An old man's career goes flat, Snackbar moves to open deck

Nice. I shouldve looked at them when my company was requiring the shot. My problem is I have a hernia that doesnt bother me but I figured flatbed wouldnt touch me because of that

 

I’m not sure where you saw that, can you provide a link to that? As far as I know the only hourly drivers are local drivers, mainly in wa. We have at least one local at every yard though.

once a driver makes it through the preliminary probation they will either go to mileage or “salary” depending on their choice and performance. Both programs pay very similar and have a 40cpm monthly bonus for all miles over 9900.


@supersnackbar i hope you find this company to be a good fit for you. I truly think you will, as you said we are a similar vibe as Moore with a more diverse customer base.

 

I googled smoky point distributing and it was the first link that popped up. Went to paid hourly page with a form to fill out. May have just sent me to the local drivers page

 

Best of luck SSB I’ll definitely be watching this thread.

 

i’d suggest a couple of pairs of coveralls too.hand tarping loads is a whole different ball of wax from using the fitted tarps on a double drop glass trailer. And sometimes with a quickdraw trailer you get even dirtier than a tarp trailer if you have to fight the tarp system. The insides of those trailers never get washed.

Huh. I see what you’re talking about. But that’s not our direct website. (spdtrucking.com)That website is definitely modeled after our main website, and may be a recruiting website? All that hourly pay information is for our Subsidiary company, Belmont enterprises. They haul glass for cardinal glass out of Tumwater Washington. Decent enough loads if you live in the area and want to be home every day. They have a few drivers to go to California and up in the British Columbia but most of our guys are home every afternoon. I did some fill-in work for them one time on my truck was in the shop. I never thought my first eight axle load will be pulling a van.

 

SSB,

What a great post telling us who you ended up driving for. After all you have been through it is a pleasure to read such a positive review of a company like SPD. They really seem to have no problems in recruiting good drivers and treating them right. I wish you the best with them and always look forward to your posts and I'll continue to follow your success. Stay safe and good luck in the future.

 

I wear these when loading or unloading - they meet just about every jobsite requirement if you wear them with long sleeve yellow t shirts - some people call them Canadian pajamas.

I tried them and love them - you never have to pull your pants if you know what I mean. They have pockets for keys, ids and tools like a knife or snips for zip ties. Then just take them off and hang them - none of your stuff gets greasy.

alao, but a comfortable hard hat - not the cheapest you can find.

good luck on your move. Learn everything you can everyday and you will discover opportunities open up for “challenges”.

lastly, developers a group of peers that you can reach out to for guidance or assistance on both securement and routing. Trust me, there will be crap that others have figured out but you go what the F.