Seeking GOOD company for Solo OTR / 53' Dry Van

Here's some; 3 reefer outfits and one dry van outfit.
Freymiller may have what you want. @Ssand Man works there and can fill you in.
Schuster - www.schusterco.com - call and ask about cameras.
Danny Herman Trucking - dry van
Maybe Young's Transport in Fresno:
YOUNGS TRANSPORT
3333 W Neilsen Ave #110
Fresno, CA 93706

 

I know we are looking for company drivers, company trucks are Cascadia think they are 2017 to 2019 models. Fridge, apu, inverters , I'm not 100% sure on inverters. Their apu's also have shore power.
Need a clean mvr and be able to get passport for running into Canada. They require 3 yrs otr with winter driving exp. and great backing skills. But they may entertain 2 1/2 yrs experience.
Company only has forward facing cameras.
We do concert touring. Don't haul freight, only items for entertainment.
Check out the web site
Stagecall.com
We have company drivers that have been here over 20 years and o/o's since the company was started in 1983. I've been here 10 yrs in June as an o/o.
If you like driving at night and don't mind being on the road a few months at a time, this could the job for you.

 

I have an add in the jobs section.

 

Entertainers requires a driver who can keep mouth shut.

Whatcha got in that trailer?

"Air"

I used to say I got bubbles in mine. (Medicine vials make bubbles when shaking on bridges etc) that seriously throws them off or better yet creates a topic for trash teasing. Ooo you like bubble baths eh? Which serves the same purpose.

 

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Here's one that advertises "no driver facing cameras", and has:
Equipment

• Late model Volvo 780 & Kenworth 680
• Power Inverters, APU's Cruise at 67mph & Sirius XM

 

I may have witnessed my first KW700 big company rig up 67 the other day running with traffic.

I don't know if there is such a KW model out there yet.

 

Consider Indian River Transport.

Yes, we haul food grade liquids in a smooth bore tank, which is NOT a 53' dry van. Hear me out:

I pulled 53' vans for two and a half years. And in my opinion, tanks have a distinct advantage.

No puking grocery store warehouse lumpers to deal with.
You're backing nowhere near as much.
In California, you are waved through the agricultural checkpoint.
No more tandems to slide.
No more worrying about being front or rear heavy on the drives or tandems.
No more needing to hammer in rusty or stuck tandem slide pins.
No more opening trailer doors at the shipper or consignee.
No more sweeping out your trailer or looking for a sneaky place to dump those sweepings.
No sweeping out fine dust in high heat or bitter cold. Or in the dark.
No broken pallets to dispose of.
No damaged freight or overgoods to dispose of.
No worries of encountering a broken floorboard from a heavy forklift.
No holes in the sides or front of the trailer from a careless forklift driver.
No ceiling holes to encounter on a rainy day. I always dreaded opening a trailer on a rainy day to see a large pool of water midfloor. *shudder*
No finding broken door hinges, latches, or handles that need a hammer to close.
No more product restacking due to poorly loaded pallets.
No more load securement of any poorly loaded pallets.
You'll never encounter a pre-sealed trailer that you cannot inspect to make certain there are no load securement issues.

One day I picked up this trailer from a drop yard outside Columbus, Ohio. It was a load of used motor oil going to Missouri. Trailer was pre-sealed. I hooked to it and west on I-70 I went.

Then I stopped at the TA in London, OH for food. Came back to my truck to find oil leaking through my trailer floorboards. Maybe a few gallons worth. I ended up parked there all weekend because no uppity ups were there to advise dispatch on what to do. After leaking all weekend, I was told to take the load back to the drop yard.

IRT has no cameras in their trucks.
There is no idling policy and our tractors do not auto shut off.
On board fridge.
1500 watt inverter.
No Bluetooth restrictions.
The only unsafe safety device we have is automatic braking systems installed on a few tractors. Not most, not some. Just a handful.

We run Peterbilt 579's with large sleepers. We do have trucks in our new pump division with smaller sleepers, but I've only seen those in Florida.

Our west coast terminal is in Visalia, California. There is a storage unit rental place nearby. You did mention were moving. Yes, I own a pickup truck. No, I'm not helping you move.

And yes, tanks need to be washed between loads, but most tank wash facilities have free laundry and showers available while you wait.

Oh, and another thing I hated about dry vans was checking if the trailer registration was on the trailer. If not, it was off to locate a fax machine.

p.s. one day I'm going to post a comment longer than one from x1Heavy.

 

That sounds like a very nice job

 

I will definitely be looking into this field once I gain my experience