My honest, no BS, opinion of P.A.M.

I am new to the site. I start training with driver solutions in Little Rock Arkansas the 22 of this month is their any advice anyone can give me

 

does pam do flatbed dry van or reefer

 

Dry van only as far as I know.

 

Pam does have a few reefer trailers, but they are few and far between. They are starting to run doubles now for Fedex i think. So hazmat and a doubles and triples endorsement may help a bit in getting a good dedicated run.

 

PTSI YARD DIRECTORY​

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Central Transport​

Birmingham​

AL​

PAM Transport INC​

Tontitowm​

AR​

McNeill Express​

North Littlerock​

AR​

Allen Freight Services​

Jacksonville ​

FL​

Morgan Southern Trucking​

Conley​

GA​

Gateway Travel Plaza​

East St Louis​

IL​

RFT Distribution​

Blue Island​

IL​

Central Transport​

Effingham​

IL​

Central Transport​

Hammond​

IN​

Forward Air​

Indianapolis​

IN​

Stanley Terminals​

Louisville ​

KY​

A&D Transport​

Taylor​

MI​

Central Transport​

Flint​

MI​

Central Transport​

Grand Rapids​

MI​

Central Transport​

Kansas City​

MO​

Central Transport​

Charlotte​

NC​

Central Transport​

Trenton ​

NJ​

Decker Transport​

Parsippany​

NJ​

Dameo Trucking​

Bridgewater​

NJ​

Decker transport​

Willard​

OH​

PAM Dedicated Services​

North Jackson​

OH​

Central Transport​

Vandalia​

OH​

Central Transport​

Oklahoma City​

OK​

Choctaw Express​

Oklahoma City​

OK​

Central Transport​

York​

PA​

Campbell Motor Lines​

Memphis​

TN​

Central Transport​

Knoxville​

TN​

Anchor Trailways​

Whites Creek​

TN​

PAM Transport INC​

Laredo ​

TX​

Central Transport​

Laredo​

TX​

Central Transport​

El Paso​

TX​

Central Transport​

Houston​

TX​

PAM Transport INC​

Irving​

TX​

Central Transport​

Irving ​

TX​

PAM Transport INC​

Janesville​

WI​

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these are the yards that i know of .​

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oh yea i posted the list of yards / terminals sorry it took so long

 

Jacksonville, Fl terminal and yard are now closed. My husband has been going on a year with this company. He started as an AFS driver and loved it. Yes, changes can be challenging but if you dedicate yourself and show you can plan a trip successfully and run, you will have no problems with your DM. My husband hasn't sat as much as he use to and when he did it was because of slow freight. Now that PAM is getting into new avenues, the freight is alot better. I can tell you from experience because I go with him alot. I see alot of people upset on this site because they weren't getting home. I can tell you since my husband started he has ALWAYS been home a day or 2 before his requested home time. Just make sure you put in the request at least 3 weeks before you want to be home. If you are within 200 miles say 4-5 days before your scheduled home-time, remind them of your home time. 3 days before, remind them of your home time even if you are more than I said away from home.

PAM is not as bad as some say, I guess you can only go on your own experiences, but we can't always go by someone else's opinion either. We don't know the whole story from both sides.
PAM has made alot of positive changes as Chip has already stated on this post. Your first year is not going to be as lucrative as you would hope, but if you stick with it and your spouse supports your decision the schooling is paid off everything will work into place. My husband even pays a ridiculous amount in CS but I respect his decision and help him as much as I can.

 

nice truck there blue chevy bet that truck make some noise . thanks for info on yard

 

the mack in the picture is from the show trick my truck. its a tree hauler and they did it up right . if you can watch the show it has a train set in the sleeper for the guys grand kids but yea its all MACK!. I BET IT SOUNDS SWEET SLOWING DOWN WITH THE JAKE ON.

AS FOR THE TRAILERS...
i have not seen much in the dlbs or ref's but i know central just bought like 45% stock or something like that. we may be getting a new owners. but i dont work in the office. im just a driver like yall.

 

For better or worse I went to C1 in Ft. Worth, passed my CDL and am waiting for PAM to get a trainer to me.

I know for the time I'm with the trainer I can have no cooler and not a lot besides clothes.

I got into this because A: I always thought I wanted to drive a Rig and B: There was nothing I could do around home to make money after being layed off.

I will report from time to time on my experience.