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no. But if you do the orientation in Joplin you will meet our Dr. He practices in the main building.

 

Yes. pm me if you need more info.

 

I have some questions.
do they hire out of Florida?
i want OTR, how long would I be out for at a time?
I have 7 months OTR exp what would I start at?
what are the average miles to expect

 

North Florida, yes. Hiring map: http://true2blue.com/company-drivers/

2 weeks minimum.

Dunno? It is 37 cpm with 1 year experience, then 38 after 120,000 miles. New compensation plan is "in the works"

2200 is company average. I averaged 2500 miles/week including hometime.

 

Shopping around trying to find a company to call home for the next few years. I live in Blue Ridge, GA (middle of the state on the TN line). I already filled out an application but we all know how recruiters are and I want straight up no ######## answers. Ill be happy to send your name in as a referral bonus if I decide to go this route. Thanks in advance!

1. Can this company get me home most weekends? I know #### comes up sometimes but home time is priority in my book due to having a family.

2. What do solo drivers bring home per week on average? Not worried about CPM because it takes CPM + Miles to make a paycheck so I kinda want a ballpark figure of what you guys actually bring home.

3. What trucks and Transmissions do they use?

4. Do they let you idle, or do they have sleeper A/C and Heat? One thing I wont do is roast or freeze in a truck at night. I dont do the whole sweating while you sleep thing because I get little rest and its dangerous. Do the trucks have climate control systems in the sleeper or do they let you idle to be comfortable?

5. Prepass, Ezpass, and tolls such as Pikepass, Ipass, Txtag, and others. Are they covered automatically or how does all that work?

6. Delivery and Pickup times? Do you guys go on a lot of 2AM pickup or deliveries? I dont really mind, but I would imagine that throws a wrench into your sleeping and driving schedule at times.

7. Do they make you follow a specific route that you can not deviate from? What about fuel stops? Do you have to stop at assigned fuel stops or can you stop at any *insert whatever company US xpress uses here*

8. Inverters? I dont use a TV or anything in the truck but I do use my laptop during down time and I also have a very small 700w microwave.

 

No. You cannot request hometime until you've been on the road 7 days & they then have 8 days to find loads to get you home. If you're not home after those 8 days, they may then deadhead you home - unpaid.

Besides, you only accrue 1 day off for every 7 on the road, so you would have to work 2 weeks before you built up enough time to be home 2 days.

Even then, with only 2 days off the chances of getting home for the actual weekend aren't great. One time you might get home Thursday; the next time Monday; the following time Sunday. So if you absolutely must be home on a particular date, you might have to request hometime 11 days in advance & be prepared to get home a week early -- forcing you to take a whole week off. Or under that same scenario you might not get home until day 10.

Now there are some regional offerings allowing weekly hometime, but for a standard OTR driver you should plan on being out 3 weeks at a time. Another thing to consider is miles are generally low the week coming out of home and the week going home, so those going home frequently tend to have subpar miles.

Take home pay is going to vary dramatically. One person might contribute 50% of their paycheck to his 401k, opt for all the insurance options, and select no dependents. He might take home $350/week. Another might opt out of all the benefits, claim 8 dependents, and take home $1000/week.

Grossing $52,000/year is very doable for someone that stays out 3-4 weeks at a time.

Kenworth t660, International Prostar, Kenworth t680, Freightliner Cascadia, Volvo 780 (I think 780 -- swedes all look the same to me), & Peterbilt 387 -- roughly in that order of popularity. Transmissions: Mostly 10 & 13 spd manual, but ~1/6 of the fleet will have autoshift by the end of 2014.

You can idle

Prepass & OKtag fleetwide. Florida tags on some trucks doing a lot in Florida. Texas toll roads that are pay by mail are ok to run. Roads requiring txtag (around houston mainly) are not. Socal toll roads no longer allowed. Norcal toll bridges driver pays/company reimburses. Canadian toll roads not allowed. Kansas toll roads driver pays in cash & company reimburses.

Not many at 2am, but there will certainly be times when you have to switch from a day schedule to a night schedule. Typical example: Get to shipper night before 8am delivery. Make delivery after sleeping all night & go on board. Twiddle thumbs for 5 hours until assigned a load that picks up at 9pm & delivers 400 miles away at 8am...

They have a suggested route, but you are free to go whichever way you please. If you rack up a ton of out of route mileage they may begin to crack down on you, but if you want to go 50 extra miles on a 500 mile load just to stay on the interstate no one cares.

There are a list of fuel stops we can use, you can then pick amongst that list. Pretty much any pilot/Flying j, a handful of Love's, a couple TA's, and a few Mom & Pop stops. Plus a ton of Conway Freight yards and 5 or so Truckload terminals. Conway does not say "you must take on 50 gallons in Gallup and fillup in Kingman" -- you pick from the list...

The exception is when you go through a truckload terminal -- you have to fill up there unless your weight won't allow it.

All the trucks have inverters.

 

One correction on going home; if they don't get you home on day 8, after your last delivery, they pay to deadhead you home. If you make your last delivery inside that 8 days and they dispatch you home for instance 680 miles, you drive that unpaid. The only time I've seen it crazy like that was a guy trying to get home on a certain day for an appointment. I usually get a 250 mile dead head home, inside 8 days on me, outside 8 days, paid miles. My fleet manager and I communicate very well with each other, this is key in any job!

 

Hey you guys I have a few questions about Conway. Would they mind a cross-country move during employment and if someone has moved locations within the company how long did it take (notice wise) and how long were you employed there? (I'm planning on making a move with my girlfriend here recently from NC to CA there's local terminals near where we're going. On your DMV record, I've got no traffic violations or reports whatsoever but I haven't had my license long (under a year) I do have a motorcycle endorsement (probably doesn't mean much) does this affect your likelihood of getting a student driver position? I do have a good work history and over 2.5 years as a warehouse employee. Can anyone let me know what it's like working out of the Kernersville or Charlotte terminals in NC? I'm shooting for Conway or OD and I'd even settle for just being a dock worker if the pay and hours are good, my girl's moving for work and the current warehouse I'm working at doesn't have any facilities out of North Carolina. Thanks to anyone who chimes in on this

 

Zephex: of course this is just my opinion but I personally do not think that Con-way and you would "be a good fit."
Regardless of what a recruiter tells you this is just not possible here. My recruiter was completely honest when I came on board, so I really can't imagine we would give you ANY indication that this could happen most of the time.

 

Look for the Conway freight threads. Most answers in this thread are for the truckload side. Sorry.