Infromation about Intermodal with JB Hunt

I have a friend (DavidBrownTrucking) that I got a job out of st Louis for JB. He was regional for about maybe 6 months or so Then offered a local position out of st Louis, He has been doing that for almost 2 years. He is an example of what your recruiter told you, But I don't know about his home time, I think he chose to run more and be home on the weekends. He works nights but you take what you can get to get that local op. I am sure you can message him on here if you have questions, But I can answer quite a bit.

 

@Ewil... So if you are offered a regional/local position, there is a possibility you will be driving locally after 6 months of regional? I just put up a post with similar concerns, because I didnt see this one yet. But I would love for you to give some insite on my post as well about the experience of your friend. The perks offered to the OP of this thread sound similar to what I was told. Only difference is my offer was for flatbed.

 

All the regional people on my acct are home every other night and do resets on the weekend. Most jb locals require 1 plus years experience so I don't see why they wouldn't just let you go local straight away considering your experience. Maybe they need a seat to vacate in your area first.

 

I know my friend work hard and the bosses liked that, it does require an effort to show that your wanting to work to move up that list. I cant gurantee anything as no one can, but it depends on the driver and the account. I myself started JB about 12 years ago and I called a recruiter and he told me I wasn't qualified enough due to lack of flatbed experience, But he put me through to he account manager at the time and we had our chat, and Here I am today still with JB but only different account cause home depot store deliveries got slow. I was home everynight and worked 6 days per week. now I am home most nights but an occasional overnight and maybe if times are right be out for a week or two or so... The recruiters are doing better as of late, some posters on here start JB and come back here and say the recruiters were right on. I can tell you from my experiences that Its been a good company to work for and they really do work with any issues that I may come across.

 

I would try to talk with the driver manager that runs that account or ask to be placed on a waiting list for a local job. I applied with them and all they told me was they had regional jobs available at the time. I told to put me on a list for guys wanting a local job, I didn't want to quit my job at the job because I was doing local. About a month later jb hunt called me back and told me they were hiring for a local job for an MBM foodservice account they had. The driver manager for that account interviewed me and hired me. They original wanted me on their OSH account because had 5 years of flatbed experience but I told them I prefer local so I got the local job instead. Every other Saturdays I rotate between intermodal, OSH, Mission foods, and Cargil just take make some extra money. If you get hired with them and they give you the option of working a Saturday on other accounts, I would definitely take that opportunity. You'll get to try of accounts and see which one fit you the best.

 

Great information.

 

bump...... anybody have anything new to share about running intermodal outa Haslet? seriously thinking about it...

 

JB intermodal is the thing to get on unless you can find a DCS gig. Intermodal makes good money and get good home time pending on location

 

That depends on the DCS gig.