Considering TMC whats the Good, Bad, and Ugly about them.

I am considering working for TMC. I have read good and bad things about them on here and am looking for advise on weather to go to them or not. I sent them my application today and talked to a recruiter (Gus) to see if i was qualified at all to work for them since I did not go to a driving school and I have a pretty large gap in my driving experience (three years) and i only real driving I have is that I jockey trailers at my work but its only about two to three trailers a day. The reason I am considering them is that they will take me with the very limited experience that I do have. The concerns that I have is that I have read that they run illegal (logs, and weight) I am a very strict person when it comes to my license being on the line, I refused to drive trucks and haul loads for my first driving job because they were illegal. Is that a bad trait to have because by what I have read it seems to be? And if I have to run illegal for a company to make a living I'd rather drive for someone else. Another question is that the first question I was asked was "are you willing to drive to all 48 states and Canada." I dont mind driving around for them but I am from just outside of New Orleans and having runs to Canada seems unlikely but I could be wrong. Would I be mostley running the south since I live here or would I be going to all the states? This leads me to my next question the hiring page for TMC says home every 14-17 days with one day off for every week out does that mean every five days for a week or is it the full seven days? Finally does it matter that I have limited experience on the use of manual transmissions? I drive a manual everyday but I know that the ones in trucks are completely different because they are not synchronized. I have taught myself how to drive a ten speed on the truck I jockey trailers with but it is floating not double clutching. Does TMC help train you to drive the 13 speeds they have since I have never been behind one.

Im sure I'll think of more questions later on but any help, info, experiences, etc. will be GREATLY apperciated.

 

Thank you for this information. I am used to have to do manual labor like that everyday I am currently an order picker at a DC. Im still young so I should be able to do this I am in pretty good shape (thanks to work) and my first driving job was like that I had to climb on the top of debris trailers and walk my tarp back over the remains of Katrina damaged houses and whatever else was instead the trailers (nails, jagged metal, re-bar, etc) without the use of ladders it was just climbing up the side of a trailer and hang off the side and hope for the best. Besides the head games was there anything else that you had a problem with them? (home time, pay, etc)

 

Ok as long as they are willing to work with me on the double clutching I should be fine. Also what types of loads would I be running if I am classified as regional? I have experience hauling pilings and machinery and would like to be able to get back into that because I really enjoyed it. The time with the trainer is it a mandatory five week or if someone picks it up quickly could they be sent out solo faster then five weeks say like three? And do all TMC tractors have super singles on them? Those do not seem good to have because if you pick up a piece of road debris and get a flat you can limp it home you are stuck where you are unless you want to do damage to the truck. Finally I am very anal I guess is the best word to use about maintenance on what I drive, how are they about that? The last guy I worked for would NOT put new tires on my truck until I ended up curb checking a the rim on a bridge due to the completely bald steer tires, also oil changes were few and FAR between and unless I did all the maintenance to my truck it would not get done. So what am I asking is if you have a maintenance issue is it solved quickly or do you have to run on it for a while until its fixed?