Home Time question from a newbie

You will be told by ever company out hear 14 days out and 2 days home time..in reality it will be 3 to 4 wk's out and three to four days home time..most company training programs are on the job with a small pay check and are not VA approved...I have. Even with KL for over 5 years you must have your CDL with hazmat and tanker endorsements score you will be considered for the training program. Most company's will only allow a 400 wt inverter that can be pluged into lighter outlet...

 

With TMC I have gotten home weekly for a while....when getting home weekly I made about 900-1000 after tax /week. When i stay out i make about 200-400 more. Your Fleet manager and you need to sync up with you and he needs to find good runs to get you home. This requires trial and error. You may be out 3 weeks to start but once you start clicking you can get home weekly. After 2 months i got home every week-end.

TMC has a 7 week training program (2 in IA and 5 on road). They hire new drivers.

TMC allows inverters that you pay for, they install. Its a 1500 watt for like 180 or so. No Apu.

from what i'v heard, local jobs want you to have atleast 1 year driving experience.

If you want more info on TMC PM me

 

180 for a 1500. where' you buying them at?

lately they've been closer to the 125 mark.

 

That's from TMC including their insulation with over sized wire. Its pure sine wave. They wont let you put your own in their truck so if you want one you have to buy it from them and have them install it.

 

Probably have a lot of detractors on this, but Stevens Transport out of Dallas has an excellent school, all trucks are equipped with APUs and inverters, and we run a lot of freight through Alabama. May not get you home for every week-end, but your Driver Manager should be able to keep you running through enough to have a night at home about every week.

Stevens finances the cost of the school and as long as you remain employed with them your payback is about $26 per week which they match.

 

If you can afford it, pay it yourself. TMC offers 75-100/month after you sign on to pay you back for school. If you quit, you stop getting the payments, but don't owe them thousands. You can also switch companies if you have to. I got my permit before going to school and did a lot of studying on my own. I only paid 2000 for school because i skipped the classsroom work. Check with the companies your interested in. They may recommend/ require certain schools.

 

Millis has their own school which they require for us newbies. $500 down and they finance the $4500 balance plus the hotel bill. They deduct $30/week to pay the bill (20 for school and 10 on the hotel). $2500 is forgiven after 1 year of employment. Feedback on the forums has been very, very good on Millis. They publish their hometime guarantee on the website. I hope they live up to it. I start training in 2 weeks.

 

Let us know what you find.

Good Luck