Anyone know anything about the o/o side of Ceva Logistics and/or Mason Dixon?

I currently work for Ceva Logistics as a company driver. I've been looking all over the place for information about their owner operator fleet, but I can't find anything- not even on their web site. I'd like to talk to a driver who knows something about them before I call to talk with them. The main things I'm wondering about are their rates and mileage.

Ceva has been good to me as a company driver, although we had to take a pay cut earlier this year. We just aren't getting raises this year and that was for everyone in the company from management on down. I guess worse things have happened to drivers over the past couple of years.

Mason Dixon is another company that I've run across that I'm interested in. They look pretty good, but I can't find anything about their rates either. They say they run to Canada and that's something I'd like to avoid. They also say that they have no forced dispatch. So I guess I could stay out of Canada with them, but I'm wondering how much I will suffer as far as getting loads goes.

I don't see anything about these two companies on this site. I'd appreciate any information you have about them.

 

I work out of Troy, Ohio. You've probably never been there. All I see is company drivers there and it's all local work for Ceva. The OTR stuff is contracted to other carriers. That's not Ceva doing that. We are just the house carrier for Honda up there.

You are probably right to say that I should stay put. I've been looking around on the web and reading a lot here. The outlook for trucking in the near future looks pretty gloomy.

Our terminal was unaffiliated with SCG when Ceva bought you guys out.

 

I do not know a whole lot about Ceva beyond the terminal I work out of in Troy (near Dayton, Ohio). So I don't know if they are hiring out of Indiana right now. I do know that they have some drivers based in Indy for their Nissan auto parts account. I've talked to one of those drivers before and he makes good money. I know that sounds weird, but they don't have a lot of information out there about their driving opportunities. You pretty much have to put in the application and see what happens. I think they also have a recruiting number you can call on their web site.

I started working for them as a temp, put in my time, and got hired on full time after 6 months. I'm a local driver. I get home every day and I have the weekends off. I make about $1000 a week before taxes. I work 45 hours a week. I'm single and I don't have children. My insurance costs about $27 a week for major medical, prescription, dental, vision, and disability.

It's the best job I've ever had and even though I dream about being an owner/operator, I'm probably not going anywhere soon.