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Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Ben Wah 79, Mar 23, 2017.

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  1. Mar 23, 2017 #1
    Ben Wah 79

    Ben Wah 79 Light Load Member

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    After having a some serious reflection time, I'm leaving the last 15 years of a sales career behind the start a career in driving. I realized that the part of my day I enjoyed the most was when I was behind the wheel, so why not do aomething that will pay me to do just that.

    Been researching like mad the last few weeks (about 14-16 hrs a day) about the industry, companies, cdl training, truck brands, equipment and the like. I go meet with the school I've selected next Monday to get that process rolling.

    I've also narrowed down my company list to call recruiters and I wanted to see what opinions from current and former drivers of these companies. I would like to haul dry van, be out 6 to 7 seven days with a couple home and drive as many states as possible with the exception of the east coast.

    H O Wolding
    Abilene
    J & R Schugel
    Werner
    Knight

    Thanks everyone.
     
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  3. Mar 23, 2017 #2
    Shock Therapy

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    Good luck on your new career
     
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    akfisher

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    Any company who hires you is good to be honest because your first year is just to make sure you are up for this. Might be hard to get home every 6 days first year and still see a lot of area as you wish.
     
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    ExOTR

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    I'll 2nd this... Being home weekly normally means you'll run Regional within about 500 miles of home. There are exceptions though.
    @Ben Wah 79 I don't know anything about Wolding, but I know Abilene has trucks set up for a driver. APU and a fridge means you'll actually be able to enjoy the road pretty well. Compared to sitting in that Knight truck sweating and eating 4 hr old corn dogs from wherever you parked at lol.
     
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    Air Cooled

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    What's your location? If your on the east coast and want to be home every 6-7 days you'll likely never go out west. Dry van would be fine but why not go straight into tankers?
     
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  8. Mar 23, 2017 #6
    Ben Wah 79

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    I'm in NW Ohio near the Indiana line. I've looked at trailers but everything I've been reading says to avoid tankers if you have no experience.
     
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  9. Mar 23, 2017 #7
    aussiejosh

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    well one thing about it you'll be able to give the recruiters a great sales pitch!
     
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  10. Mar 23, 2017 #8
    CSDixon

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    1st year? Who pays the most (no per diem) with APU?
     
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  11. Mar 24, 2017 #9
    Chinatown

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    That list you have; J&R Schugel is refrigerated.
    Werner dry van might be ok.
    Abilene Motor Express is good. They also have the fastest trucks @72 mph.
    H.O. Wolding - dry van & is ok.
    Danny Herman Trucking - dry van & no Northeast. They run lots of southern California and Texas border towns.
    West Side Transport - dry van & guaranteed minimum weekly pay; can make more, but not less.
    Fischer Trucking - dry van
    A.N. Webber - dry van & on rare occasion hires a new cdl grad. Worth applying to.
    Contract Freighters Inc. - dry van (www.cfidrive.com)
    Don Hummer Trucking - has dry van division
     
    Chinatown, Mar 24, 2017
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  12. Mar 24, 2017 #10
    TROOPER to TRUCKER

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    You thought you had a lot of info until now!
    Britton if you want home time. Abeline overall better.
     
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