HELP!!!

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  1. Rhonda64

    Rhonda64 Bobtail Member

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    My eyes are crossing after reading so many posts trying to find some help.....I'm looking for the perfect company (gave up on the perfect man) and although I know those are only in fairy tales, I still feel that there is a home for me out there somewhere!! I have 8 years driving OTR and regional, dry and reefer. I'm looking for plenty of miles, pet friendly, rider friendly, gets me through Georgia once or twice a month, through Colorado couple of times a year (to visit my daughter), paper or electronic logs, good benefits and well maintained equipment.....am I asking for too much????? I don't wanna beg for miles or beg to go home......is there anybody out there???????? :)
     
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  3. MNdriver

    MNdriver Road Train Member

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    Get your own truck and do what you want.


    Not to mention, you'll work less too and earn more.
     
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  4. LandShark

    LandShark Road Train Member

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    Seriously you are in a good area.
    Might check out H&W out of ceadartown
    then there is Kennesaw and GSC I think it is in Certersville and 7 hills too.
    Thers IS NO perfect company it's just who's crapola can you put up with the best
     
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    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    Pet friendly & rider friendly in your hiring area (unless their rules have changed recently):

    Melton Truck Lines
    Watkins & Shepard(terminal in Dalton)
    Central Refrigerated
    Tribe Transport
     
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  6. Rhonda64

    Rhonda64 Bobtail Member

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    OK, MN, that is something I would love to do but am not too confident with this economy. I don't want to wind up losing everything I've worked hard to attain over the last several years. Do you own your own truck? Would love some experienced information on the subject if you do....please
     
  7. MNdriver

    MNdriver Road Train Member

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    Second best move I made last July was buying my truck.

    Best move I made was selling my dry can and getting a reefer in February
     
  8. Rhonda64

    Rhonda64 Bobtail Member

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    LandShark, I've tried H&W, I even have a friend that knows the owner but my friend told me he won't hire me because the company I work for right now is one of his biggest competitors (and because I'm female)....H&W competes for the freight that we are the inhouse carrier for....Hon Office Furniture....and Hon's freight is not the best its been in the past.That is why I'm not making any money and H&W is struggling also. I have talked to 7Hills Transport, even took a road test, they were ready to put me to work but after I saw the truck they were offering me (the first one wouldn't crank, the second one was missing a fender and had a cracked windshield and the final one that he said would be mine, looked like it was put together with remnants of other trucks, inside and out) and after talking to a few of the drivers that told me that a good week with them was 1600 miles, I decided to stay where I'm at. Kennesaw only wants teams right now.....GSC???? Not sure who the are..would that be Georgia Southern??
     
  9. Rhonda64

    Rhonda64 Bobtail Member

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    Chinatown, thanks, I will check into those!
     
  10. Rhonda64

    Rhonda64 Bobtail Member

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    So do you have it leased with someone? have your own authority? work off load boards? I've pulled a reefer and don't mind going that direction again. How's fuel cost effecting you? That is scary to me.
     
  11. MNdriver

    MNdriver Road Train Member

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    I am leased to a company. I pretty much run as if I had my own authority though. I am self-dispatched and do all of my own paperwork except billing/carrier packets.

    I do all of my baseplates, IFTA, and phys damage/liability.

    Fuel is NOT the issue. It's running and managing you business. That's the big deal

    As a company driver, I was looking at $48K for the year. As an O/O, I am looking at $75K income this year. Having a wonderful CPA doing my taxes addresses those issues. What can I say.

    I am now looking at about 6000-7500 miles a month instead of 9000-12000 per month.
     
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