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Just got my Cdll/looking for some advice when choosing some companies?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Aquarius169, Apr 23, 2014.

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  1. Apr 23, 2014 #1
    Aquarius169

    Aquarius169 Light Load Member

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    OK gentleman and ladies who are fellow truckers I need some help finding a good trucking company to work for.I live near Charlotte NC and I have 5 year son and fiance.These are the thing I am looking for:
    +good cent pay/ per mile
    + good health benefits (life,dental, life,401k vision, etc)
    + sign on bonus (Great)
    +Home time (mostly every week)
    +family able to travel /with time to time
    +no flatbeds
    + manual and automatics
    +assigned truck or leave at the terminal (Negotiable)
    + team and solo drivers
    +local, decaded, regional running
    +No Canada or NYC
    +trucks governor at 65 or higher
    +good miles as a solo driver (at 2500mi or better)
    +Teams 6000mi at least and good pay scale
    +good training pay for those 4 to 6 weeks out
    +No touch freight
    + trucks with latest technology and no camera in trucks
    +advance in company
    +pay for downtime and even when you are empty (As long as your wheels is spinning)
    + Not a company that require to cut my facial hair just to work for them...
    +pay Raises
    +vocation pay
    +no paperwork or do i need paperwork?
    If I forgot anything please add to help, thanks veterans drivers...
     
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  3. Apr 23, 2014 #2
    Chinatown

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    Not many companies trucks running over 65 these days except Tyson Foods, try them.

    Make some decent pay with these companies running coast-to-coast turnarounds.

    Tyson Foods
    WLA Inc.
    Cooke Trucking Co.
    Hardy Bros. Inc.
    Benny Whitehead Trucking
    Watkins-Shepard
    Pride Transport

    I didn't list the best paying companies because you have a beard & many tanker companies won't hire because with a beard because you can't get a good facial seal wearing PPG.
     
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  4. Apr 23, 2014 #3
    EverywhereMan

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    Some pretty good options are:

    Swift
    Werner
    CR England
    Western Express
    Prime
    USA Truck
    US Express
    Covenant
     
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  5. Apr 23, 2014 #4
    Chinatown

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    lol...awesome post!
     
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  7. Apr 23, 2014 #5
    freightwipper

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    When starting out as a noob you should be most focused on being with a safe company and gaining experience for 1 year.
    All the doors will open after a year.

    It's slim pickins in the beginning

    That being said Crete/Shaffer has a terminal in greensboro, nc.
    Training is $500 a week and you'll start between .34-.35
    in one year you'll go to .43-.44
    Those are OTR rates, I don't know regional rates but they do have regional positions

    Averitt is near you

    $600 a week in training
    and you'll start at .37
    They are more up your butt about a lot though.. uniforms.. no showing tattoos, no facial hair (or small amount) etc etc.
    Not my cup of tea, I get paid to drive and be on time.. not look pretty, I could get an office job if I wanted that.

    Oh and with Crete you can bring your truck home with you, Averitt you don't.
    Big difference when it comes to hometime that is unless you're fine with leaving a car at the terminal and then driving back home.

    Either way I don't know of anything else that pays more for a noobie
     
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  8. Apr 23, 2014 #6
    freightwipper

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    yeah if you wanna start at .26CPM

    :biggrin_25525:
     
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  9. Apr 23, 2014 #7
    bubbavirus

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    USA does have a terminal around his home.

    Been there.

    Just make sure your not 45 minutes off on logging your fuel stop. ;P
     
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  10. Apr 23, 2014 #8
    Aquarius169

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    Thanks guys all these are helpful. Tell me something is us express a good starter company or not ?
     
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  11. Apr 23, 2014 #9
    Aquarius169

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    what are some good companies after you get that year in..thanks
     
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  12. Apr 23, 2014 #10
    freightwipper

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    tons!

    depends on what's most important to you
    home time, pay, van tanker, reefer or linehaul

    when I get my year in I'm going into linehaul, wayyyy better than anything else
    you won't get .55CPM, company paid health insurance and a pension with ANY OTR company.
    Non I know of BUT you can get all those things in linehaul
     
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