student driver looking for best company for team driving

The major OTR carriers won't allow you to start as a team . They'll split you up and put you with trainers . I did read a post by a husband/wife team that got hired right out of school by an expedite fleet owner . I don't remember if it was for Panther or FedEx Custom Critical .

 

It all depends what kind of career you want in trucking. Do you want to be a flat bedder, dry freight, Reefer, or what ever. I started with Florida rock and tank lines in there lube oil division it was a great company to start with, Auctualy I was still in the Army burning up my vacation time. I finished up my training and was doing good for a few weeks and during the 4th of July I sat at home for 4 days. I got scared and quit. I had been in the Army my whole adult life and just didn't know any better. Now I am a gas hauler I wish I would have stayed.

 

Forget getting the most money . Be thankful (or maybe not ) if you can both get hired . I've heard many teams can't even get 3,000 miles a week .

 

In the state of the economy, it's better to go to college and find a different career right now man.

I know, sounds like a pessimistic thing to say but it's just the facts currently, you are looking at 300-400 dollar a week checks right now with the lack of freight.

IF you could get hired by them, Conway Truckload team freight is probably the strongest out there, I ran teams for them when I was OTR and even when solo freight had dropped off to 1500 miles a week, we were still knocking out 6-7000 miles per week.

Either way, good luck to you man.

 

"In the state of the economy, it's better to go to college and find a different career right now man."


or you could drive a dump truck and make $1200 a week. alledgedly.

 

That is a senseless statement because we all know they couldn't . How about you , Chief ? How much money do you allegedly make ?

 

You know what man, you just BEG for this so here it is, this is my last WEEKS paycheck, 5 loads to Longview Bridge are not on there because they haven't paid us yet but I think you get the picture! This is five days worth of work.

I have 0 reason to lie to you, I will post SS statements with my ssn removed if you would like, in the past 12 years my income has ranged from 22k a year to as much as 108k a year. Why would I lie to impress someone I don't even know? I simply try to make helpful and FACTUAL advice and it seems to hurt your feeling. Maybe YOU can't make this much money driving a belly dump, but I do.