Currently in CDL school

Southeastern Freight Lines - Pflugerville, TX
CDL-A Truck Driver – Home Daily. Off Weekends.
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Thanks y’all!

I’m not afraid of crappy hours, hell the Army got hours out of my system lol.

I worked construction for a while before I went to the oilfield, and before I enlisted. They wanted me to get my CDL but wouldn’t pay more than $13/hr. Said I’d never find a driving job for more than that.

Heavy haul is the goal down the road so that’s not a terrible idea. The tanker guys down here seem to like it, so that would be cool too. Thanks @Chinatown for that heads up.

I guess I’m still trying to figure out what is going to work for me and what sounds too good to be true. Trial and error I guess. I don’t see a lot of drivers around here to ask questions, so this is my best bet with y’all. My buddy just went solo for TMC so he’s been selling them to me pretty heavy.

 

There's more flatbed to choose from:
Howard Transportation
Maverick Transportation
Paul Transportation
R, E. West Transportation - lots of heavy haul/oversize.

 

My instructor said they had a Maverick recruiter come by to ask about getting partnered with the school. Just happened to be driving by apparently. Gave him all of the info to fill out, haven’t heard from the guy. I talked to Neil Otts earlier today and he said he would pass my info along to a recruiter this week. The only thing I’m seeing for them currently is their glass division

 

Awesome, guess I’ll get to submitting applications, worse they can say is no right?

 

Def make sure the company participates with the GI bill cuz you can use your gi bill for an apprenticeship where you'll get bah for the first couple of years while you learn the ropes.

 

That’s been something I’ve looked at also. I’ve seen everything from 1 year to 2 years. 2 years would be way better, but that goes without saying.

I always see the Schneider, Werner, and Trans America, and CRST trucks on the highways around here. But I imagine that’s due to the size of their fleets. Had a buddy drive for Schneider for a year and then went o/o. Another left Werner for Swift to do a Texas dedicated.

US Xpress has emailed me but we did a VTC with their recruiter and they said they start at 24 cpm.

I actually get several emails a day from a handful of companies, it’s just sorting out what might be right for me at this point. I’ve heard recruiters are just like military recruiters so it’s been a what do I actually believe

 

R. E. West Transportation has the GI Bill Program.

 

24cpm! Holy hell, thats slave labor! TMC always struck me as a good outfit. They def take pride in their work which makes them a good company to start with to help get you squared away. They pay percentage of load, too. I was gonna go with TMC but then ups freight hired me.

 

Keim TS and Melton Truck Lines both use the GI Bill Program and both flatbed.