Looking for good starter companies around Sacramento,CA

Northern Refrigerated Transportation has a good reputation. They used to require 1 yr. experience, but a driver posted the other day he was hired right out of CDL school.


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[TD="class: snip"]Trimac Transportation - Sacramento, CA
$80,000 a year CLASS A CDL COMPANY TANKER TRUCK DRIVER. Single Driver Operation. CLASS A TANKER COMPANY DRIVER REQUIREMENTS. Hire new CDL grads from certain schools.

Jim Palmer Trucking - OTR
Roy Miller Freight Lines - local
R&L Carriers - LTL & local
Reddaway - LTL & local
Oak Harbor Freight Lines - OTR
McKesson Corp. - medical supplies delivery
Indian River Transport - OTR
Pride Transport - OTR
Trillium - local $18.00 hr.
Saladino's - local
Blackwell Consolidation - OTR
Phoenix Express Group - OTR
Saia LTL Freight - local/regional
Central Freight Lines - local
Old Dominion - LTL
Pacific Seafood Group - local
Sysco - local

Ignore any "experience required" and apply anyway. If website has an online application, submit it, then follow with a phone call the next day. Some with terminals in Sacramento, just walk in and ask for an application and an interview. Many companies that recently required experience, are now hiring new CDL grads.
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If you want to stay local and make good money call Button Trans in Dixon. I work for them. Great company. We have local and OTR trucks. Training is provided and you won't spend days or weeks sleeping in a truck with another driver. All training is done local and home every night. PM me if you want or need more info.

 

Hit up Cherokee Freight Lines in Stockton. If you have no experience they might hire you as a shop guy and yard truck driver.

 

How much do they start off for 3yrs experience and how much do you make a week after taxes

 

At cherokee they will give you $15/hr and pay mostly straight time, 1.75hr for live load or unload, 30 minutes pay for drop and pick, detention pay at 15/hr after 30 minutes of waiting... It's Union so you would start on Sugar Transport of the Northwest. You get home most nights with weekends off. Hauling mostly wine. At 3 years that's the standard experience they require. You get raises through the union. You should have doubles and tanker endorsements. On a good week you can walk away with 1k easily. Also you get paid $40 per layover or a hotel if you have a day cab.