Current Choice driver

Doesnt matter. There are 2 points for the refer. Number 1, you get 75% with a refer vs 72% with a van. You can haul van freight in a refer and you get 3% more for the same load. Number 2, easier to get out of FL, CA, and TX.

 

What do you call "many"? Ive encountered 2 or maybe 3 in my 30 some years of driving.

 

Yes they are. I asked their recruiting dept specifically on it during their webinar and there was no waffling or hesitation. She said the contract is written that you get such and such percentage. Period.

The main reason for the refer is to get back out of places that you might have to wait days to get out otherwise. Like Florida for example. Youre right, it wouldnt be worth the added expense of a refer just for the extra 3%. Although I have heard that "sometimes" some of that non-taxed refer fuel can "accidently" get put into the wrong tank

Actually I have done a lot of things and worked for a lot of companies. I dont tolerate BS very well. Refer for 2 years, LTL (doubles mainly) for about 10 years, mail intermingled a few times here and there. More years in refers, some OTR (JB Hunt for 23 days lol and others), some more LTL. Spotter for a few months, CDL instructor for a couple of years. Only things I havent done really is flatbed and tankers.

 

Well I dont think ANYONE ever figures they would be average lol.

Well, ultimately my plan is to get out there as an O/O to better understand how a trucking company works from all aspects. I figure on doing that for about 2 years. Then the plan is to add a few more trucks and train some drivers to put in those trucks leasing them on to other companies as a fleet owner. Yes, I know the problems of training drivers. I am pretty good at it, and I would only keep the best. Folks I know I could count on. That part of the plan is to use nothing but ex-military and/or spouses of vets (I am a 12 year army vet - Viet Nam era). After a couple of years of that, adding a few more people, again, nothing but vets and spouses of vets, train them as brokers and then getting my own authority. So on and so forth. There is a method to my madness.