Mike Lowrie

Hello, I am a college student who currently works on a farm. I have always been interested in trucks so i take a good look at them when they come during harvest. I have driven past dixon many times and noticed mike lowrie's truckings equipment yard and their trailer that says drivers are needed for tomatoes and flatbeds. I looked them up and saw a video on youtube about them that has one 21 year old college student driver who says he is a 4 year veteran of tomato hauling and enjoys his job. I read on their web site that they will train you to get your class a lisence on their own trucks for 150 dollars and 40-60 hours of your time. Their website also says tomato harvest is ideal for college students. I think I want to work for him for tomato harvest a couple of years from now because the pay is better than what i currently am doing now. Has anyone heard of or worked for mike lowrie trucking and if you did, do they really hire college students for tomato harvest who are under 21?

 

you can drive inside your state lines till you turn 21 years old.

 

Hi Bleathers, what are you majoring in if I may ask? Just a suggestion here but the next time you pass by Mike Lowries, stop in, introduce yourself, tell them of your goal(s) and objective, ask of whom it is that you need to speak to about becoming employed as a driver with their Company (usually a Recruiter). I myself was once a full time college student and driving for a local Driver Temp Agency. The next year I did a full semester (5-6mos study and no side work) and drove OTR the next six months earning enough money to begin the next semester (6mos) full time without having to work. Of course I am over 21 and had trucking experience at the time. .. ... .... ..... .......... ...............
I do not know if the following may help in your situation but check out my post here on The Trucking Report some three weeks ago, titled "Questions to ask the Recruiter, for Newbies and Veteran Drivers", it can be found under the topic: Questions from New Drivers; It is not in any particular order/format, but feel free to rearrange the sequence of questions, delete and or add to this check list as you like. Heck, just make a copy of it and take it with you to Mike Lowries and give it to the Recruiter or Human Resources to answer OR, create your own word document so that you will at least have an idea on what questions to ask and develop a personal checklist system that you can use for future interviews which will enable you to better compare one Company to the next Company based on what they have told or not told you. In addition to this, always try to speak to a young driver that is currently employed with Mike Lowries. Compare what he or she tells you with the Checklist. ... ..... ...... .......
Always ask questions and keep note of the answers! "Trucking Ain't Easy, and like Boxing, Y.O.U Must Protect Yo-Self At ALL Times". Please excuse any fragmented sentence or typos.

btw, when I first saw your post "Mike Lowrie" my first thought was Bad Boys (M. Lawrence/Will Smith)
Aim High

 

Hello,
I am majoring in History but I am right now working on my general ed a community college.
That is a cool job to have in college. Was anybody intrigued when you told them you were a trucker? Seems like everyone in college works in a store or some fast food joint or Starbucks.
That post with the questions is very useful. I wouldn't have thought to ask most of those questions.
I think I am going to Mike Lowrie's yard in the earlier summer of 2015. I plan on hiring on for tomatoes and seeing on how I like it.
I want to be 19 when I apply so won't be as big of a drag on the company's insurance.

 

Good deal Bleathers: Majoring in History, sounds like you will be staying in the education field or becoming a professor once your studies are complete? Do you plan on signing up as a foreign exchange student somewhere? Please Note: I have reformatted that Checklist for those wishing to immediately make copies and put to use; the questions flow much better now and I have re-posted. .......... Aim High

 

I think I am going to truck for a few years after college. I know for sure after that I want to work for Union Pacific or BNSF. I want to be a train crew member and eventally work my way up to engineer. My grandarents and mom always vauled education highly. My grandparents got a 3 & 4 grade education and didnt speak english so they got the low paying. jobs. They emigrated here with my mom and aunt just so they could have a good education and live a better life. I want to honor their wish so I am attenting college and I always liked history so i chose that as my major. I am not going to sign up to be a foreign exchange student, living with an other family would be too werid for me haha.
Are you an OTR trucker?

 

I'm a part time OTR driver and full time self employed: I need to have funds coming in from various sources and not just depend on this trucking pay. It has worked out pretty good for me. Central Europe (Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Norway etc) would be great places for a American exchange student. Many students go this route for the experience and future job prospects. I do not think that American will be a attractive country to live in towards the next 5 +/- years. With all the rules and regulations being establish to lock down the average citizen, I have my sights set on returning to Germany............ Note: For the updated checklist see post #18 in my Questions to ask the Recruiter!

 

This was my first tomato season driving for Lowrie, and I'm only 20 yrs old. But I already had my CDL so they didn't have to train me. But I have connections to Dave Lowrie (Mike's brother) that manages the tomato hauling fleet, so maybe that's why I was able to get in. But I did such a good job that he was going to see if I could haul gravel for them, but he never got back to me, probably because I need to be 25 for that.

 

So let me get this right: You are going to college to major in history and minor in general ed A at a CC but want to work for a RR and eventually become a train engineer. Why bother with the history degree and all the time and money spent to get it if you want to do something totally different? Don't get me wrong, I'm all for higher education, but it seems like a waste if you already have a plan which entails you doing something other than what you have a degree in. Go for the RR job straight away while you are young & strong enough to do the BS heavy grunt work so you can get the experience/seniority and move on to an easier higher paying job when you get older. Just my .02

Good Luck in whatever you decide to do

 

This was my first tomato season driving for Lowrie, and I'm only 20 yrs old. But I already had my CDL so they didn't have to train me. But I have connections to Dave Lowrie (Mike's brother) that manages the tomato hauling fleet, so maybe that's why I was able to get in. But I did such a good job that he was going to see if I could haul gravel for them, but he never got back to me, probably because I need to be 25 for that.


How do they give the directions to what field you are supposed to drop your trailers off? I remember on my first year a trucker got lost and asked me for directions. He showed me the map his boss gave him and it was a line with highway 113 and 2 circles on the line and said drop off on field north east of culvert. I don't know how he found it but he did.