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Cassens Transport
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1. You must have one year of truck driving experience with tractor-trailer equipment or be a graduate of an accredited truck driving school.

 

Why do you want to quit your job? Not that it is wrong to do so because I left UPS 13 years ago to haul cars, but I need to know what you are thinking before I can recommend you leave this good of a job.

 

You are subject to idiots in management regardless of where you work. Fortunately I like the people I work with. It may be a difficult time to get hired without experience because with Jack Cooper going out of business many of those workers are applying to other companies. The carrier I am leased to supposedly received 1,000 applications in a couple days. I assume mostly Jack Cooper drivers since we gained work from 3 of those locations.
But fortunately for you all those job losses are up north, but the companies who have picked up the Jack Cooper work will be busy processing applicants up north.
Good news is most “good” experienced carhaulers make what you make or often quite a bit more.
Bad news is you will likely make drastically less at first and not everyone is suited to be a carhauler. We get paid for what what we do and when you don’t know what you are doing, you don’t make much money. It does come with time and was worth the wait for me.
If you can take your vacation or leave of absence while you start hauling cars it would be advisable because you would hate to quit a great job only to find out that carhauling is not for you. It sucked for me at first but 13 years in I wouldn’t do anything else for a living.
Find out what carhaulers deliver to or haul from or through your area and apply to all.
Some names I can think of that may work are.
United Road
Hansen and Adkins
USAL
Centurion
Hogan Carhaul
If there are any automotive plants or ports near you find out who hauls from there and apply to them. I haven’t been to South Carolina in years and am not certain who would be your best fit. Cassens does not haul that far south.
Hogan pays hourly and may be an excellent place to learn to haul cars because of the hourly pay.

 

Also many carhaulers are paid percentage and rates down south are often lower than up north. Before you take any job ask what the most productive drivers form that terminal or geographical location earn. If it’s not what you need find another carrier.

 

Just what does management do that makes you crazy? Are their actions directly affecting your day to day operation? Does it have a direct impact on your paycheck? I get being in a rut - can you switch routes? The reason I ask is this, do you think the management at your next gig is going to be any better?

 

Hansen and Adkins hires good rivers without car hauling experience and they regional - very likely to spend weekends at home and through the house during the week. Depending where you live. Training takes 4 weeks and you will make about 2k a week (after training). by the way their trucks have no sleepers so drivers sleep in hotels