and for my 1st post.....

First of all I want to say thank you for such a great site! and all the great advice..


Secondly I need some thoughts or advice...
I'm up here just north of Detroit.....yeah not a lot of regional/OTR terminals around here that I'm aware of....

So I just went to a private training school (160 hrs) and got my CDL-A. Working on Hazmat and doubles endorsement - should have it in ~2wks.
Although I'm single, I do have a daughter starting high school. So getting home once in a while is important to me.

I'm looking for a company to start with. I THINK i narrowed it down to either:
USA Trucking with orientation out of Dayton OH
Watkins Shepard with 10 day orientation and a yard here in Detroit (Taylor)
or Super Service out of Grand Rapids.

thoughts? opinions? other company's I should be looking at?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

DL.


I need help deciding what to do

 

I saw they were hiring but I think it's over in southwestern MI for runs over and around Chicago....
i think

 

Convenience to home is probably a good way to put it.

Of course I want to make money and not deal (to much) with old broken down equipment. So a reputable company in other words, that i can stick with for more than a year at least.
I don't think I care if it's flatbed or refrigerated, etc.... that much.

thanks again for the replies!


DL.

 

Most companies I've talked to say I'd have my own truck that I'd just drive home. Unfortunately, I live in the 'suburbs' and you can't park a big rig in the neighborhood here at my house.
That's another reason I was looking for a company with a yard in the area, so I could park the truck there and take my car home.

Sorry, probably should have mentioned that as a factor in my original post.