Best starter company Milwaukee

Looking for a change in career. Would like to get into trucking. No cdl, no experience. What would be the best company to start with.

thanks!

 

Check out Halvor Lines. I don’t know a ton about them, but equipment always looked nice and their pay rate is competitive for new OTR drivers. They’re based out of Superior, WI so you’d be right in their hiring zone

They seem to be a decent enough company that you could get a year or two in with them and be set for the rest of your career, but I don’t know. They get iffy reviews on here, but far better than most trainer companies. Good reviews on other sources

 

Given your location--probably your best bet is with Roehl Transport (pronounced, "rail"). They have at least 2 locations in Wisconsin.

They will also pay you while you get your CDL with them.

Read this page--after it opens up/loads:

Paid CDL Truck Driver Training

Don't know for sure if they are hiring, or taking CDL students now, so inquire within.

--Lual

 

Hey, hey, my hometown,,well, Halvor is a good company, it's exactly on the opposite side of the state. Any number of great companies to go on with, Roehl is one, HO Wolding, another, oodles in the Fox Valley, but more importantly, what do you want to do? OTR, local,? With no experience, you know you are starting at the bottom, and usually will be a van trailer, cross country. If you are doing it for the alleged riches you'll make, t'aint so. A starting driver will be lucky to make $50gs/year, a far cry from the $100 grand I'm sure they told you. Just so you know, 50% of new drivers quit in the 1st 6 months, and 50% of those remaining, don't make it a year, so the odds are against you. Just make sure this is what you want to do.

 

Schneider is out of Green Bay so they have quite of a few opportunities near Milwaukee: Find truck driving jobs near Milwaukee, WI | Schneider. You can even start out as a tanker driver at Schneider, which is pretty rare at other companies for new drivers. They recently switched to $10/hourly pay for all on-duty time in addition to cpm. (I'd avoid the Dollar General/Family Dollar accounts unless you really like unloading trucks by hand--not pallet jacks, hand.)

You can also look at Millis Transfer, based out of Richfield, WI. They had a very good reputation, but were recently bought out by Heartland Express, and I don't know how that might have changed things over there. EIther way, the training pay is a little low (44 cpm) and only goes up to 49 cpm once out of training, but you'd get to drive a Kenworth, they provide 3 weeks of vacation in the first year, and they pay for a Direct TV subscription, TVs in the trucks, and Sirius XM Radio. They're also governed at 70 mph which is good (most larger companies are around 65 mph or even slower), and you can opt out of the driver-facing camera, which is nice. (As far as I know driver-facing cameras are mandatory at Roehl.) More info here: Millis Training Institute - Announcing Our Free Apprenticeship Program

Lastly, there's also Veriha, but they have such a ridiculous payback amount if you leave early ($12,000) that I don't mention them to people much; I only mentioned them here because they are in Wisconsin, out of Marinette. And there's a smaller carrier called Karl's Transport in Antigo, WI that trains new drivers, but they're very Christian and might not be a good fit. If you stay with them for 18 months though, the training is free, and if you leave earlier it's prorated (check out details here). Could be a good fit if you are looking for a small company environment that trains new drivers, but may not be better than Schneider or Millis if you want a more standard introduction to the industry.

 

This is HO Wolding ----> Bison USA
Click on "Drive with us" and you'll see the HO Wolding truck.
Hires new cdl school grads.

 

Millis is right there. They also have local jobs and seems to hire spotter jobs at the Miller plant

 

Company Driver Trucking Jobs | Ashley Distribution Services LTD
Paid CDL Training Overview:
Become a Class A CDL Driver in our Paid Training Program!

• Paid travel to our training center in Missoula, MT
• Meals and lodging provided while training
• $900 a week guaranteed while OTR with a trainer for 30,000 miles

 

Ashley Distribution in Wisconsin:
Drop lot - Grand Rapids, Wisconsin
Distribution Center (terminal) - Arcadia, Wisconsin
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100% no touch freight
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Our benefits package is second to none and is one of the main reasons Ashley Distribution Services turnover rate is well below the industry average:

• Ashley pays 80% of medical benefits
• Medical as low as $35.79 a week
• Dental as low as $2.64 a week
• Vision as low as $1.21 a week
• Free virtual visits through LiveHealth Online

 

This is good opportunity, but it looks like all the hiring is out on the West Coast, not Wisconsin.