Hope these questions don't sound too newbie

The recruiter's mission is to tell you enough lies to get you to fill out an application and then to your first day of orientation. When you get to orientation you will start to learn how much you were lied to.

 

US Express may not hire you, but several other companies will. Lots of good team companies out there.
Start submitting applications the day classes start. Submit lots of applications. Submit applications before talking to any recruiters; get those applications in the system. If you really want US Express, apply anyway and see what happens; you can follow up with a phone call.

Schneider
Covenant
Tyson Foods
Con-way
Southern Refrigerated Transport
Super Service
DOT Foods
CTL Transportation
deBoer Transportation
Abilene Motor Express
Cargo Transporters
Old Dominion - would be my first choice for husband/wife teams
Sue Vinje Trucking

There's plenty more out there.

 

If you pick up the same load from a shipper in one state and then deliver to the same consignee in another state then get a return load always going to the same place to pick up your return load would be called driving a ROUTE.

 

There's "designated" and then there's "dedicated". Both can be OTR. As far as companies go, listen to Chinatown, especially the part about Old Dominion. If you can't get on there right away, make that your 1 year anniversary goal.

 

Hi honeyandlovie, there seems to be some confusion that designated( or dedicated) runs aren't OTR. Many dedicated runs are indeed long distance, but aren't always "cast in stone". Dedicated runs are a great way for companies to get you in, and many people do enjoy those, but the one predictable thing in trucking is it's unpredictable, and many times, due to several factors, may have the company have you doing something else "just this once", and who knows where you end up after that.
Remember, a recruiter's job is to do just that, get you in, like moon_beam says. Hauling contracts come and go, and what you sign up for, may not be what you get down the road. The only true designated run, I've found, is a line haul, where you literally, go to and from the same place, day after day. Good luck.

 

Truck Duo is a good source for USX info.

 

US Xpress will hire you but you both will have to go with a trainer.

 

yep, that sounds about right! Lmao

 

Remember this:
Recruiters are salesmen, and driving jobs are the product they sell.