coordinating me and brother to team up, me fresh out of school, him leave current job

Here are some suggestions, since you plan to move out west (my family & I moving to Las Vegas is the plan).

Contacts for teams:

fairchildfreight.com (reefer)
systemtrans.com (reefer & flatbed)
navajo.com (reefer)
drive4marten.com (reefer)

Check the hiring areas/regional maps, etc. to see if it fits your needs.

Some companies won't hire if you're having child support problems, so keep that in good shape.

 

Getting home a few times a month sounds tough. I am speaking from a solo point of view, but I don't think its that different for teams. I think most companies what you out for a couple of weeks anyway, then, it takes some time to get you home. Say it takes 7 days to get you home...thats one trip home in 3 weeks, 3 days off, and out again.

On a regional fleet, the miles are probably too short for teaming, but you get home more often.

Good luck with it though.

 

Sounds like a line haul gig would be ideal for you guys to work toward (if you dont mind going to the same place all the time), but you may need to bite the bullet and get some exp first. You may be able to get by with 6 months. Good pay and decent home time.

 

Teaming and home time just don't go hand in hand. Especially if you aren't neighbors! As a team, typically you will expected to run a minimum of 6-8 weeks at a time with usually like 2-4 days off. Teaming is very tough! Not many drivers are up to the teaming thing. You drive 24/7 and run hard! Usually drive and sleep on a 10 hour schedule. It will take some time to get used to sleeping in a moving truck. There are some exceptions and options in companies and types of teaming. A lot of floral runs and such allow for a better schedule in which you run 5-7 day runs returning to where you originally started from to continuously pick up the same type of load. Unfortunately in your area I am not sure of your options. Seafood is another type of load that will allow for this schedule. Runs like this usually originate out of the northeast like Boston with companies like "REX".

What will be tough is finding a company that will allow you to both sign on and then have you train under your partner. Typically they will want you to train with someone who has been with the company or your partner will have to first drive for them for at least three months or so before training you. It maybe beneficial to you to first go through school and training and then drive solo for a bit before deciding on teaming.

 

Here's another two for teams :

drive4us.com (Interstate Distributor)

driveffe.com (FFE)