Another new driver getting ready for school

Think beyond career. Gotta have fun too. If you don't enjoy the job, you will hate life. Some of us like being on the go. Some like to stay gone. Some like the convention centers and extended stays. Some like nice rigs. Some are lazy unhappy losers that have never learned responsibility.

I like big trucks with big hp to pull big loads

 

Most of my career I pulled reefers; refrigerated freight is strong year round.
Linehaul freight is strong year round; companies such as Old Dominion.
Help us out here, do you want local, regional, or coast to coast?

Others can give you info on flatbed or tankers as far as what areas are strong year round.

 

Good luck to you.

 

China can give you some companies! Are you looking for no touch freight?

 

For OTR new driver consideration only. Get some experience and a hourly position all these factions can and do change:

Flatbed - if you have the need to do physical labor in the weather. More day runs. Busier in the spring/summer. Lots of companies stiff you on cheap tarp pay. Detention more rare.

Van - Rare physical labor. Busier in during the christmas seasonal surge; dead after. Some unpaid driver unloads and unpaid detention will happen. Occasional unpaid load reworks.

Reefer - More seasonal then people expect (some niches have year round freight some don't). Lots of short night runs; rotating schedule. All loads will be heavy with lots of unpaid load reworks. Lots of unpaid detention. Lots of unpaid reefer clean outs and repair.

Tanker - Only pulling hoses at the most. Seasonality depends on the product your pulling. Haz-mat almost needed.

Dry Bulk - Like tanker only more likely hood of driver loads and unloads. Not as many opportunities for new drivers.

Auto hauling - Most look for experienced drivers with securement experience. If and when you work in auto haul you got to be carful about claims. Can be quite seasonal.

Dump truck - Better wages then most think; lots of hourly opportunities. Almost always seasonal.

Oh we know where you shouldn't work. We have no problem telling you that.

 

October is not a bad time to get into anything in trucking, it is on the tail end of the seasonal surge for hiring. Most people are looking to build up for the Christmas seasonal surge.

What you do is really less important how you do it and who you work for. Some of these companies will drive the most stable of drivers crazy and have no problem blacklisting your DAC.

There are more vans hauling things around than anything, but it is not hard to get started in either van, reefer, tank, or flats. Some are just a little more demanding on some people.