Good OTR company out west that accepts 1 yr. in last 3?

Drove first four months in 2024, so it was the end of April 2024. Lower 48 reefer for United Transport. By far my shortest stint ever at a job I liked. They kept me moving, and I had a great DM and truck. Amazingly they assigned me a brand new Cascadia when I arrived in late December 2023.

Paid for the truck wash and offered to pay for the detailing when I left so early, so I don't feel too bad about it, but my 2-week notice was abrupt and came as a surprise. Everything was going smoothly, with one major exception: due to low rates, they avoided sending trucks into the southwestern US. So it wasn't easy getting to Vegas. Since they had advertised the job in the Vegas craigslist, I resented this a bit. (Who looks for drivers where they don't go?)

My stint at Cheema lasted 3 1/2 years beginning in January 2020. Was just doing my job, then one day in November 2020 my DM excitedly told me the company started keeping track and I had more paid miles the previous month than anyone else in the whole company (300+ trucks). I saw how a driver could leverage such a reputation to get even more miles, so I did. Took 1st place most months in 2021 and 2022, usually beating 2nd by over 1000 miles. Three or four times I ran over 17K paid miles in a month in a truck governed at 65.

I don't expect to ever repeat that, but do hope to find a company that keeps its trucks rolling fairly well.

 

DOT Foods always rejects my application without explanation. I applied there twice while living in Laughlin (just across the river from Bullhead City). We're probably not a good match, so I never tried to talk to anyone there to find out why. Figured it was probably a combination of my age (late 50s/early 60s) plus having worked for lots of different companies, often taking several months off between jobs.