Career change to TrUcKiNg......

And you want to live in a truck for weeks at a time? It's not a job for a family person.

 

RedRocker how long have you been driving a rig?

 

Kc are you still in the trucking industry

 

I retired in May, 2006

 

Did you find a good company to work for while in trucking?

 

I found several.......
Munson was a good company and the company I started with, Andrews Van Lines was a good company.
I quit when Munson sold out to Heartless Express and I quit Andrews because I just didn't want to work that hard anymore.

The last company I worked for, Hill and Hill was the best company I've worked for. Very good people there.............

 

Dont waste your time messing with Werner.First and foremost after training you will be paid 26 cent or 25 cent(per diem) per mile,you do more sitting and driving around looking for an empty trailer than you do making deliveries.You'll probably avg 1300-1800 miles.but either way the decision is yours.i have 3 children and being on the road 17 days just to get 2 and a half days off and the having to argue to get them it was'nt worth it.I finally had enough after 2 months of them bs ing me around no mile/no money/no hometime screw that i took them back their truck nov 18.Oh also beware if you are going for any of the regional positions because they told me you need 4-6 months exp,no late delivs/no accidents.I know this because when i was recruitted i was told there are plenty of northeast reg positions and when i finished with a trainer they put me on otr 48 had they told me that at the orientation i would have quit right then and there..

 

well i know the guy that trained me was getting 26 cents a mile but he got paid for his miles and mine.