Companies With Minimum Weekly Pay

Hi everyone, I have not been active here for quite a while. I now have over 4 months in with Swift out of the Rochelle, IL terminal. I did not expect good things from Swift, and that is what I got. Last weekend I spent nearly 3 days in Plover, WI without a load. Currently I'm at the Loves on I85 Exit 104 in South Carolina. I have been here well over 24 hours with no load, and probably won't have one for at least another 48 hours. My goal was to do at least one year with Swift then move on to a better carrier. I really can't afford to stay any longer. BTW, I have no service failures and no preventables. I came to Swift after being off the road for over 11 years.

Can anyone advise me on carriers with minimum weekly pay packages. It is time to move on, but I don't want to make a lateral move and be in the same situation again.

Thank you in advance for your input.

 

Thank You for your reply. I have had my eye on Nussbaum for some time. They require one year recent experience. 1 year was my goal with Swift, but they are starving me. At least they could have me at home if I am not going to run. I just cannot see changing carriers without going to one that guarantees a weekly minimum pay. Otherwise, I fear becoming a driver with 5 jobs in 2 years, and that is not a good place to be.

I will add that when I originally decided to come back to trucking, I wanted to do flatbed again. But the decent companies kept turning me down. So I settled for Swift just to get my foot back in the door. My expectations of Swift were low, but they failed to meet those low expectations.

 

I don't trust Swift at all anymore. People say that Swift drivers are incompetent, but they have not dealt with Swift's support staff!!

I want out, but I see anything other than a minimum weekly pay package has a lateral move. I drove back in '03 and '04 and know how the game is played. That is why I am an absolute fanatic about maintaining a perfect safety record. I GOAL when backing every time, watch my mirrors like a hawk when cornering, and maintain a lot more following distance than necessary.

 

Chinatown???????