Company drivers: Who do you drive for and why?

superior carriers.

 

Was that company formed by ex-SMX agents? Brenda in Norfolk, NE ring any bells?

 

Calex Logistics, Pittston, Pa. Why? Home time. I will have made a little over $52k and am home just about every weekend. Unless I decide to go to California. For what I get paid I don't need to run 4000 miles per week and be gone weeks on end. Another big factor is they aren't a training company and don't have a recruiting department. Plus we are based in Northeast Pa and run a huge amount of NYC, Boston and the rest of that area which keeps alot of drivers from not hiring on so we only am able to hire experienced drivers from these areas.

 

Brenda was a agent for smithway for a lot of years. When bill got sick...alot of the agents jumped ship...

 

Norseman has been around a long time! Why they have a 7 digit DOT number is beyond me.

I was working there at that time... When Bill got sick the company went to hell. When he dies, it got even worse. I left in in Jan of 06... Why I stuck around a year & half after Bill's death is beyond me.

 

I drive for Maverick. Did a lot of research and a lot of encouraging from No Tarps on this forum. Got home every weekend except for two this year. .41 a mile loaded and mt.
Got home the two times I requested it. Got home for an emergency.
They dead headed me over 400 miles last week to get me home for Christmas.
I am very happy and feel blessed to have got on here.

 

Schneider.

Came back to trucking after a 3 1/2 year hiatus. They gave me the chance to come back to the industry if I could pass a road test. I've stayed because the miles have been decent, the people I work directly with have been good, and overall it's worked well for me.

 

Werner.

Took me on straight out of CDL school. I've gotten to do flatbed, TCU, dry van, OTR, 48 state, regional, and several dedicated accounts all without having to jump ship.

The rider policy, health coverage, and 401k all work great for me too, being that I'm only 21 and they're all very flexible.

29cpm deadhead and loaded isn't fantastic, but at 3000+ miles per week, its manageable.

They're giving me the experience I need to walk into. Smaller outfit and have a shadow of a chance of working out something that can work around my school schedule without being red-flagged as a massive liability before I even get my foot in the door.

 

Norseman was formed in '03? I think. Brenda and some Agents along with some office staff of SMX formed Norsemen. I was leased on with SMX at the time. About the time Bill died I quit.

 

There was also some SMX office staff/management folks involved.