Craigslist jobs

I know a few drivers have not so good opinions about finding a job on Craigslist, but here's a different prospective.

I found my job on Craigslist 4 years ago. I hired on as a part time dump truck driver, since I had a full time driving job at another company. I liked the set up. Whenever I had a day off, I had hours and wanted to drive, they put me in a truck.

After 2 years of part time work I switched to full time. I drive a class b dump truck on a mine during the spring and summer. In the fall I drive a semi pulling a hopper. In the winter I drive OTR, and sometimes a dump truck when I'm back in town and they need me to plow and spread salt.

I've been driving 15 years, and this is my favorite driving job. It's a small carrier with 50 dump trucks and 10 semis. I get paid by the hour and make the same hourly rate year round. Even in a semi OTR during the winter I'm paid by the hour. Since I had to certify for TWIC, hazmat and mining, I'm one of their highest paid drivers.

They keep me busy during the week. 60-70 hours. When I'm in a semi I'm home every weekend. They have paid vacations, paid holidays and 401k matching.

Piece of advice: if you're looking for a job on Craigslist DO NOT give any personal information and DO NOT give any money. If you can't show up to fill out an app then don't bother as it might be a scam.

 

Thanks for mentioning that but yeah, I agree. No 1099 if you're driving a company truck.

By the way, sorry for the forum handle. I was hungry when I made this account. Lol

 

One of my favorite aspects of this company is how they treat drivers. It's like an extended family. They also take safety very seriously. Their CSA score is at a whopping 0% after 20 inspections.

One thing the company just started was taking all their drivers who had a clean year of driving to participate in a gocart race. These aren't the rinky-dink gocarts either. These suckers will go 100+ mph. We had our race last week and I got to pit the bossman. Spun him out like a washing machine. Lol

 

I sometimes do heavy haul. My truck is set up for it, but since it's a piece of garbage prostar they use me as a last resort. Lol

 

One thing of many that I love about dump trucking is that there's still a brotherhood. If you break down on a haul road, 5-9 trucks will stop to check on you in 5 minutes.