Looking for a company

If you want Flatbed, look at Maverick if not them try TMC
If You want Reefer, look at KLLM But DO NOT sign a Lease
If you want Dry Van, Look at Watkins Shepard

Out of the 4 companies I listed Watkins Shepard would be the best for teams.



There are 475,000 Trucking Companies in the U.S Warner is one of the worst.....dont waste your time with them





American Trucker

 

yes, because TMC only does Flatbeds lol



American Trucker

 

There is not a "best" company out there. Look for a company that best fits what you are looking for. Do you want to run all 48 or east or west coast? Do they offer medical insurance? How much is the medical insurance? Do I want to run flatbeds or tankers? Where is the closest terminal? How often will I be home? Pay? Once you answer these questions you can narrow down the companies that best fit what you want. Below are a few of the major carriers that hire student drivers.

http://www.con-way.com/en/
http://www.covenanttransport.com/
http://www.tmctrans.com/
http://cretecarrier.com/
http://www.crengland.com/
http://www.crst.com/
http://www.jbhunt.com/
http://www.kllm.com/
http://www.knighttransportation.com/
http://pamtransport.com/
http://primeinc.com/
http://www.schneider.com/
http://www.swifttrans.com/
http://www.usa-truck.com/

 

I'll narrow that list down to companies that dont suck:

Good Companies:

http://www.con-way.com/en/http://www.tmctrans.com/
http://cretecarrier.com/

Alright Companies:

http://www.kllm.com/
http://primeinc.com/
http://www.knighttransportation.com/





American Trucker

 

You can run 365 days a year if you want, NO company will tell you to go home...

You dont ever HAVE to do a 34 hour reset, only if you want to or need to reset. You can recap after the 8th day at midnight you start geting hours back. They Roll over. a 34 hour reset on the road will not count as your home time.

Most companies give you 1 day home for every 7 on the road. So if your OUT 14 days then can and will send you home for 34 hours "2 days" in allot of companies minds. Some companies you can bank hometime like Watkins Shepard you stay out 8 weeks you can go home for 9 days, companies like swift if you go home for more then 2 oe 3 days you have to clean out your truck (HUGE PIA) plus allot of the bigger companies will not let you take more then a few days off at a time as there truck will not be makeing any money.


And running as a team you shouldnt ever have to do a 34 hour reset if you two are running properly.




American Trucker

 

You should have some material from your CDL school abouth the 70 hour rule, but I will go over it. If you start driving this week and for six days you drive 11 hours a day. You would have 66 hours drive time for the week. But you also have to calculate your on duty not driving time. Your pre and post trip inspections, load times and if you were held up at the weight stations have to be factored into that 70 hours. You do not have to reach 70 hours to stop for 34 hour reset. If you are at 66 hours for the week you can stop to reset at 66. From what I have been told companies do not count a reset as a day off unless you are at your house.

 

60/70-hour rule example (Property and Passenger-Carrying)

The 60- and 70-hour limits require drivers to stop driving a CMV upon accumulating 60 or 70 on-duty hours (including all on-duty and driving time) over a period of 7 or 8 consecutive days, respectively. Prior to the sample log grid shown below, suppose the driver, using the 70-hour limit, accumulated the following on-duty hours over 8 days:
Day
Hours
1. Sunday

0​

2. Monday

10​

3. Tuesday

8.5​

4. Wednesday

12.5​

5. Thursday

9​

6. Friday

10​

7. Saturday

12​

8. Sunday

5​

Total
67 hours

Note: Assume this driver's "day" runs from midnight to midnight, as shown in the sample log below. Employers can choose their own start times for the "day," but that time must be indicated on the log.
Because the driver did not accumulate more than 70 on-duty hours over 8 consecutive days (Sunday - Sunday), he or she was in compliance with the 70-hour limit.
Note: A driver can accumulate more than 60/70 hours without being in violation, as long as no CMV driving is done after reaching the 60/70-hour limit.
To determine how many hours are available for the next day, Monday, the driver has to check the 8-consecutive-day period from Monday to Monday. During that period the driver has accumulated 67 hours so far, and therefore only has 3 hours remaining during which to drive on Monday. Here is the driver's Monday log grid:

The driver reached the 70-hour limit at 1:00 p.m. after completing 3 on-duty hours. At this point, the driver should not have driven for the remainder of the day, but he or she violated the 70-hour rule by getting behind the wheel at 3:00 p.m. for one hour.
At the end of the day on Monday, the new 8-day calculation looks like this:
Day
Hours
Monday
10
Tuesday
8.5
Wednesday
12.5
Thursday
9
Friday
10
Saturday
12
Sunday
5
Monday
8
Total
75 hours

After midnight, the driver enters a new day, Tuesday, and a new 8-consecutive-day period, from Tuesday to Tuesday. The 10 hours worked on the prior Monday (day #1 above) drop out of consideration. During this new 8-day period from Tuesday to Tuesday, the driver has accumulated 65 hours so far, and therefore has 5 hours during which to drive on Tuesday before again hitting the 70-hour limit.
NOTE: If the driver operates a property-carrying vehicle and takes 34 or more consecutive hours off duty and/or in a sleeper berth, he or she would have a full 70 hours available again, and the hours worked in the days before the 34-hour period began would no longer need to be considered. This "34-hour restart" provision can be used even if the driver has exceeded the 60- or 70-hour limit before going off duty. This provision does not apply to drivers of passenger-carrying vehicles.


http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/topics/hos/hos-logbook-examples.htm#_Toc201555000



American Trucker