Need Advice Looking for a Local Outfit

there's that new hyundai plant there, see who's hauling stuff there.

coca cola is right across the interstate, maybe usx hauls that.........

 

Ryder, Penske, Even JB Hunt, have accounts all over. Did I say JB Hunt, shoot me. LOL

 

2 years.

 

Local is not always what it is cracked up to be anyway. A lot of them run junk equipment. You run from dark to dark. Go home eat, shower, sleep... I have had more time at home running OTR than some local gigs.

 

#### KLLM!!!!


I would look at Craigslist for Birmingham. They have a Transportation section under the "JOBS" section. Maybe look up the local paper online and see if that have a classified section. A lot of the papers online sections are linked up with websites lie Monster and Career Builder. If you hit the truck stops in the area ask around, especially other drivers in day cabs.

And good luck to you....

 

Birmingham will have a bunch of LTL terminals.
Try Conway, UPS Freight, FedEx Freight, R&L, SAIA, Old Dominion, etc...all are good to work for.
Food service: Sysco, US Foods, etc.
Beer/beverage: Coke, Pepsi, Budweiser, Miller beer, etc.
Mail haulers: check the post office sorting center in that area. Some of the bigger contractors = Eagle Express, MCA (Mail Contractors of America).
Waste Management: front-end loaders.
FedEx Ground sometimes hires local Class-A drivers and pay hourly...you'd be working for a contractor who's leased to Ground.
Airgas/Linde: delivering gas cylinders to factories and hospitals.

Living in a larger metro area, the list goes on and on.

The best thing to do is to look for all the companies with daycabs in that area. Write down the name of the company and call em' up. Keep in mind that many companies like the big LTL's do all their hiring over the internet.

 

Hi there. My first trucking job right out of school was with a local paint company. I did line-haul & was gone for 30hrs a trip & best of all we were paid HOURLY. That's the nice thing about some local jobs; the hourly pay. If you break down, you're still getting paid.

Try aggregate companies in your local area too, like powder cement & fly ash. Or crushed rock (bellie dump trailer work thats super easy to unload with just a flip of a switch inside the cab of the truck.) Cement truck work too. Good Luck.

 

Yeah definitely try Craigslist, career builder, indeed. I know alot of local jobs that are gravy train jobs like drop and hook, hourly, percentage, mileage and hourly. Don't don't don't do food service like sysco, maines ,pfg aka performance food group etc. Freight is freight but different companies can be better then others like Conway will break ur back, fedex is pretty cool, central transport ain't bad as far as work but the company sucks A's. Oh of course fuel, cement, flat bed,food grade etc.it all varies good luck.