Dusty Lee Ragland - CDL Driver Reviews

Beware of this driver!!! Upon checking his MVR which was clean and no other records we decided to hire this driver. We purchased Dusty his plane ticket from Mississippi to Chicago and uber him from airport to the truck. When he arrived he had absolutely zero stuff with him (not even a backpack) and asked to get first load passing his house so he can get his stuff for the truck. Truck was issued to the driver around 4pm and he was instructed to wait for the morning to complete all the paperwork and to be dispatched for a load. Driver asked if he could go to truck stop and get a shower, which we approved but told him he must come back to office right after. After completing his training he took off to truck stop where he instantly topped of the fuel tanks got himself $200 cash advance, and started to head south. When we tried to reach him over the phone we got the message "Your call cannot be completed as dialed, please check the number and try again". We tried to reach him for couple hours unsuccessfully before we had call police. By the time report was made and state troopers were contacted to pull him over he was already 300 miles south of Chicago. Once he was pulled over and out of the truck our tuck got towed. His explanation to the trooper was "I was heading home from Chicago to Mississippi to pickup my bedding because we allowed him to do so". So please be careful because driver preaches about clear communication and how important is to be open and upfront about everything but minute he got int the truck all that went out the window. In the end we don't know if his plan was to drive 700 miles home overnight and tell us to come pick up the truck because he change his mind, or take the truck somewhere and rip it apart.