First express or Knight transportation

You live near Atlanta there should be local jobs where your at where you are home every night and off two days a week if you want more home time. You can apply to them they may turn you down due to your less then a year experience...then again they might not so it's worth a try. Local jobs pay more then OTR jobs do. Just giving you some food for thought.

 

Being honest OTR requires the least amount of skill and just hauling dry van trailers non hazmat requires the least amount of responsibility. If you want to make more money you go into jobs that require more skill ie city driving jobs, ltl jobs where you drive around with doubles, intermodal with all the backing in rail yards that can only be done doing 90 degree backs, driving tankers and having to deal with surge if you are hauling liquids, etc. flatbed where you have to secure the load and mess with tarps etc. Hazmat pays more because you are responsible more as the driver making sure the un numbers are correct, the trailer is properly placarded, you don't park near open flames, etc.

As far as local driving jobs in Atlanta goes it's the major transportation hub in the South. Norfolk Southern has a huge operation there so you got the intermodal side. You have the usual ltl companies there UPS, Old Dominion, ABF, etc. Pretty much every major trucking company has a terminal there regardless if it's ltl, otr, intermodal, tanker, flatbed, etc. not to mention the smaller trucking outfits as well.

 

Most local jobs pay hourly. So traffic and dock time is paid.

 

Navajo Express has a dedicated route running to Jackson, TN every day and home every day. Pays $150.00 a day.

Cardinal Logistics has routes where you're home several times a week.

Hub Group runs intermodal.
Sunstate Carriers home most weekends.
Jordan Carriers - home weekends
Maverick - home weekends
Ozark Motor Lines - home most weekends
Decker Truck Line - Southeast regional

Lots of good tanker work around Atlanta.

First Express is probably OK. Personally, I wouldn't work for Averitt or First Fleet.
Once you have 12 months experience, look at A&R Transport and South East Carriers. A&R Transport has a hub in Atlanta and home most weekends and probably make about $65K.

 

Some of those jobs I mentioned, you probably couldn't afford $900.00 monthly rent. You definitely could though with Maverick or Cardinal.
I'm not Asian, but my wife is. She's Chinese. Several drivers that post on here have Philippine wives. One of the reasons I chose Las Vegas/Henderson to relocate to from Tennessee is because there is a pretty good Chinatown there for her to enjoy. Big $7.5 billion Asian themed resort/casino being built there on the strip. Our house is 10 minutes from the strip.

Be careful changing jobs. Have to keep the little future wife with a high standard of living. Check Old Dominion also.

 

Local work can be hit or miss. Usually if you are making good money doing it you are going to get your ### handed to you on a platter!

 

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...e/252278-big-g-express-shelbyville-tn-so.html

check out Big G Express. Excellent company and home every weekend. The thread linked above should answer many of your questions, or ask if you want to know anything specific.