National Carrier's..

Hi I'm an Truck Driver in England and have been offered a job with National CarrierS(subject to green card).I'm hoping someone can give me some info on them,any info good or bad would be great,Thanks in advance HH

 

If your talking about National Carriers in Liberal, Kansas. I worked their from 200-2003 They are not a bad group to haul for. STAY AWAY from their lease program ( as with any outfit ) and if your going to work for a o/o depending on who you work for they are not bad... I would go with Joe Kelly I know he still has trucks their and he and his wife are GREAT to work for. GOOD trucks and they look out for their drivers. I know NCI has companey trucks too, not sure on that program they started that after I left. As far as the office people in Liberal most of them are great. STAY AWAY from Ed Kenter and Jill Maschmeier. Ken Stafford now is in charge of dispatch, he used to be my DM and is a real good guy to work for.

They have good freight and can keep you moving.

I hope thi helps

 

Hey thanks northstar I've now also been offered a job with smiths transport of pennsylvania but will be based in altanta ga can someone let me know anything about them there trucks look great on web site but i don't know much more HELP ME please

 

I am thinking of signing on with National carriers anyone ran with them or know what kind of freight lanes they run and how they treat u as a driver
thanks

 

I don't know but I start with them on the 19th. I have a friend who works there now and he loves it and we both started off at Trans Am

 

Thanks I appreciate it

 

I drove for them for a couple of years. I quit 9/1 because I was ticked off at them (lease program) and now I wish I had stayed. I really miss them.

You haul beef out of Liberal or Dodge, and haul everything else around till they get you back to one of the plants for another beef load.

Northeast is the heaviest freight lane, but they also go southeast and a lot of Texas. I ran out to Ca. pretty regularly. You really need haz-mat. Though you don't haul much of it when you get to certain areas, like Houston, you'll always get a load out right away if you have it.

There have been those driver's who never see eye to eye with their Driver Manager, but mostly everyone there is great to work with. Night dispatch are awesome guys. My DM made sure I had a preplan before I delivered, so I kept moving.

They offer a lot of 'flexibility' as to how you run. I avoided the safety lady, and everyone else loved me!

You don't say whether you are going company or lease. I don't know much about the company side and I'm betting they talked you into lease. They have a $300 special on Volvos, LOL! I've seen the ad in the local paper for months. You'll have to run like crazy, but you can make good money.

Good luck.

 

I'm going lease because where i live in eastern nc no one is hiring (im about 70 miles from an interstate) i've got a couple friends there now both lease and they love it. As far as runnin like crazy I don't mind and don't care about log violations(oh man the internet log police are gonna start preaching!) and I don't think I'll be pickin a volvo unless their KW payments are sky high