Groendyke Transport

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  1. sgtstu75

    sgtstu75 Bobtail Member

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    new to this site and the thread. alot of good info on here. i just retired from the military and i am currently in CDL school. Groendyke has a terminal in Lake Charles down the road from where i live. they were the first company i started looking into when i was deciding to start this career, mainly cause i drove tankers for seven years in the army, about ten years ago.

    Some other companies are in on the apprentaship program through the VA where i can use my GI Bill and i am interested in them due to getting the extra money during training and when i start real work, at least for 12 months some times up to 18. Money is the big one for me right now. when i get out of school go to where ever i go to train i need decent pay, and when training or orientation is over after however many weeks each company does it i want to be with one that i can start getting good paychecks. I am used to making 51K a year as of late with being in the military with the rank at where i was.
    i know i probably will not hit that right away first year in trucking but i want to come close, my retirement can help make the difference. thanks for some of the info on Groendyke. I have researched them greatly, along with the flatbed company TMC. They are my two top companies but i have trouble to decide based on the pay. It is just cause of a situation i am in at the moment getting started into this thing, trying to make my finances work in between final military pay and my first retirement along with starting a new job, all the will my wife looking for a job as well.
     
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  3. wilfredbacon15

    wilfredbacon15 Light Load Member

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    Where is the location of that company?
     
  4. Krashdragon

    Krashdragon Medium Load Member

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    I called, they want at least a year, call them back in a year. :0)
    Mary
     
  5. wsyrob

    wsyrob Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    You might want to check out Superior Carriers in Sulphur as well. You could probably hit 50K your first year with them.
     
  6. sgtstu75

    sgtstu75 Bobtail Member

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    thanks for the heads up, i will check into them. greatly appreciate the help
     
  7. sgtstu75

    sgtstu75 Bobtail Member

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    Which one? Groendyke is HQ'd out of Enid Oklahoma with terminals all over. TMC is HQ'd out of Des Moines Iowa with only a couple of other maintenance terminals. Here are their links.

    http://www.groendyke.com/ http://www.tmctrans.com/
     
  8. wilfredbacon15

    wilfredbacon15 Light Load Member

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    Okay thanks for your reply, I will try to search for their information. I want to work on that company. :)
     
  9. .02cpm

    .02cpm Bobtail Member

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    Funny, every time I talked to one of their drivers they said good pay & o.k. but never seemed happy. Maybe I just caught them at a bad time?
     
  10. .02cpm

    .02cpm Bobtail Member

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    Derp, forgot to say I was also let go because of a tow-away a few years back. Had written permission and a note on the truck and trailer. Wrecker company owner takes it anyway after an employee refused to latch-on, saying it was legal. Karma is funny he is now out of business for fraud and employees selling drugs.
     
  11. Saddletramp1200

    Saddletramp1200 Road Train Member

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    Stress is normal, GT hauls some nasty things. 0 Zero mistakes allowed. Your good, or your dead. I never did that. Boiling asphalt was my limit. Well there was that suspended Nitro Glycerin those three loads. 3 gallons, one square mile. You won't even know it. :)
     
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