looking to get into ltl/linehaul

I actually enjoy Monday-Friday normal business hour P&D the most. Line haul...I've done enough of it to realize its garbage around here...trying to pay me by the mile to sit in NYC Tri-State area traffic. Oh and btw can you please Via through one of the other area terminals so we can waste even more of your time without properly compensating you?

 

This man is correct. I have dealt with SMT a lot over the years and it is my opinion that they would be on the lower end of the quality spectrum. Almost every body has an ltl terminal in Tyler. Also, Delek Refinery is in Tyler. You can haul Gas, Deisel, JP8, Avgas, and jet a. Watch the aviation fuel though because it will pay really well and you will run your b@//$ off and then be sitting at home for a week or two when the prices go up. Private message me and I can give you some more info.

 

I'm in with fastsvt on this. I've had to roll through there a couple times and talk to guy that works out of that terminal almost every night. The big guy over there has been good with me every time I go through but I hear he can be precarious. Nice... brand spanking new terminal.

 

The most aggressive dork wads out on the road. Following closely, always running 72+ or more, team same way.

 

Dood, your in Texas, the ONLY place you should be is the oilfield..OTR is the worst life on the planet, LTL can be cool, but the oilfield is the money and the bennies...
Dilley Texas has a company offering a free house and 1200 a week to drive a truck..look at craigslist/jobs/transportation/west texas

Id want the 3k a week job hauling crude....

I went to North Dakota and hauled water for 2k a week for 3 months...Im gonna move there in a year, totally loved it, so many jobs its disgusting...so hard to pik a company

I went with slawson exploration/mongoose trucking...awesome outfit, dont know if they are in texas or not

 

Might be lack of doubles exp. Everyone dropping apps might have doubles exp and they pass up on you. Maybe the LTL in your area is lazy to train. Try getting on with fedex ground cause it's the season for packages same with Ups. FedEx Ground has solo routes too. I know US foods will get you doubles qualified but it's physical work. My LTL company picked me up and another one of our drivers from US Foods to run Linehaul where I'm at. Also I know YRC is hurting for drivers might want to drop a app there.

 

By all means, do some follow up work on your applications. Show enough interest to keep them interested in you, hopefully without you becoming a "pest" to them.

 

At Central here in Tucson, the website process was BS...It came down to me walking in on a day the TM was fixin to can somebody, and having all endorsements...Better if the firing happend already..

Funny, seems hard to get in, till your there, then it seems slutty and loose