Looking to start a new path!!! What's the best company???

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Kwan23, Mar 15, 2017.

  1. Steel Dragon

    Steel Dragon Road Train Member

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    Reefer really sucks ###.
     
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  3. Kwan23

    Kwan23 Medium Load Member

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    What do mean??
     
  4. Steel Dragon

    Steel Dragon Road Train Member

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    Waiting 4 hours at each end of a trip, washing out a trailer, especially on a short trip with multiple stops.
    Most every load is 45,000.
     
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  5. Chinatown

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    I pulled reefers for 20 years and made a good living doing it. If it was so bad I wouldn't have done it for so long. Many drivers on here have pulled reefers for 20 or 30 years or longer.
     
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  6. morpheus

    morpheus Medium Load Member

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    Probably but only if you qualify for some state sponsored program which takes a while to go through the red tape.
     
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  7. Mark Falcone

    Mark Falcone Light Load Member

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    You can I mean I didn't say it was impossible but you definitely make more money OTR. Not that I'm bragging but just for the purpose of showing a point, I made $200,000 last year gross and $100,000 net after expenses. Where are you making that locally unless you pull for UPS, Walmart, or FedEx?
     
  8. Mark Falcone

    Mark Falcone Light Load Member

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    Reefer freight pays good brother. You just gotta stack your chips for the slow times.
     
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  9. Mark Falcone

    Mark Falcone Light Load Member

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    Good company to work for bro you're very wrong. Yea the trucks are slow but what does it matter when it brings your fuel cost to .22 per mile as a variable weekly grossing $4000 only running 2500 miles.
     
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  10. Rocknroller4

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    Jim Palmer trucking requires you to commit under contract for 1 year (or maybe 75,000 miles) after training. Otherwise, if you don't like it or whatever you pay back I think nearly 2k. Unless of course you're fired then you don't pay anything back. Some companies require you to sign a contract because their training is high quality and naturally they don't want people jumping ship after they finish it.
     
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  11. driverdriver

    driverdriver Road Train Member

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    You're a L/O not a company driver you can't compare the two.
     
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