Northern Refrigerated Vs. System/twt

The T680's are for teams only.

 

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When I was with system the drivers on the said not to do it. They do lots of funky loads but if you wanna flatbed it's a great company. Also I made good money running all 48 on the system side

 

Yeah. You would have to be stupid to pass up Northern Refrigerated They are extremely picky on who they hire. Congratulations on the offer and go pull that reefer. Did you ever take your road test?

 

@BTW Trucker - If your still out there, curious to where you ended up?? Recent grad, also looking at these 2 companies.

 

I'll let you know what I know about Northern Refrigerated. They pay $12/hr, some mileage pay (I think 30 cpm), plus $8/stop. When you compare the numbers, it was much more lucrative when they paid 25% AGR. The veteran drivers aren't too happy about this. With that being said, Northern is a pretty good company. The safety manager Jeff Smith is former military and has a reputation for being very strict, an some will take it as being disrespectful.

Basically, the most money one could possibly make if they are cruising at 55 MPH with no traffic, is about $20/hr straight time. That's if you are driving nonstop. Consider that you make the least amount of money when you are doing the most work--unloading freight, breaking down pallets, etc. That truck's not moving; you're getting $12/hr to do manual labor. However they do have a lumper policy, I don't know the specifics about it.

I know a few former drivers from Northern, they said they would frequently take home only like $600 a week... and it's not just a driving job, it's physically demanding. But the benefits are very competitive, so much so that they are practically giving them away.

 

@moloko - thanks for the info. Haven't really seen a whole lot of info on forums regarding NRT, and haven't seen any major negatives on them. Do you drive for them?? I know they are a smaller company running about 200 trucks, I've seen there trucks here and there. Are they still running the long nose pete's that I saw or have they updated there trucks??