New Driver Considering Boyd

Unless you're young, single, homeless and money isn't a concern then take a job in OTR trucking just to get at least two years experience. By the way, what did your training cost? Ex-military?

 

Boyd seems ok; they're owned by www.daseke.com
If you want west coast runs, look at Senn Freight Lines in South Carolina which hires new cdl grads.
Melton Truck Lines has decent benefits and hires new cdl grads.
Transport National drivers average about $1500 weekly and up. They're growing and need more drivers. Hire new cdl grads.
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All the above are flatbed!

 

Oh, one other thing. Beware of professional shills - trucking is loaded with them. Thinking the trucking industry single handedly keeps the 'labor consultant' industry afloat. Just stay away from Carolina Cargo for sure (specialize in hiring ex offenders for dirt pay) - the rest is up to you. If a promise is made, take it with a grain of salt. Once you get a solid 2 years on your resume then you will probably qualify for something local that pays better and be home way more often. With all of the 'free training' available I have to wonder why anyone would pay a training school for an often low paying, high turnover, thankless job.

 

Maverick used to run alot of freight to Carolinas, their trucks have the battery apu in back of cabs, don’t know how they work never had that type, know a few of their drivers they are happy there

 

They do a lot of flatbed training too, they make sure you know how to secure the type loads they haul

 

boyd ok really it depends on u good drivers that dont take no #### or give amy gets rewarded others gets mistreated

 

as a company driver rather a company has a apu or not should mean nothing to you because your not paying for the fuel or truck maintenance the ac usually works better when you idle companys that have battery pack apu's means you will only get 10hrs of use if u use it without running a tv if u do be prepared for it to cut off when the autostart kicks on which is a pain in the ### if u are using a video game console