Destination Excellence???

Freymiller - reefers coast to coast.
A&R Logistics - $62K - $72K per year. no hazmat
Schuster - coast to coast reefers
Holland Enterprises Inc. - reefers specializing in coast to coast long runs.
Lessors Inc. - coast to coast reefers
Titan Transfer - coast to coast dry van - don't know about the pay; research it.

 

I just sat down and looked at the computer and your post popped up.
All those companies have APU except A&R Logistics.

I didn't list Britton Transport, but they're flatbed. Seems to be a good outfit. @MrEd

 

Live by someone who works for A&R

He makes 70k and gets home every weekend. Been there for awhile now. They are pretty good I guess.

 

A guy that lived near me in TN makes $72K and home weekends. I think you can stay out if you want. They have terminals all the way to California.

 

South-East Carriers in Lawrenceburg,TN is dry van, runs west coast and NO northeast.

 

Trust me here. You were treated well pulling a flat and dealing with customers. You will be treated like a piece of less than convict trash dealing with that reefer. Sit allll day, runn alll nite... Always on someones emotional bs scheduling. Gets really effing old..

It takes a certain skill set to legally and proficiently secure loads on a deck. It takes zero brain power to baby sit a reefer.

My experience. Good luck.

 

+1 on what Arty said. Trust us when we say the difference in the way you get treated between van/reefer and open deck by the customers is night and day. Sure you still get some jerks in flatbed but they are far from the norm. I for one would never go back to gen comm van/reefer freight for any amount of money unless it was for a dedicated customer on both ends that were decent.

You could try Combined Transport. They treat their drivers pretty well, but you will work your butt off loading that glass. Like 4-8 hour load times and you are all over that trailer most of that time, except when you are waiting for the loaders to get to you. Get a passport and be open for OTR and you will almost be guaranteed 3k miles a week. I was making .47 a mile for all miles, plus $50 for crossing the border, and I know they were really starting to crack down on PPG and Pilkington on their load times and detention so things might have gotten better. And they have some regional drivers as well which deal with alot of pre-loaded trailers. But, with 2 years flatbed experience you could easily have the pick of a lot of great smaller fleets and even prolly look at breaking into specialized hauling. Good luck.

Edit: I know Smokey Point is advertising alot on CL as well. Never heard anything bad about them on here really so maybe give them a looksee.

 

Flatbed:
Britton Transport - @MrEd is a trainer there.
Waggoners Trucking Co. - starts off at .50 cpm