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need list of a few good starter companies for OTR solo 48 or 11 west. out of PHX?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Oaktown, Jan 10, 2013.

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  1. Jan 10, 2013 #1
    Oaktown

    Oaktown Light Load Member

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    Starting school in a week. Need a short list of good companies to eventually solo out, and run 11 west. or 48.

    Prefer Phoenix as a home terminal.

    And, if thet do prehire letters thats even better, any ideas? Thanks. My MVR is clean as is Criminal history, credit is pretty jacked up at this point.

    Truck school paid for already.

    Can relocate for the right job.
     
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  3. Jan 10, 2013 #2
    rachi

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    Swift is in phoenix. But you new that.
     
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  4. Jan 10, 2013 #3
    Oaktown

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    I am sure there ok, but My buddy had 5 trianers.....yeah he is nutts too, but I heard some stories. rather not.
     
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  5. Jan 10, 2013 #4
    rachi

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    Crete hires out of phx and they accept "some" schools but don't have there own.
     
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    STexan

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    About a year ago, I was of the hearing Roehl was hiring for flatbed fleet there.
     
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    Oaktown

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    Is Crete strickly teams or no. And yeah Roehl is the shizzel, I like the physical part of flats in thoery, the extra $$$ is not bad either.
     
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  9. Jan 10, 2013 #7
    Scooter Jones

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    May Trucking hires out of Phoenix, you probably knew that too ;-)
     
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  10. Jan 10, 2013 #8
    Oaktown

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    May is number one on my list just thought I'd look into others too. Also like Watkins.

    Still do not know if I want dry or refer or what? Gues you have a little more miles with refer etc.

    Don't know if I could hack the noise and the extra bother, on the other hand , no touch friegh
    does have its pros.
     
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  11. Jan 10, 2013 #9
    dptrucker

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    you'll hear/read bad things about all the starter companies. some worse than others. though swift pay is as low as every other starter company, they will teach you on what to do. you have to have alot of patience and a good attitude to make it in this industry. i worked for swift back in '97 for 5 months and had a great mentor then. after doing local for 15 yrs i went back to swift and just finished 50 hr refresher with a mentor who was nice to get along with. he just miss some things showing me what to do on some of the new things. swift gave me 4 yrs experience credit for pay.
     
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  12. Jan 10, 2013 #10
    Scooter Jones

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    May isn't a bad place to start. I worked for them right out of cdl school. Went 48 and averaged good miles. Some guys have a harder time getting miles, not completely sure why. They were a good starter company for me. Always had nicer equipment and what not. I moved on to something much better, however, don't regret my time there.
     
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