Start out reefer or van?

Lightside, the worst thing you can do is mention who you are going to work for, because all the internet experts who have never worked for any of these companies will tell you which one is better.

If you have done your due diligence and are comfortable with your decision, do it and get started. The company you start with is not the company you will end up with. Get started, get some experience, and move on.

At 6 months, many more doors will open up to you, at a year, even more. The important thing is to get started.

Good Luck with wherever you decide to go.

 

Man, you've been out of school for 5 mos. now...just get a job!

You could've worked at any bottom tier, low-life, sack of crap company you could find and have saved enough working there to buy out of any contract you're under and had half a year of experience to show for it.
Just the way I see it. Grab the reigns bub.

 

Then you get newbies that come back saying they should have listened to us internet experts.Folks are just trying to help the newbies out and try and give them the best company they know of so they'll get the exp and stay at least a good yr.if you quit after six months only thing you'll get is driving for another starter company.

 

Nothing wrong with aiming high but at some point ya gotta land.

After 5 months I'd be sprinting towards the nearest job. That's all I'm saying.

 

Then you get others that get hired, get experience, then move on to better companies despite the internet experts.

Lots of non started companies will hire at 6 months experience, stop with that nonsense. That's a Prime example of why not to listen to the internet experts right there. Inaccurate information.

 

I know and u have given real good advice with other posts as well as this one.

 

I pulled reefer for 7 years. My only complaints were dealing with crack heads who charge you $200 to unload the truck in 6 hours and leave a mess in it for you to clean up. Pallets - always getting them or getting rid of them. Receivers who think everybody should be there at 5AM and then first come first serve until the freezer fills up and they tell you to come back tomorrow (Winn Dix in Lakeland comes to mind). Dispatchers who think you have wings. Long waits to get loaded/unloaded. Other than that it was okay. Always had freight and plenty of miles.

 

@Lightside, I missed the post where you said you're going with Western
Makes my first post seem kind of irrelevant
Congrats on the job, driver