Need Info for Keim TS in Sabetha, Ks

Does keim only do flatbed? What do they pay for training especially since its so long? I got 3 years experience but its all dry van and reefer. What's the starting pay like?

 

You should call on the pay, it was like $60 per day back when I did it. If your good on the driving skills it may not be as long as a beginner. Since your in Iowa, your in a good spot. Dodge loads are good paying, not killer, but you'll be kept close for the first couple months usually. When you show them you can handle yourself, they put you out on longer runs. And you will not have any problem getting some regular home time. Unless you want to stay out!

 

I've been talking to a recruiter. $100 a day for every day I log driving time with the trainer. The only part I didn't like was the "we want you to keep the truck at a terminal during the winter months" and you can't idle it. Wtf kinda #### is that?

 

That's decent for training I'll say. But on the winter months, the Dodge terminal has had a few troubles with fuel gelling the last couple of years. And Mn. bio standards don't help any, heard one fella couldn't get his truck going for 2 days after coming home out of Mn. on a friday. The last couple of winters have been brutal! Now the idle issue is never going to go away unless the trucks have a bunk heater or APU installed. Been reading on a Wabasto bunk heater lately, it looks like an interesting product. But not taking the truck home can be a deal-breaker for a lot of drivers.

 

Problem with MN and some surrounding northern states is the big chain truck stops only have #2 or #2 that they put treatment in. When it gets really cold that doesn't cut it.

 

I've never had a problem with fuel gelling in the winter. Usually the problems happen when a guy fills up in the south like Texas where they don't treat for winter weather then run to Minnesota.

 

I had trouble with "blended" fuel last winter. Just because they say its blended to a certain level doesn't mean it is.

 

I've never had an issue myself, but have been told it's the driver who doesn't let the fuel tanks warm up, and takes off when the truck has set for a couple days. In theory it sounds good but I'd rather not know for sure. I've always kept the rig warm and plugged in at the house when I am home.

 

Bad part is I can't park anywhere that has a plug in. And I'm not driving 3 hours every week in the winter to leave the truck at one of their yards.

 

keim is , well keim. they do some stuff from time to time that doesn't make sense. the same could be said for any company out there thou. ive need had fuel gel up, but I was always aware of where I fueled at and kept anti gel with me.