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<p>[QUOTE="Frank Speak, post: 11568840, member: 181425"]If you decide on May, stay away from the Western 11. You’ll go broke. May’s forte is reefer. They’re really not geared for the dry stuff, IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>I ran for them 2 different times; when I was new and again a few years ago as a transition job til I got settled after moving.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both times I ran out of Pensacola and I have no complaints about that terminal.</p><p><br /></p><p>The upsides to May are consistent, long runs (I averaged 2800 miles a week). They leave you alone (no nagging). Now, when I was a brand new driver Amy (my dm) would call periodically to check on me (make sure everything was going fine), but no micromanaging b.s. </p><p><br /></p><p>And, home time was great. I ran 3-4 weeks and was home for a week.</p><p><br /></p><p>The downsides are they pay you on the com data card and then you have to transfer wherever you want, and their terminals are what I envision a homeless shelter would look like.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got past the latter because I spent as little time at the terminals as possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck! Feel free to pm me or ask here with any May questions you have.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Frank Speak, post: 11568840, member: 181425"]If you decide on May, stay away from the Western 11. You’ll go broke. May’s forte is reefer. They’re really not geared for the dry stuff, IMO. I ran for them 2 different times; when I was new and again a few years ago as a transition job til I got settled after moving. Both times I ran out of Pensacola and I have no complaints about that terminal. The upsides to May are consistent, long runs (I averaged 2800 miles a week). They leave you alone (no nagging). Now, when I was a brand new driver Amy (my dm) would call periodically to check on me (make sure everything was going fine), but no micromanaging b.s. And, home time was great. I ran 3-4 weeks and was home for a week. The downsides are they pay you on the com data card and then you have to transfer wherever you want, and their terminals are what I envision a homeless shelter would look like. I got past the latter because I spent as little time at the terminals as possible. Good luck! Feel free to pm me or ask here with any May questions you have.[/QUOTE]
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