Looking for LTL near Nashville to escape food service

Best answer to this is apply to Dayton, then call and talk to them. They will be the ones to decide if your experience meets their needs. Just because it says 18 months doesn't mean they will not be flexible on that.

At my prior job we hired a new driver right out of cdl school, zero experience. He had the right attitude and and was obvious to me when I interviewed him and road tested him that we could train him to do the job we wanted. (Eventually we had him doing overdimensional).

You just never know.

As for the questions more specific see if you can find a driver or two that works there to talk to...not sure how far the terminal is but on a day off go there and talk to them? Might not be an option though.

Worst case, they tell you to come back with 18 months experience...your not far off.

Cheers

 

@bryan21384 and myself are from the Nashville area.
I'd try Estes Express; only need 12 mos. experience plus all the endorsements.
Will you reveal which food service company you're with?
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Estes Express

 

Old Dominion Freight Line
1250 Bridgestone Pkwy, La Vergne, TN 37086
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Old Dominion hires right out of cdl school. As with Estes Express; need all the endorsements.

 

In a tough freight market, I wouldn't bet on them

They may tell you wait til your 18th month, they may not....just apply. Your last sentence said it all. You could try Averitt Express as well, they have lots of local positions and they're hiring in Nashville, it's an option if some of the other positions don't work out. I'd also look at Firstfleet as well, especially since you're close to that Peyton's Warehouse in Portland, TN.

Local Truck Driver Jobs | Now Hiring Local CDL A Drivers | Averitt

 

It's been years ago, but I worked at First Fleet in Portland. They hired 12 of us from another company, at the same time. 11 of us left at about 2 months. At that time a $600 dollar week was about it. Maybe it's changed since then.

 

Were they quite as big as they are now? They got a presence everywhere it seems. Especially those Kroger warehouses.

 

They were pretty big when I worked there, just disorganized and too much politics in the dispatch office. My best run was to Southern California, but that one usually went to the pets.

 

Took a load of Christmas candy that had about 7 or 8 drops between Portland and Southern California. Arrived at Von's grocery store in California and the employees were on strike. I backed in anyway and yanked the pallets off and left. They were crying and whining the whole time. Deadheaded back to the Arizona terminal and was told to take the empty to Los Angeles and do a drop & hook. I planned that one to arrive in Los Angeles in the wee hours of the morning to avoid the traffic jam. Worked out perfectly. Took that loaded trailer back to Portland, TN.
Maybe First Fleet is OK now; was a long time ago when I worked there.
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Some drivers had been there for years.
Also have a contract to haul stainless steel restaurant kitchen equipment out of Savanah, TN to new construction job sites. One of those loads I hauled went to Colorado. That stuff is driver No-touch freight. Every load I hauled was driver No-touch. My take-home pay sucked though is why I quit and went to Schwerman in Nashville hauling hazmat tankers 48 states & Canada.