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$500 - $2,000/week
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Former Employee - May 7, 2026

The equipment was awful as was orientation. They don't let you read most of the paperwork you are signing and if you leave before you've worked there a certain amount of time they charge you for the orientation hotel and transportation. And you only get paid $150 for two days of it anyway. They won't provide comchecks to their drivers despite having shippers and receivers that REQUIRE a comchecks. They literally tell you to beg other drivers and truck stops to give them to you because they are too cheap to provide them. The equipment/trucks are old, all super single tires, and the shop is a joke and you can only get repairs at their single terminal shop

Pros

My dispatcher was nice but new, had started 4 months before me and never done trucking before that

Cons

Literally everything. Even driver's who've been with them for years do not recommend working there unless you have no choice. Avoid this place

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Former Employee - Feb 27, 2026

It's time for you to go home,but they will send you the opposite way. You will make very little money. One of the worst companies out there. Judy doesn't like to pay her bills, either

Pros

Fair equipment and the two office ladies

Cons

Literally everything else.

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Former Employee - Mar 18, 2025

Great Company especially for starters coming out of CDLs School.equipment works fine home time being that I stay on the road 2months at a time I never had any problems going home for them 5 days.if u a road runner than u won’t have any Problems getting Them 2500-3000 miles a wk …Butler Transport is the best company for 2nd chance and Starters out of Cdls school.

Pros

Get good mileage weekly Decent Pay No Micromanage

Cons

Night Dispatchers have terrible communication No Delays pay

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Current Employee - Mar 1, 2024

Been with the company for more then 10 years Up until about a year ago. The company was decent ..dispatch and planers keep saying freight is not good ..if this is really the case then why do we keep bringing new drivers in every week ?? Wouldn't it make sense to keep your current drivers moving ??

Pros

Plenty of miles when there's freight

Cons

No detention pay No retirement plan No layover ( most of the time ) Family health insurance is way to high ..average 250.00 plus per week

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Former Employee - Jan 27, 2024

I had worked for this company for 10 years. Run, if you're a trainee it's a start however, the trainers are not trainers and the safety dept Mike S. Is a complete joke. I have evidence that would ruin this company and I could sue . It used to be a good company but those days are long gone. They no longer care nor even pretend to.

Pros

Trucks are bare but ok

Cons

Everything when it comes to the top down. I feel bad for the ones stuck there.

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Salary Surveys

Company Driver - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Ks on Feb 27, 2026

$577 per week

Current Employee

No

Company Driver - 1 Year CDL Experience

Surveyed in Kansas City, KS on Mar 18, 2025

$1,133 per week

Current Employee

No

Company Driver - 1-5 Months CDL Experience

Surveyed in Kansas City, MO on Jul 10, 2024

$2,000 per week

Current Employee

No

Company Driver - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Kansas City, KS on Mar 1, 2024

$700 per week

Current Employee

Yes

Company Driver - 6-11 Months CDL Experience

Surveyed in on Dec 16, 2021

$1,000 per week

Current Employee

No

Discussions

Butler Transport (the good and the bad)

KE5WDP

Oct 5, 2010

Butler Transport (the good and the bad)

2 months running and all going real good.They run all over-out in Wyoming now-been to Tx,up and down east coast from Fla to Mass-out to Al,Ar.I dont require hometime but understand its a few days for every 3 weeks out.They do keep you rolling and thats what I am out here for-never been pulled in a weigh station or had inspection-get the green lite always even when they are open.The shop took care of a few problems I had right away got me back there and fixed unload and rolled that day.

I give them the THUMBS UP

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Butler Transport (the good and the bad)

KE5WDP

Oct 5, 2010

Butler Transport (the good and the bad)

After 4 mos all still going great-no inspections-plenty of miles-trips back to back & given b4 empty so you can plan.Looks like the best company I have been with and hope to be with them til I retire.

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Butler Transport (the good and the bad)

N4TWZ

Jan 25, 2011

Butler Transport (the good and the bad)

Well, I'm on my 27th day here at Butler, so far so good, only two complaints I have are 1) home time, 2days for 2weeks work sux, 2) I seem to be their favorite to run the northern tier (I90) cause that's where I've been since day 1. I'd like to see something more southern, but it seems the "old timers" here get the longer southern and southwestern routes.

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Butler Transport (the good and the bad)

N4TWZ

Jan 25, 2011

Butler Transport (the good and the bad)

I am with Butler also-for fueling you have a TCH card and Comdata for when you need fuel and no pilot/flyj.You run your own routes which is nice-have a qcomm navigation which is pretty decent.Run all over really-havent been to WA,ID or OR but otherwise have covered all the states.

They keep you preplanned and is really great to know where you are going in advance and the miles are there-you just gotta know how to manage your time to get them all run and make ontime del & drops.

Best company I have worked for in a long time.

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