Recommend a company for a company driver with these parameters?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by insipidtoast, Jan 14, 2023.

  1. Opus

    Opus Road Train Member

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    Funny thing is, if he bought his own truck, he couldn't meet the requirements. Jus sayin
     
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  3. aussiejosh

    aussiejosh Road Train Member

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    Yes this reminds me of an episode I watched on Dr Phil a few years back, he was interviewing this lady and her issue was that she could not find the right man and settle down, so naturally Dr Phil had to investigate why this very attractive young lady could not find the right gentlemen. As it turned out he just found that she was being way to fussy over trivial issues, he advised her to basically change her attitude, he found her a guy who he thought she might take an interest in and deliberately got him to do all the things that she would normally have allowed to make her dislike a guy, and it actually worked she found someone. The moral of the story is sometimes you do have to make compromises to get somewhere in life, sure we're not talking about good or bad morals but just putting up with things that are not actually bad just annoying.
     
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  4. Ex-Trucker Alex

    Ex-Trucker Alex Road Train Member

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    Hey, it sounds like you're looking for a job hauling alfalfa on a flatbed....
     
  5. Espressolane

    Espressolane Road Train Member

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    Too much dust. Don’t even get started on the actual dirt part.
     
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  6. REO6205

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    Wrong. Think positive. He could meet every one of his requirements. It would take some effort but he could do it.
    The only thing is, he'd go broke before the glue set on his stick-on letters. He'd have to give the truck back, and then he'd bein here again complaining about how he was taken advantage of and robbed by unscrupulous dealers, predatory lenders, and brokers who wouldn't meet his needs.
    I'm sure he'll get the sympathy he deserves.
     
  7. Dennixx

    Dennixx Road Train Member

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    You're out over 3 yrs?
    it's like you never existed prior.
    I mean you may find someone to put you on but meeting the list of demands I'd say is impossible.
     
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  8. REO6205

    REO6205 Road Train Member

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    Yeah. 120lb bales. Hand stacked.
     
  9. Truckingdaytrader

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    Funny, I am looking for 9-5 with a paid lunch, no touch freight, home every night (in time for dinner) with no experience and 160k in my first year, full benefits from the first minute, with 4 weeks paid vacation (that I can start on day 1, if I so choose), full pension, after a year, and 100% 401k match up to my full salary amount... then I woke up, stuck to myself.
     
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  10. Long FLD

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    Being out 3 years pretty much guarantees you will be going out with a trainer for a couple weeks unless you can find a small company that just doesn’t care. But finding a company like that probably won’t meet about 90% of the other things on your list.

    Running out west will be tough without going to LA or Denver.

    You can probably find a decent company that will work with you most of the time as far as where you don’t want to run, but finding self dispatch and no force dispatch as an employee will be tough.

    I own a truck and I am leased to a carrier and honestly quite a bit of the stuff on your list is far fetched even for me owning my truck and I feel like I have it pretty dang good where I am. I think if you redid your list with a few things that are an absolute no and a lot of things that you’re willing to bend a little bit on then you’d be getting some better ideas about who to talk to.
     
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  11. MSWS

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    No way you're gonna get all of that. But a good bit of it could happen. While I can't recommend a specific company, what you're describing sounds like a regional account, probably mid-south. That should keep you off both coasts, as well as some of the worst of the worst big cities, save the ones in Texas. You said no Chicago in a followup post, but if the coasts are off the table, you'll probably have to choose between Texas and Chicago. I don't see how you avoid both if your home address is in Tennessee.

    As an aside, was your original post serious? I can't get past this feeling that you just wanted to see if Chinatown could pull it off
     
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