Best Trucking Cos for Team Driving Opportunities?

I had a similar idea when I first looked into trucking jobs - and I am still 'looking into trucking jobs', so no experience yet - but here goes what I found.
I liked Schneider, not because they paid the most (I think their starting pay was around .42 for inexperienced team driving, split between 2 drivers) for the miles, but they had insane bonuses, that paid out at 45days, 90 days, 6 mos, then 1 year. Here's the link for it

Team Over-the-Road (OTR) LTL Driver - E-Commerce Freight | New Pay Increase | Up to $0.65 cpm | Pacific

What made it good after looking at everything involved was the following
- 5000+ miles a week, calculates to $1050/wk gross at .21 cpm (if you only do 5000)
-$100/wk for every week over 2 you stay out
-the $10000 bonus is paid out $2000 at 45 days, $2000 at 90 days, $2000 at 6 mos, then $4000 at 1 yr
-they pay off your CDL school tuition at $400/mo (other positions within Schneider pay off at $200/mo)
-you get all the little perks of a mega carrier, with generally older but well-equipped terminals all over the place, great support for new drivers, ability to switch to different divisions, etc.

With all said and done, it looked more like $1300/wk with bonuses. For a rookie driver, that's pretty hard to beat. I don't remember the cpm raise you get at 1 yr, but I think it was to .50 cpm split (but no more bonuses coming...)

I decided not to do it because I didn't want to close my computer repair shop outright, and found a less-expensive school in Phoenix to get my CDL (probably not a Schneider-approved trainer). But for someone ready to dive in whole-hog, its a great opportunity, IMHO.

 

celadon is another decent option. 52 cpm for team with hazmat, if run 18k per month or more then you get extra 10 cpm (all miles), really easy to get for a team. so basically you would make 62 cpm. every 50k you will get 1k per driver for signon bonus, 60k you will get 1 week paid vacation. every 120k you will get 1cpm raise (forgot per driver or per team) with no cap. also pay for your tuition as well. miles been very consistent in almost 6 months we are here so far (usually from 22k to 24k). good luck

 

I'm not sure about where you live but here in TN there are good companies that will hire you to work the dock and train you for a CDL while on the clock... OD, Estes, FXF. All good companies to team drive for.

My neighbor drives for XPO, which offers a driver apprentice program as well but I'm not sure about teaming with them. They have a high turnover rate at this terminal with new drivers. My neighbor says new drivers are treated poorly.

I have a friend that teams with OD, pay is around .73 cpm, as well as Estes that pays around .71 cpm.

Good luck!