K&B Transportation is treating me allright

I don't see much here about this outfit (medium/small, about 600 trucks) so, I'll share my experience and answer questions.

K&B runs mostly for Tyson. They are mainly a mid West co. They have a "minimum pay" guarantee based on the starting wage of 41 cpm and 2500 mi/week. That is $1025 guaranteed for OTR.

Insurance is good with very small deductible and co-pay and costs $62/week for single. Other benefits are pretty minimal: 1 week vac at one year, no paid holidays or matching 401K. Safety bonus is a modest $500/ 6 mos. with no tickets or accidents

Their Hillshire/Sara Lee account is good (that's what I am on).It is a regional job and pays a weekly salary of $1145 for 11 days out and 3 off, or $1335/week if I keep rolling. I work anywhere from 40-55 hrs per week and run any where from 1800-2400 miles/week. This come to over 50 cpm or $23+/hr however you want to slice it. I like the salary position because I don't worry about miles anymore or get upset when sitting at a customer for long hours.

Maintenance is always prompt and dispatch is reasonable, though they micro-manage a bit.

My dispatches are almost always planned in advance so I know what is coming and when I have to be ready to work.

This is a simple meat-and-potatoes company that is (from my experience) pretty easy to work for and get along with. They don't work me too hard and are paying me over $60K/year for average reefer work - I am pretty comfortable here.

They only ask one year of experience but might take less.

 

I started 5 months ago. I had to get a new job (see thread: Fired for off-duty alcohol, need advice) I had several offers and of course researched them and saw some negative reports but noted that these were old. Also, they made me a pretty good offer to work this account.

The OTR positions are just average IMO, but this Hillshire account, for which they are recruiting is rather good pay for reefer work. To get the maximum pay you have to "reside" within 50 miles of certain locations. But I am a homeless trucker and apparently a PO Box was good enough.

 

Yeah, it's been a very good job. I'm quite comfortable here and satisfied with money.

 

Yes, Hillshire out of Rochelle, Illinois
The salary varies a bit by where you park and how much previous experience you got.
If you park within 50 miles of certain locations and have two years exp. then it's $1200 for about 40-45 hrs/week average. A little less if not. If you stay out it's $1400/week.

You could make more money doing something else but (for me at least) it has averaged $28/hr for all my time; so maybe it's better to work smarter than harder and not knock ourselves out for an extra hundred bucks a week.