Who is the best company to work for a newbie

Superior Carriers will need tanker and hazmat before applying

 

If you have tanker/hazmat endorsements, then go with tankers. There's several that hire new cdl graduates.
Second choice for the big paychecks is foodservice companies. Hard work delivering to fast food joints, but the pay can be around $70K on average; manual labor/driver unload.
Ignore any "experience required" on websites because all the companies I list hire new cdl graduates. They bend their own hiring rules listed on their websites for a high quality applicant. You'd probably really enjoy tanker work as a first choice. Submit lots of applications, then take the offer you find most attractive.
Tanker Companies:
Schneider Bulk
Tidewater Transit
Trimac Transportation
SVTN
Superior-Carriers
McKenzie Tank Lines
CTL Transportation

Foodservice Companies:
Reinhart Foodservice
McLane Foodservice
Sygma Network
Labatt Foodservice

 

@Tuga Trucker don't forget the ltl companies, also grocer supply the one off Holcombe on 288 are hiring and the pay is pretty decent, you only travel in Texas and stay in hotel's for your 10hr break, I also know this bcuz my uncle is been there for 24 years it's work but you make money.

Good luck on your search

 

I think he is out of the hiring area for West Side. I will say that I always hear good things about Crete from their drivers. The lowest length of service driver I have spoke to had 7 years. They must have good retention numbers.

 

I don't like Crete and their slow bare bone trucks. Anyone doing long haul should have driver comfort amenities; that's the least a company can do for the drivers. I had several job offers from Crete when they had a terminal in Lebanon,TN and wouldn't even consider it.

 

Thanks for the information, i will put in an app with them

 

It must work for a lot of drivers, the ones I talked to sure seemed happy. They did not seem bothered by 62 mph trucks. The good thing about trucking is that there are a LOT of different companies with different options. The key is finding a company with the right combo for one's wants and needs.

 

Just stay away from mega carriers. Haul hay, flatbed, tanker, ltl, work for a farmer. Anything but a mega.

 

They do have content drivers, but it wouldn't work for me.

 

You said you were reefer?