TMC in Houston Texas

Hello all-

I am getting ready to retire from the military after 20 years and want to pursue a trucking career. My plan is to attend a local college CDL course and apply to companies once I finsh up with the CDL class. One company that has my interest is TMC. It looks like the money isn't to bad and the hometime seems fair although I cant find anything on their website about the 7/7 schedule I have read about on the chat boards.

According to TMC's website it looks like they hire for the Houston area. Does anyone out there drive for TMC live anywhere near Houston?

Finally, They (TMC) offer to pay by either mileage or percentage......can anyone advise the advantages of one over the other? Thanks very much.

 

Pax,

Thanks for the reply, It has been my honor to serve.....I see from your signature that you in fact work for TMC....Do you know anything about what is run out of the Houston area? From what I can tell on the TMC website and from a couple emails with a recruiter there, looks like long haul is all that is available. Recruiter says I will only see home about 50 days a year.....thats almost as bad as being deployed....well kind of....but at least you can call home everyday.....anyway, what are your thoughts on that? does that seem acurate?

 

Forgot to ask in my above post......obviously a newbie here......but what is "bounce miles" and "bobtail"? I see those alot but not sure what they mean.....also, when something is refered to as a "Designated run" I would assume that means you run the exact same route day after day for example you pick up a load from company X in Houston, run it to company Y in Dallas then from company Y back to X in Houston and it never changes?

 

Indy-

There are two different maps on the TMC website, one shows no employment in Houston but the other one does, here is the link http://www.tmctrans.com/drivers/hiringmap where are you out of? are you considering TMC?

 

Sorry to hear about the layoff......I hear you as far as needing to support the family, gotta do what you gotta do......from what I have read it seems TMC is as good as anywhere, Swift sure seems to get a lot of varying opinions but I am also considering them as they "say" on their website that dedicated runs are available to you after you reach 6 months with the company.....i'm thinking hometime would be better being on a dedicated run but I could be wrong. Best of luck to you.