Flatbed freight does slow down in the winter, especially in the North and North East. TMC is decent with home time, but you will spend a few weekends here and there out. Plus a weekend off can mean getting home Saturday morning or afternoon and most times you have to be on the road by Sunday afternoon or night depending on where you first stop is. You can idle all you want but it can affect your pay percentage rate which I is based on your performance too. What you make money wise can vary. Some do real well, some don't. Having a good fleet manager is a must. Being on time to your deliveries and good route planning along with low idle times can increase your percentage rate.
I'd choose TMC over Maverick but Maverick is a good company as well.
Tmc or Maverick
Discussion in 'TMC' started by Lwood53, Oct 30, 2014.
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As for right now, idling has no affect on your certification points(performance bonus). I think in the future this will be one of the items that will affect your points. Freight does slow down in the winter for all flat bedders, and tarping becomes more difficult, as does traffic and so on and so forth. The point is is to get your foot in the door and planted and be ready to make some money come spring. All the FM's at TMC pretty much plan on getting there drivers home every weekend, as a previous poster stated, you might not get home till Saturday morning, and have to leave out Sunday evening, but this is the exception rather than the rule. If you want to stay out on the weekends, your FM will accommodate you. I am home 2-3 times during the week(sometimes) and every weekend. Last weekend was one of those weeks where i didn't get home till Saturday morning, but this is trucking, and the people loading or unloading you do not care if you get home on the weekends, so you are at their mercy, but that is every trucking outfit there is.
In my mind, TMC and Maverick are the top 2 flat bedding companies that base their business on there drivers getting home every weekend, and the pay is comparable between the 2. They have nice trucks, TMC's trucks may have some older trucks on the road out there, but they take such good care of the fleet that each one looks like it just rolled off the new car lot.
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bubbagumpshrimp Thanks this.
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I've talked to TMC drivers who make around 5k/week. May be the rare one but they can do it.
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