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watkins shepard hiring freeze lifted in Mi and LV

Discussion in 'Trucking Jobs' started by soon2betrucking, Apr 28, 2010.

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  1. Apr 28, 2010 #1
    soon2betrucking

    soon2betrucking Road Train Member

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    the freeze has been lifted in both Michigan and Vegas for watkins shepard over the road drivers.
    any questions feel free to ask.. here or on the other watkins shepards threads
    applications can be filled out at their web page www.wksh.com
     
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  3. Apr 28, 2010 #2
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    What happened here, did I miss something ? Are we working again, I must have slept through it. LOL just kidding. :biggrin_2551:
     
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    How long do you guys stay out at a time ? And do you guys run terminal to terminal ?
     
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  5. Apr 28, 2010 #4
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    well i stay out about a month and a half sometimes more at a time... but they require you to stay out 3-4 weeks before getting home...
    for every 6 days away from home you get 1 day at home... you can stay out for a long time, and stay home for a long time if you want..
    it would be safe for me..as a driver at watkins to say that the avrg driver stays out for about 5-6+ weeks...
    truthfuly i stay out longer so i can stay home longer but each peson is different...
     
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    Thanks, that's to long for me, my hats off to ya.
     
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    To late for me.... I got lucky and got on with a Local UP Michigan company. I tried with WS Just before I got this job nearly 2 years ago.
     
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  9. Apr 28, 2010 #7
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    welll they put the freeze in place cause it was really hard to get drivers home to MI, but i guess now they have enough freight to get drivers 2 and from mi
    i would assume the same thing happend out in vegas as well
    we have picked up a lot of really big accounts which is good
     
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    Huh, that's interesting. I have a friend that's looking to possibly get into trucking, and would like to be out of our LV terminal. I'll have to give him the heads up. Thanks, S2B
     
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  11. Apr 29, 2010 #9
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    I have a question.. I have 3 yrs OTR. Been off the road about a month and a half.
    My problem is I live in Michigan,,north of I-96, which seems to be the cut-off for many companies. I see W/S has a terminal in Detroit. I am 140 miles north of Detroit. My question is do you know if they will hire that far from the terminal? Staying out 3-4 weeks not much of a problem, but do they let a driver take the truck home? Thanks for any info..
     
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  12. Apr 29, 2010 #10
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    Watkins Shepards policy is for trucks to remain at a terminal when on home time... and they will hire in a 100-120 mile radious around a terminal... if you have driving exp you will go to either Missoula Montana or Conover N.C for a 3day oriantation... and if you are a new cdl school grad you will go to either terminal, missoula or conover, to do a 10 day oriantation..
    our terminal is not in Detroit, its in Taylor, a few miles off 75
     
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