Need INFO on Gordon Trucking

Hey everyone,

I just applied at Gordon trucking and i need some info. After researching several company's online i have found that GTI best suits me. From the very few people i have spoken to they say its a great company but hard to get on with. I got no OTR experience. I have had my CDL for 7 yrs now and have been driving straight trucks during that time. Mostly garbage trucks and tankers so i do have experience with a gear box. I have a good stable work history, only 3 job changes in 7 years. No moving violations or suspensions in the past 4 years. Although in 2002 i got 3 moving violations which got my dl suspended 2 times for a 30 days each. So i guess my question is what are my chances? The recruiter makes it sound so easy. But talking to other drivers i get a different impression. Any help will be awesome.

Thanks
David

 

I'm TIRED of pushing garbage dumpsters in the rain. I have no family except for roommates. I'm at the point now where I have quite abit of money put away and I think its time todo something that I have always wanted todo. I have been doing ALOT of research.. going to a local truck stop and talking to GTI drivers.. and from what I have heard they LOVE working for there company. So I think I'm going to give it a try. I could always go back to what i know at a later date... It would be nice to get some GTI drivers on here to give me some insight. I'm shocked that out of the dang near dozen gti drivers that I have spoken to in the last couple months.. hardly any have much negative to say about the company.

 

I was searching around on YouTube a while back and just for the heck of it i ran a search on Gordon Trucking. I found a couple vids from a guy who works for the company. I sent him a message inquiring about the company and below is his reply.

they're a good company to start out with. no complaints, other than i just don't like being away from home a night. i get by my house pretty often and if you want the miles, they'll give them to you. i can ask to be home when i want and they'll let me go home for a couple of days. they offer great benefits and you're given a nice truck to start out with. i drive a 2005 freightliner columbia and it's a condo. (double bunk, windows). where do you live? i'm in central California, and I'm based out of the turlock terminal. i just got back from pacific Washington today. quite a drive.

 

I got a few more questions here. I have been pre-hired and I'm set to start in a few months once i get some finances taken care of. I'm told ill be going up to Pacific, Wa on a Tuesday for an orientation, some paperwork, videos, and so on. This process is supposed to take 2 or more days and I'm supposed to be put up in a hotel. Once this is done I'm told ill head home to wait for a trainer to become available. How are they are pairing newbies with trainers?

After i get the call I'm told to expect to be out for at least 3 weeks. Then at the end of the training i guess i will have to take some more company tests back in pacific. What kind of test are these? I'm assuming they are drive test's. My recruiter did not go into much detail and he is a very hard man to get ahold of. At this point upon passing I'm told ill be assigned a truck and my first solo load. Now... once i got my own truck.. Do they usually let the new guys head home for a couple days? And.. do they allow drivers to take there trucks home? I do live in Portland but the clackamas terminal is approx 20 or 25 miles away. I'm sure ill learn all this stuff as i go but id like to know what to expect. I guess I'm just kinda excited. Oh and one last question... I guess right now GTI drivers are putting in approx 2,800 to 3,000 miles a week. What kind of weekly net pay should i expect?

Any info would be awesome.. thanks..