Multiple Mention Thread

TMC = Truckers Marine Corps? ************ no wonder I had a bad time at specialized.

 

Any information or advice about any of the following companies?

Arrow Trucking, Inc.
Cypress Truck Lines, Inc.
McElroy Truck Lines, Inc.

 

Well, not long ago I left Arrow. They aren't a bad company, just notwhat I was looking for. Decent miles, decent pay, nothing really bad I can say. Turnover is a little on the high side, but all training companies are that way. I would just advise you to avoide the lease/purchase program at all cost.
Cypress doesn't pay very well, and it doesn't look like very new or well maintained equipment, just looks like a lack of pride in the equipment to me. Hey guy's.... Wash those trucks sometime!!!!
Don't know a thing about McElroy.
Are you new to flat bed?
Melton is a good company, as is Roehl.
I drive/ lease from/ lease to Sammons, but I have been a flatbedder almost all of my 18 yr career. And you have to either own or lease a truck for Sammons, not everyones cup of tea. And you have to have experience as a flatbed. all of those listed before Sammons are training companies too, If you are a new driver.
Hope I helped, any other questions?

 

Thanks. Yeah. I'm brand new and want OTR flatbed. The above are companies that I haven't seen much about here that recruit out of the CDL school I'm attending. I'm definitely planning to apply to Roehl and will give Melton a look. Other high priority companies are Maverick and Crete/Hunt. I'm in the middle of South Carolina and am always open to more suggestions if anyone knows any good flatbed companies that operate in my area and take beginners. I'm single with no kids and plan to stay that way awhile, so being home every weekend isn't much of a priority at this point. However, as far as that goes, how important is it that a company has a terminal close to home for when I do go there?

 

I am not a driver yet. I hope to graduate next week. Mcelroy recruiter came by and pitched their company to us. The guy was a real A-hole. None of the students even took an app. There were way too many "If's" and stuff like that threw out red flags for that company.

Of course we could have all been totally wrong, but it sounded like crap compared to the TMC recruiter who had just left. Maybe the TMC guy was just better at painting a pretty picture and blowing smoke up your a-- but Mcelroy just didn't come off as being all that great.

I'm in VA.

Have you checked out TMC?

Dave

 

Thanks. I'll give TMC a closer look. Actually, some of the instructors at my school recommend McElroy. We'll have a recruiter in on Tuesday. I wonder if it'll be the same guy.

 

The guys name was Rick Hendrick. I still have his card laying here beside the pc. One thing I have noticed with all of these flatbed companies is the home every weekend. I don't know about you, but I don't have room to park a fully loaded flatbed trailer and 379 Peterbilt(TMC) in my front yard. They all have a "no uncouple" policy. You will head home for the weekend fully loaded with the load for Monday morning. I talked to the TMC recruiter about this (as well as several other flatbed companies) and they want you to find a Home Depot or Wal-Mart or somewhere that will let you park the truck for the weekend. Of course your location is subject to them approving the location. Just seemed like a royal PITA.

Coastal flatbed company(Comcar), Mcelroy, TMC and PGT have all come by so far. They are all Flatbed companies and are pretty much the same as far as the whole picture. PGT and TMC are percentage while Coastal and Mcelroy is CPM. TMC has some darn nice trucks.

Good Luck,

Dave

 

Pretty much the same situation here... graduated cdl school last Friday and have offers from Averitt, US Express and Wiley Sanders. And I've muddied the waters even more by applying with Crete, CFI and Roehl. Our instructors at school urged us to apply to a variety of trucking companies so we could have some choices.

McElroy nixed me, as did H.O. Wolding, both probably based on my age. And I'm relieved after reading the posts on here about Wolding.

I had pretty much discounted Averitt until I read and reread TT's post about the company. The company does offer many positive things. What I wonder about is the amount of actual freight handling I might have to do as an Averitt driver. A 53' trailer is nothing to sneeze at when it comes to unloading small boxes by hand. And if the truck is not moving for two days while I'm fumbling around with boxes of freight, yada yada.

Wiley Sanders has offered more miles, but the wages are indeed low. And there's a uniform involved with them too.

What I'd really like to find is a tank company that hires students. I have my hazmat and tanks, and sure would like to run tankers. Food ingredients, fuels or pressurized gases. So far I haven't found any tank company that takes students; maybe I haven't looked in the right places.

It will be interesting to see what the coming week brings.

 

I have recently graduated truck driving school, and this website has been absolutley wonderful in the advice given by many experienced truckers.

I have been offered by Roehl and WH Transportation jobs, and I need to make a decision this week.

My question is does anyone have any advice they can give me about either one of these companies?

Thanks in advance for all of your help.

 

Just as a follow-up, Rick came to my school today and he seemed alright. Must've been having a bad day when you saw him.