Maverick Transportation

Will Maverick hire someone with a vision exemption? I have a lazy eye.
Pro's,and cons of being hired from San Antonio,Tx.?

 

Hello i am new to this thread and have been debating making the switch to try my luck trucking. I am 30 years old, clean driving record, sole financial provider for my family of 5 (plus two dogs) i do not yet have a cdl.. i heard maverick was one of the best for training. I do not understand alot that i have read here so far but press helmet figure things out. Maverick offers paid training or would i need to obtain my cal on my own first? What do the pay during training, if any, and during the driving on the road with a trainer? What do they start fresh drivers at per mile? Also i see a lot of really from east coast, does maverick operate on the west coast? I am from central California, how often would i be home? I have young children that i would like to see as much as possible. Any ideas on a company that would do paid training and operates on the west coast so i could be home more often yet make a decent living? I have a friend that works for a company that says he is gone sometimes two or three weeks and only averages about $500 a week with which he has to eat with while on the road so he advised against me looking into trucking. I am unsure of the name of his company but im sure there has to be companies that pay much better than that. As i said i am the only one working in my family and cannot afford a cdl school on my own let alone the unpaid time off work to do that school, but i don't see spending all that time on the road away from ky family for an average of only 500 a week when i could continue where i am at making that. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks ahead of time

 

To get on with maverick you have to have your cdl first. And to be honest I don't think they hire that far west but you would have to check. Traing pay if I remember right was 500.00 the first week and 550 every week after. I got started at 33cpm (flatbed) with 0 experience but you get raises at 6 months, bonuses, and they reimburse you for cdl school. If your main concern is home time with your family trucking may not be the best option but there are companies out there that can get you home, you just have to find them. I think trimac transport hires out there and takes students but I don't know much about them. Good luck.

 

Try Systems Transport, out of Washington State.....

 

I am already talking to a recruiter from Maverick and suppose to keep in contact with her until i get done with my current contract then i will go to work for them. I am looking forward to it because i´ve heard so many great things about this outfit. My recruiter has been really helpful and has answered all my questions. I´m interested in working in the flat-bed division mainly but i would be open to any other division they offer.

 

Well, as a new Maverick driver, I can honestly tell you they have lived up to the hype so far!!!

 

Can you bank your time off with Maverick?
I have been looking at Melton for flatbed or Con-Way freight because I can work for 4 months and take off 16 days. My wife will be at our house in Thailand so I would like to go every 3 1/2 to 4 months for a couple of weeks.
ThankYou
Jim

 

I haven't been with Maverick for awhile, but unless they have changed it, they don't let you bank time. There for awhile, if you needed to be off longer than a week, you had to turn your truck in and get another one when you returned. That was when they were short on trucks though. I am not sure how tight they are on the truck to driver ratio now. Sarge, Jim or the other guys on here that are still here will know if it is still the same or different. Roehl lets you work 7 on 7 off, but I don't know much about their company.

 

You get one day off for each week that you're out. We do have guys that stay out for several weeks. Right now, I'm staying out 8 weeks so I can take 8 days off for Christmas, which has already been approved.

I don't know for sure if there is a limit to how long you can stay out, the longest I've heard of guys doing it on a normal basis was 2 months (8 weeks) which gets you 8 days off.

I don't see why it would be an issue to stay out that long and then take that kind of time off, but to be gone for two weeks, they might require you to park the truck at a terminal for that length of time. In that case, the closest terminal to your current location, if your profile is right, is Laurinburg, NC. But I honestly don't know if we hire out of Florida at all, you'll have to check with Recruiting.