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  1. EzT

    EzT Bobtail Member

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    Takin a min here to say hey before I start asking the many, many questions I have. My names Tyler, I just got my class A about 5 months ago. My company paid for my school to put me in a back up driver position for our shuttle runs. It's all very local, about two mile runs between our manufacturing and distribution centers. It's not a bad gig, the down side is that I don't make much , and I'm not getting the experience that I'd like. I've been visiting this site for the past few months and it's been a great source of wisdom, and just decided to join and learn from everyone's collective knowledge! I look forward to talking with many of you, and thank you in advance for your help.
     
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    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    You can make some good money with Maverick flatbed division. They will hire you since you have a CDL and put you through a training course. Home on weekends also. Probably make over a thousand a week.

    Dutch Maid in Willard, OH will probably hire you; it's a refrigerated outfit.
     
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    EzT Bobtail Member

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    I talked to maverick when I was in school, they sound like a quality outfit. I've also been looking at falcon transport, they don't pay as well as a lot of the bigger guys, but they take people right from school and offer dedicated runs.
     
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    Falcon is OK; they have dry van and flatbed & haul lots of auto parts.
    When I lived near Nashville, one of my neighbors worked at Falcon and very happy there.

    Transport National is a smaller flatbed company that sometimes hires new CDL grads. They have 2 terminals in Ohio; Youngstown & Cincinnati.
     
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    EzT Bobtail Member

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    Cool thank you, I'll take a look at them too. I've been thinking a lot about if I want to go flatbed or van. It sounds like ohio is a great place to do flatbed, there's a lot of work. And I was thinking that if I start with flatbed and don't like it I'll still have the driving experience. Does that make sense or is it harder to go from one to the other?
     
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    Ohio is good for any type trucking.
    It's easy to change companies as long as you have the required endorsements.
    Many companies have several types of trucking broken down by division; flatbed/refrigerated/van/tanker so you can change divisions without having to start over with a different company.

    Halvor Lines
    Bay& Bay

    & dozens more
     
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