected and safe to drive they make sure their Equipment in good condition, they fix any problem any time if you are on the road, they have a team who is working 24 hours. their mileage is fair and their pay is good and fair at least you know that no one steal your money.
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