Murfreesboro, TN Starter Companies

Western Express's site says they offer hometime on weekends....probably just for their flatbed, but I could contact them. Still just can't get into them. They are made out to be just slightly above CR England. I can deal with crappy pay, but hometime and safety are big concerns.

Here is my list I have narrowed down to for SE Regional and/or dedicated:
schneider
star
Venture Logistics
dartco
arnold
baylor trucking
ho wolding
watkins shepherd
milan
Maverick (if they would even consider me)
Millis if I don't go to the local school for some reason.

Watkins Shepherd is kind of a wildcard in how they just have 10 days of on site training and, for better or worse, seem to do a lot of stops.

I'm open to hearing good or bad from any of these or more. I will probably apply to most of them while in school and take whichever fits my needs the best.

 

Welp, I made slightly too much for the grants. For those wondering, you have to make less than 28k a year. I did last year, but they figure it by your last 6 month's earnings multiplied by 2. I made very slightly above that when figured like that since I got a better job 7 months ago.

Going to try to contact Venture Logistics again. They claim on their site to have a "free" cdl school, along with a lot of regional opportunities. Seems like a pretty decent company, actually. Going to go ahead and talk to RE West probably, also.

I really want Regional now that I got a decent list of ones that will take students, so if those two don't pan out, I will probably just get on with paying the local cdl school and getting it over with.

 

There is one there, but i am cool with my local one if that's the route I take.


So, I sent apps to RE West, Venture Logistics, and Millis. I am out of Venture's Logistics's hiring area, though they do hire out of Nashville. I did get an interview for RE West this Friday, so we will see how that goes. All I got over the phone from that I didn't prettymuch know was that he claims 2-3 days home for every 7-10 on dry van and about 14 for their flats. There's a couple of people on here that claim to get home every 5 days even though they were told this, so I guess I could see.

I could save $3-$5k on CDL school without a contract with them, so I may very well take my chances with them even if they pay on the low side and have some manual unloads (which my waistline will probably be needing )