Epes Transport 11.10.11

Pops found your thread tonight ! Good luck on week 2 ! If any body has any ?s about Epes, feel free to pm me. Have been here 7.5 years and am a trainer for them . Best of luck to everybody !

 

I would PM but I dont have enough post yet!!
Hello I have a couple questions on epes, I am going to start trucking school at sage in Rocky Mount NC at the first of the year! Does epes pre hire or do they do it after school. The reason i am asking cause i currently work for the NC DOC for 10 years, i am planning on stop working when I go to school, very nervous about it but this is what my family has descided to do!! I really like what I have read about the company. I live in Roanoke Rapids, NC and see there trucks around here all the time, but planning on doing OTR for a while!! Any advise would be great thanks!!!!!!

 

Epes do have a strict hiring policy, so be up front when filling out the application, or you will be weeded out during orientation. The driving test is not easy, you don't have a straight back on your backing test, it's an angle backing. I didn't know this til a couple of days ago, they will hire people fresh out of driving school, but if you were with another company and have less then a year experience they will not hire you. Plus, if you were a local driver with another company (no matter how many years experience) they will put you with a trainer OTR. A driver on the account that I am on (17 years experience) had to go back on training with a trainer (5 years experience). You get past those hoops, Epes is so far a good company to drive for.

 

Epes is one of the few in my area I would recommend. They are a good company and a good example how trucking companies should be ran.

There's an Epes driver that lives down the road from me. You can set your watch by his home time. He's there every Friday.

You made a good choice pops. Good luck with your career.

I dated a woman from Irmo once. Small world!

 

If every one would see the good examples out here, the bad carriers
One day will have to inprove! And yes the hiring requirements
Are high! The driver repesents the company! Best of luck to every
One! Pops hope week two is going good! L

 

Hi everyone,

I recently contacted Epes and am going through the hiring process. I must say so far they are far better than the company I previously drove for.

Anyway on to the point, I have been watching this thread for a while and mentioned it to the recruiter. If any of you guies currently working for Epes want to PM my your name, I guess you get some sort of bonus.

Just wanted to offer you the free money if your interested

Look forward to seeing you out there.

 

Called pops (op)) his trainer got him busy! Wish him the best!
Trucking along yes that would be great. Thanks!

 

Thanks for the updates man. This sounds like a GREAT company to work for! Please continue to keep us posted.

Thanks!