24yo no-lifer, need company / newbie advice.

It sounds like you want to live in your truck full-time. I’m not going to try to discourage you from that. However, I will say as someone who has done this for a few months at a time (no home time) it is very difficult and some companies will run you to death if you don’t take home time. They’ll assume that you never want any time off. So my advice is to be sure that you at least have somewhere with family or friends house where you can crash for home time occasionally.

 

Yeah, thats not bad to get started. After a few months you can move on to something better, or UP if that company has something to promote you to.

 

Congrats good luck. I’d go melton or Christian company. The Christian company would be good if you’re a a strict rule follower. Don’t necessarily need to be religious. Just remember “we treat you like family” means we pay less, but know your name.

 

As a follower of Jesus Christ, I'll tell you to be very cautious about a "Christian" company. All too often, the more noise they make about it, the more likely they are to be wolves in sheep's clothing.

 

Well first, congratulations on earning your CDL! Let's not skip past that. Major milestone for you...welcome to the pack, officially!

Now, that said, of the companies you listed, and without knowing what the smaller outfit is, and again, if you don't mind flatbedding for a while, Melton would be your best bet. I'll tell you right now they're not the best about sometime (i.e. you may not get thru the house every weekend) but they have good equipment, good training, and they're also one of the few starter megas I hear no drama about.

With that being said, I half-remember you saying you live in KY, right,? I don't know if they take new grads, but check into Kivi Bros. They're based up on Minnesota but (last I knew) they also have a terminal out in Harrodsburg, sorta by Lexington...

 

Magnum has a generous hometime policy.

 

It can be done.

I sold all my properties when I started in this in 2013 & put everything in storage.

Been living full time out trucks ever since.

5yrs with a mega, then off on my own for last 8yrs.

Definitely depends on the individual.