Knight Reefer or Wel Companies for a rookie ?!

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Irv90, Aug 21, 2015.

  1. Irv90

    Irv90 Bobtail Member

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    Wel is offering me $250 for orientation up in greenbay WI , $400 a week for 6 weeks training , and then .35 cpm and a raise to .38 cpm after 3 months , .43 cpm after a year
    Knight (Squire) offers me $150 for orientation in Lakeland Fl near my home , $500 a week for 28 days and then a sliding pay scale of 32 cpm to 41 cpm for the first 3 months , and then i believe its 34 to 43 cpm

    Any info on Wel or Knight , i dont care for tuiton reimbursment or anything since my school was paid for in cash ....
     
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  3. Swedish Chef

    Swedish Chef Heavy Load Member

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    WEL is a way better company & they have APUs on all their trucks.
     
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  4. Redtwin

    Redtwin Road Train Member

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    This guy gives a good bit of info, can't speak to the accuracy or if he is "selling" the company.

     
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  5. HorseShoe

    HorseShoe Road Train Member

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    Knight gives you a Volvo, WEL gives you a Pete/KW. Obvious choice!
     
  6. racemaxx24

    racemaxx24 Heavy Load Member

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    A few months ago while I was attending CDL training a WEL recruiter came down to have a chat. But he actually brought a WEL Pete and reefer trailer that we could all check out to have an idea what their equipment was like. And Bruce, the president and CEO, was riding with the recruiter as they visited a few different schools over the next couple of days. Seemed like a genuinely nice guy and a decent company to work for.
     
  7. dennisroc

    dennisroc Road Train Member

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    There is a guy named John Vollrath , goes by Johnny B. Good , JBG and is a driver for WEL and has hundreds of videos on YouTube. Seems very happy in his videos. I think WEL is all Reefer
     
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