Companies that train teams together

Some people probably think I look like a troll, but nope, it's a sincere question that fits a small (but seemingly extremely profitable) demographic.

Here's our logic: It seems that home time and ability to pee clean are the biggest hurdles to this career. We're in our mid-40s, no remaining kids at home (the one kiddo is off at college) and we're too old to party but not too old to learn a new skill set/career, therefore, we pee clean and we don't need home time. Personally, I think that a company that sought to get couples to do this could make a fortune, and I'm a bit surprised that only Schneider and Covenant are willing to go through basically one non-traditional (and cramped and socially-awkward) month to then have a truck running 22-hrs per day indefinitely with no need to go home.

Nonetheless, I fully concede that I look trollish. Hahahahaha

 

Thank you! The friend of mine who first pitched this industry to us worked at CR England. In his first 6 months his team driver (who he didn't know beforehand) flipped their truck, and now my buddy is getting treatment for his Post-Traumatic Stress, owes money to CRE for his schooling, and basically told us to avoid them at all costs. And, of course we know that every company has very dissatisfied former employees that would say similar things. Probably irrational, but we just haven't considered CRE after our buddy's experience. That said, THANK YOU for your feedback!!

 

This is a great point/consideration, and it's one we have considered carefully. To us, it seems that that Accessorial Pay (great term for my N00b Trucker dictionary) seems most-prevalent for LTL, car haulers, & Flatbed / Lowboys (PLEASE CORRECT ME IF WE ARE WRONG ABOUT THIS).

I think by hobo pay you mean hitting the interstates, doing drop-and-hook dry van/reefer/haz mat, right?

We would prefer not to do LTL because we want to see the country and get paid for it, we'd love to take our 34s all over the states where we have two-lifetimes-worth of friends and family, whereas LTL seems essentially local. Also, in our 40s we are in decent shape but don't necessarily want to wear out our joints, bodies, and backs doing unloads, tarping, etc.... And, we don't feel like we have the skills for car hauling and feel we're to lowboys. So, accounting for all this, it seems like sheer mileage-maximized drop-and-hook focus on just chewing through Interstate miles is the best strategy for us right now.

What are we missing? What are we missing or failing to account for?

Thank you again for challenging and probing. It helps us think things through.

 

Since the husband/wife idea has emerged as a distinction in this thread, my lady and I are engaged, not married. In the original post I mentioned that, but for some reason, even *IN REAL LIFE*, I will refer to "my fiancé" in a conversation, and within like 10 seconds the person to whom I am speaking will say something about me "and the wife"!! Hahahahaha

As an aside, we want to put a bunch of safe miles under our tire so we can easily afford to put on a nice wedding!! We'll probably have to buy a truck (for cash, we don't borrow money) and become owner-operators in order to make truly kick-### wedding money. But first, we need to get through training at our first trucking job! We aren't putting the cart before the hors..... I mean trailer before the horsepower. =D

You all ROCK,

- Greg