Lookin for a good company

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by illegal_eagle187, Aug 4, 2007.

  1. illegal_eagle187

    illegal_eagle187 Light Load Member

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    im lookin for a good company to start out with....i plan on paying for my own cdl training that way im not tied down with no company for a year or so.....................i hear good and bad about all companies and i see first hand how some drivers really are, right now i do security at the tulsa glass plant and i check drivers and deal with them for 8 hours straight.....im in a bind between flatbed and vans, i know flatbeds ill get to actually get out and work a lil bit but then u have to deal with the weather may it be hot or frigid cold......any advice for me?
     
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  3. IrishMike202

    IrishMike202 <strong>"Ireland-It's My Island"</strong>

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    I would say talk to those drivers that you are around all the time. Also, this is a great site for research. Put a list of companies you would like to work for and see what each one has to offer. Then make yourself a spread sheet and list them in order based on what you are looking for compared to what they offer.

    When all that is done, see what other drivers on here have to say about them. I've learned that these guys hold nothing back in terms of good and bad and are ready to help us newbies out as much as they can.
     
  4. illegal_eagle187

    illegal_eagle187 Light Load Member

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    yeah i do talk with some of the drivers about the companies they drive for....of the van drivers that come in there i prefer CFI more than others
     
  5. tjgosurf

    tjgosurf <strong>New Driver Helper</strong>

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    I delivered to that plant before. I hate that thin stuff I had to bring in there. It breaks really easy. As for a good company I don't really recommend TransAm to start out with. You could pick up too many bad habits from these trainers.
     
  6. Hopfrog

    Hopfrog Light Load Member

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    Hey tjgosurf, who are the babes you keep using as your avatars each week?
     
  7. Brickman

    Brickman Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Roehl, Watkins Shepherd, Maverick all good companies.


    Flatbedding isn't that bad. It takes a bigger man to be a flatbedder than it does to be a wagon driver and just slam the doors and drive. Wagons are mind numbingly boring compared to flats.
     
  8. Brickman

    Brickman Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Those are his dream babes. That is the closest he gets to them is in his dreams.


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  9. tjgosurf

    tjgosurf <strong>New Driver Helper</strong>

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    They are from a softcore website called suicide girls. They deal with what you consider alternative style chicks. I got all of these for free from the iphone package. And I crop these things heavy, most are nsfw.
     
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