Experienced driver looking to go back OTR.

Shorten the timeline, and I was in a similar situation. I ended up standing in for an injured driver at a seven truck outfit, then I was hired on with a small fleet owner who was leased at the time to CRST Malone. My advice - abandon the megacarriers. After calling Roehl and being told that I wasn't an experienced driver by a carrier which considered a six month driver a "veteran", in spite of having run open decks, RGNs pulling loads heavier than their trucks could gross, and having been a small fleet owner, I came to the realization that these companies simply were not worth my time. And, quite frankly, I ended up working for people I liked working for, I wasn't in some 62 MPH castrated truck, I didn't have a Qualcomm constantly chirping at me, and I had a fair bit of autonomy out there for a driver who didn't own the truck. Granted, it wasn't perfect, but much more tolerable than having some desk jockey who'd never driven a truck before acting like I needed them to hold my hand the entire way. And I did fine on the road. Just a quick going over of the log regulations, and a refresher on folding tarps, and I was good to go. Don't let yourself be treated the same as one of these new graduates.

 

^^^^^^^^^^Double post.

 

Paschall Truck Lines will hire you.

 

Paschall Truck Lines will hire you. It's dry van & you might have to make a couple of trips with a veteran driver there before solo. Stick with them 3-6 months and you're good to go about anywhere. In fact Melton Truck Lines will hire you after 3 months with Paschall. Melton has a rider policy and pet policy and a good flatbed company. Trucks also have APU's.

 

Give Tyson Foods, out of Springdale Arkansas, a call at 1-800-933-6442. They have a reputation of treating their drivers well with excellent pay and benefits.

 

The absolute sad truth is that it is far less expensive to have an inexperienced driver than one with lots of experience.

The way a lot of this seems to be set up is that experience is too expensive to pay for.

 

It's a big joke! These co's just want to keep your pay low! Remember when they "paid for experience"?
Yeah they want you to ride with a 6 month "Veteran" Trainer and pay you 11 cents a mile.
Search for a small fleet company, they're out there and you'll be much better off. Unless you want to drive a High Speed 62 MPH truck and be a Programmed Electronic Logbook Robot.