Grain Hauling Companies of Illinois - General Topic

I've got my own truck and hopper. Does anybody have info on companies or elevators looking to hire. I'm near I-55 and I-80.
Any info would help.
-Abe

 

well i have my own auth and own ins i have a timpte hopper and was hauling for 4 years with a company in peoria il and then they decided to go with one carrier and three of us got the boot they said cause lack of sale and i know thing are slow cause i am trying to find someone that needs a truck and hopper does anyone know of some were i can put it on i live around peoria il and want to stay local thanks for any help

 

i know the feeling right now every thing is slow you might want to try aroung elwood i have hauled bean meal up there a few times

 

i haul grain up here in mn,wi and itis getting slow the only good thing is a lot of distillers grain is being loaded onto barges for the next month and half.hey superglide1996 is the old pekin energy still in buisnes.

 

no some ethonal company bought them out a while back and i talked to some grain elevators that sells grain to them but for what they wanted me to haul for i just couldnt do it i can stay home and go broke just as easy

 

i drove for a company that had steel sided trailers with grain traps down the middle.
a lot of scooping after the traps were open. the best part was when i was sent to cargil with a trailer dump.

 

superglide1996 have you tried bell enterprise out of deercreek ill to see if they are looking for help.

 

ya i already contacted them and they took my name and number i have contacted alot of grain elevators and danvers to pekin is what i am doing now it don t pay much but until i find something else this will have to do i hope it picks up at harvest time thanks for helping

 

Never thought of doing this. I'm in Murphysboro (extreme Southern Illinois). Got my CDL last month and have been out with a trainer with a national OTR company, and I'm already beginning to feel that the OTR lifestyle is just not for me. This grain hauling sounds like an interesting alternative. Cn anyone suggest companies in my area that might be willing to give a newbie a chance??

 

Murphysboro ain't "extreme" Southern Illinois.





...it's more like "middle" Southern Illinois.




I'd suggest making whatever adjustments you need to in your personal life to get 2 years T/T experience under your belt. It looks better if those 2 years are with the same company...you definitely don't want to get the reputation of being a job-hopper. Companies like to hire people they think will stick around for a while. Once you get those 2 years under your belt, as long as you have kept your nose clean (no tickets, no wrecks, no CSA2010 points), you will be able to get on just about anywhere. Now if you screw up during that time (crash, get a few tickets, get placed OOS, etc...), then your options will be significantly reduced.

There are some good companies in the area that will hire you once you have some experience...you've probably seen them running through town. Southern Illinois has a LOT of coal mines and rock quarries for dumps, and Hwy 3/149/13 is the main route between the lime kilns up in Ste. Genevieve and all points East/Southeast.

Heck, even your state rep's family owns a trucking biz right there in town.