First week driving SOLO thoughts

Go to SGT or challenger!

 

I haven’t heard the best in regards to challenger and their pay/work. Unless I’m getting them confused with someone else

 

You’re not, Challenger was the go to for new guys the last couple years. But with the freight market and the crash of the auto parts hauling business they are hurting bad.

As long as you end up somewhere pulling reefers, you should be ok. Decks, Dry Van and LTL highway work are done for, all 3 will be in a full blown recession in the coming months.

You definitely want reefer, you don’t want to do it at Bison or Arnold Bros.

Challenger is still and option (reefer fleet), ERB/Kdac, Versacold, IHaul, TransX/CanXpress (again US reefer fleet only).

 

BINGO! Also, the practical miles of payment is BS too—considering hazmat routing, detours, getting misdirected....

trucking has to go hourly or salary to attract new drivers. I don’t recommend it for anyone who has high expenses. I don’t have an apt, just a storage locker, and I didn’t even have a personal vehicle for a couple of years—just bought one two months ago. I paid off all my debts and have been banking funds while paying for a university degree online.....and I really dig the lifestyle.

but most people don’t want to live like I do and that’s fair in a developed country as the Canada/us.

Once this recession turns around, the industry is going to have to re-examine its practices. It can’t depend on the foreign worker program forever....or waste cases who just bounce from one place to the next.

 

as a newbie, I had even heard of how little challenger paid.....but they do have a new pay package out there although it still falls short of other companies.

That said, they’re still a good company with good safe practices and a very sound work culture environment.

i came over to them last year with five years experience, flat deck division, and will likely remain here until I decide to get out of trucking....or go o/o

 

Anyone have experience with DRAKKUR? They do the hourly drivers for XTL? $23/hr to start

 

just work for XTL directly and get $27/hr plus paid benefits.

 

The problem with challenger, is they are running out of freight. Deck and Reefer are doing ok in Ontario, but the rest of Canada they are hurting bad. You’re very lucky to be in the deck division, so hold onto that one tight.

Still the best option of all the megas tho imho. Going O/O is suicide now, esp with all the new taxes and the US exchange rate.