I am thinking of signing on with National carriers anyone ran with them or know what kind of freight lanes they run and how they treat u as a driver
thanks

I don't know but I start with them on the 19th. I have a friend who works there now and he loves it and we both started off at Trans Am

Thanks I appreciate it

I drove for them for a couple of years. I quit 9/1 because I was ticked off at them (lease program) and now I wish I had stayed. I really miss them.

You haul beef out of Liberal or Dodge, and haul everything else around till they get you back to one of the plants for another beef load.

Northeast is the heaviest freight lane, but they also go southeast and a lot of Texas. I ran out to Ca. pretty regularly. You really need haz-mat. Though you don't haul much of it when you get to certain areas, like Houston, you'll always get a load out right away if you have it.

There have been those driver's who never see eye to eye with their Driver Manager, but mostly everyone there is great to work with. Night dispatch are awesome guys. My DM made sure I had a preplan before I delivered, so I kept moving.

They offer a lot of 'flexibility' as to how you run. I avoided the safety lady, and everyone else loved me!

You don't say whether you are going company or lease. I don't know much about the company side and I'm betting they talked you into lease. They have a $300 special on Volvos, LOL! I've seen the ad in the local paper for months. You'll have to run like crazy, but you can make good money.

Good luck.

I'm going lease because where i live in eastern nc no one is hiring (im about 70 miles from an interstate) i've got a couple friends there now both lease and they love it. As far as runnin like crazy I don't mind and don't care about log violations(oh man the internet log police are gonna start preaching!) and I don't think I'll be pickin a volvo unless their KW payments are sky high

Ahhhh.
You will be given loose leaf. Lots of them!

The year and how many payments the 'previous' lessor(s) made will decide what your payments are.
I had a 387 Pete with 160k on it and my payments were $535 a week. Turns out I was the 3rd driver in the truck.
My friend got a brand new W9 (he got lucky) and his were $575.
That was back before they started having a big turnover.

Before I went for orientation I had spoken to the lease manager twice and specifically asked for a brand new truck, but when I got there they explained that they only had what was available on the lot.

Each truck will have a letter behind the #. When you pick out your truck, keep that in mind.

Each letter represents a driver that didn't make it. Last year when the fuel was sky high, we were seeing trucks out there with 60k miles on them and a "j" behind the # and that meant 10 drivers had already been in that truck.

Back in Sept I was a bit angry about something and I left. If I knew then what I know now, I'd still be there.
I just did a short, very disappointing stint with Crete. 1300 miles a week, Freightshakers that run 63mph, fuel solutions and routing.
I really miss NCI now!

Well I'm glad you thought NCI was a good place to work and I'm glad you told me about that letter sequence that will help alot

thanks all they were having problems gettin all the employment verfication back from companies draggin feet then they got all the seats full so maybe later on we will see right now its time to hit the road been off long enough cant afford to be off more at this point

National carriers is a LEASING NIGHTMARE. everything bad you ever read about leasing a truck happens at national carriers. If you are willing to drive truck living off of nothing but $175 a week they allow you, and roll down the road just paying for truck most or many weeks go ahead. DRINK THE COOLAID! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED, MAYBE YOU WON'T BE ONE THAT SAYS, SOME ONE TOLD ME SO! If you want to own a truck better to get job, save money and buy one you can drive to another company if the one you are with does not move you enough for you to profit too. IF YOU LEASE A TRUCK FROM NATIONAL CARRIERS THERE WILL BE WEEKS WHEN YOU GET NO PAY, BUT THE TRUCK MIGHT BE RAN ENOUGH FOR THEM TO GET THEIRS. THOSE "0" PAY WEEKS CAN SOMETIMES STRECTH INTO A MONTH, OR MORE. IF IT SOUNDS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE? IN THIS ECONOMY? ARE YOU GOING TO BELEIVE ANYTHING SOME ONE SAYS THAT IS TRYING TO MAKE MONEY OFF YOU? I am speaking from experience and not just my own. There are alot of Lease companies telling lies to make money off of your labor.

Well I've been with National since January and have completed my lease and am currently on my way to Dallas to turn in my truck!!! I will say one thing about it I made enough to be able to buy my own truck and not be broke and that is about the only good thing I can say about leasing. National did run the crap out of me and didn't care what I did log book wise but I have only been home for 18 days since January!!! I enjoyed working for National but will not be leasing my new truck on to them as to they have no North Carolina freight.