How to break in to Chicago rails- hauling containers?

Yes JB would. Pay is decent also.

 

Trucking companies are desperate for drivers. The company that I work for in 2004 you needed 10 years of experience to get on. Now they are taking people out of truck driving school if they have a class A. We had a driver a year ago with a class B and class B experience and gave him the training to get him up to a Class A. Driver Pay is increasing. The closing price of JB Hunt ticker JBHT was on $141.84 on October 15 and on October 16 the closing price was $128.04, a 9.7% drop in one day due to the disclosure that driver wages were increasing among other things as a reason for an earnings miss.

 

JB, Swift, Schneider and CR England are in need of drivers and will train you. Just got a text from Swift claiming "home daily and up to $1500 weekly".

 

JB totally would. I think to go with a company like JB or Schnieder for intermodal would benefit you very well. Main reason, they have their own chassis. When companies don't have their own chassis, it can take forever to find a decent one. It won't take too much training to run intermodal. You just have to learn the language, but if you go JB, all of their boxes are 53' I think

 

Yes on the 53' containers and they have maintenance crews and sometimes permanent shops at the rail yards checking and repairing chassis and containers.

 

See...that's the only way I'd ever consider intermodal. Ready made resources like that. Chasing chassis is too time consuming at times.

 

You have the right idea just go in as company driver.

 

When I started rail hauling, I never knew anything about it. You learn fast. It's not like designing a new space shuttle. They give you a number, you find your wagon ( sometimes they have a "location") sign ze papers and go deliver it. Kid stuff.

 

Drive down to the rails/port and watch the trucks that go by. Write the company names down and types of trucks. Look those companies up and check their reviews. Call around and ask who is hiring. If you have 3 years OTR you could start immediately. Going in and out of the rail is a simple process, not rocket science. Good luck!