Freeport Transport Industries

This company is located in Freeport, PA about 20 miles north of Pittsburgh. I had no experience in truck driving, just the fact that my dad had drove for 40+ years, and they hired me when I got my CDL permit. I was very thankful for that as I did not want to go to a major carrier like Swift or CR England. The owner and his son met with me at my interview and I immediately felt welcomed. I was trained on liquid tank, bulk tank, flatbed and vac trailers and was trained very well. After I was comfortable on them they put me in my own truck. Their whole fleet consists of very well maintained Peterbilts, 379, 389, and some 386's as well, about 95% of them are pre-emission or glider kits. The pay is very fair ,and unloading time is hourly along with driving (under 250 miles) and when I write up an issue with a truck or trailer it's typically fixed the very next day. Very happy that I landed this job. Almost 5 months in now and I can't see myself working anywhere else for a long time.

 

Good luck!!

 

I can't really speak ill of them, they were a great company when I first started. There were some things that just got on my nerves over time. Do you have experience or are you just starting out?

 

If you wanna work, they have plenty of work and you'll do very well. They're not a bad starter company, their training isn't the best though (unless they changed it). I lucked out because my dad trained me but a lot of other guys got a day of training and was thrown to the wolves. You'll run the region but not much further than that unless you're willing to stay in Alabama for 2-4 weeks. There's a lot of pre-loading trailers, but if you're gonna be running the road you'll be picking them up instead of loading them.

If there's anything I didn't cover feel free to ask!