Which one?

You won't get rich, but you can make $60K + annually within the next 12-24 months with tanker. Look at Prime Inc. or Schneider tanker school next. They both hire new CDL school grads. Do a year with either one and you can move on if you wish.

What city & state do you live in?

 

Tanker Companies, just a few of many:
Clean Harbors
Foodliner (3 divisions)
trans-system
Miller Transporters
Thyssenkrupp Steel
Tankstar
A&R Transport
Quality Distribution
Indian River Transport
CTL Transportation
Tribe Transport (tanker division)
Bulkmatic
Superior-Carriers
Pyles Transport
Groendyke
Prime (tanker division)
Florida Rock & Tank Lines
Schneider ( tanker division)

 

Trimac is another tanker line that will hire out of school.

 

xigua - secgua

xigua - watermelon, in Mandarin

Now, back to topic.

 

Hope this helps :

Burkhart Enterprises : East of Knoxville
LandAir : Greenville,TN
Maverick : Terminal somewhere around Johnson City-good pay and fairly good hometime.
Crete : Terminal in Lenoir City(dry van-which usually doesn't pay the best. Crete also has a refrigerated and flatbed division)

Prime - tanker division terminal in Chattanooga
Purdy Bros. - Knoxville
Averitt - Knoxville

There are some food service outfits around Knoxville. Check Careerbuilder website.
If you apply, which you can do online also, ignore the "experience required" and apply anyway.

 

Maverick has flatbed, refrigerated, and glass, and you'll start out at a minimum of .33 cpm when you go solo. Refrigerated pays a bit higher by the mile because we wait longer at customers. By the time you've been solo for 6 months, you'll be making between .39 and .46 cpm depending on your division.

You can do OTR, regional, or dedicated. OTR is minimum 14 days out, regional is home every weekend, dedicated gets home depending on the account.

If you have any more questions, there is a Maverick thread here, under the Trucking DAC Reports section. Lots of drivers there willing to answer your questions if you have any.

 

I would be sure to ask about idling policy. How are you going to stay cool when on your 10 hour break? You can't sleep in an oven. Get on with a company that has APU's. Schneider trucks won't idle between 20 degrees and 70 degrees. You can't sleep in an oven or freezing. Hope this helps.

 

I also graduate in a few weeks and I am going to work for Maverick. I completely agree with CaptainX3 about Maverick about the everyone helping you with any questions. Everyone has been extremely positive about the company and their experiences there. My recruiter is Jeff B. at Maverick, call and ask for him. Let him know Rachel recommended him from Knoxville.