EXP Driver going back into trucking

Are you stationed in Alaska? What will be your home state?

 

Would have to say Maverick for a good flatbed training company. TMC is good, but heard something about them being in some financial troubles. Don't hold me to that though. What do you think about having Texas as a home state and Maverick Notarps? Its not terribly far from Little Rock.

 

I am with maverick, but TX is not a real good state for us. I go in there a lot, but often dead head out. I am with maverick and as long as you have a CDL they will just put you thru their training and send you out with a trainer. Since you have previous exp, you won't be with a trainer long. Most other companies will require a refresher course. I have posted about mav a lot on here. You can read them under the maverick threads or PM me about them if you want. I just saw you can not PM yet. you can email me if you want.

 

If you want to hire on with a good outfit, you'll either have to go to a refresher course then go with a trainer for a week or three, or you'll have to go with a trainer for up to two months. It depends on the outfit. Some outfits let those with only 6 months' experience be trainers, so they probably wouldn't demand much. However, these outfits do that because they can't keep drivers long. You want no part of these companies.

 

Hi North,

I have alos been looking at maverick for a little while. I am currently with another company finishing up contract time.

I have spoken to a couple of maverick drivers at the truck stops while fueling. They speak very well of haw they are treated. The regular flat guys are doing about 40-43 cents a mile with about 2k-2.5k miles a week.

Everyone I have had to speak to says the glass guys are making 50 cents a mile. and 90% of their runs are deadhead back to shippers.

They have a nice facility from what I can tell passing by in AR. I pass there about twice a month.

I think from what I have also heard is when you have spent any good amount of time off the wheel they will require a refresher course. It is a
peice of cake then a couple of weeks with a trainer, if you can show them you can handle pretty well they will let yougo sooner.

Good luck and be careful................J

 

Check out the sticky threads on the Safety Regulations forumn. It will update you on most of the things that have changed on logs .
Any questions just ask. I don't know the answer to your "real" questions but please get familiar with them "new" regulations so you are some what familiar with them.