Options in PA?

poppapump1332 · Nov 15, 2016

Blackshack46 said: ↑

Silfies is still around? I thought AR bought silfies. Around eastern PA, I see old silfies tanks being pulled by AR, the silfies names were removed, but the outline remains.

I remember when silfies would pull out of the Heidelberg plant by lake ontelaunne as what seemed to be a dedicated carrier. Then one day silfies just stopped and Venezia moved in.
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Quality carriers runs silfies now.

poppapump1332 · Nov 15, 2016

Oops guess I was three weeks late lol

BossHarp · Nov 16, 2016

Blackshack46 said: ↑

You are north of altoona, sheetz gas stations has a DC near you. I don't remember any of the details, I'll see if I can find what I found on them.

I'm talking about the reefer food product side in case you were wondering. Not the fuel delivery side.

Never mind, just looked. They want three years experience. Indeed said two years or 130,000 safe miles.

Either way, if I wasn't such a little .... I would have applied to run fuel for them long ago. They are a good company if in your future, you wish to do something local.
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Yeah something like sheetz or walmart was what I was looking at for down the road after I get a few years under my belt, or hopefully a union ltl job whenever one pops up nearby. I spent the last 10 years on the receiving dock in a walmart DC so hoping that experience will give me a better shot at an ltl job.

My main problem is I just need to get something going soon to hold me over until what i'm looking for comes along, i'm just trying to do my research instead of jumping into something out of desperation and regretting it.

Pittstruck · Nov 16, 2016

BossHarp said: ↑

Yeah something like sheetz or walmart was what I was looking at for down the road after I get a few years under my belt, or hopefully a union ltl job whenever one pops up nearby. I spent the last 10 years on the receiving dock in a walmart DC so hoping that experience will give me a better shot at an ltl job.

My main problem is I just need to get something going soon to hold me over until what i'm looking for comes along, i'm just trying to do my research instead of jumping into something out of desperation and regretting it.
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You could give Schneider a try. If I remember correctly they have the dedicated account for the Walmart D.C. In Bedford. Living where you do you could probably be home fairly often with not a bad commute up 99. Also check out ward trucking in Altoona,from what I understand you can make good money if you can play by company rules

BossHarp · Nov 16, 2016

Pittstruck said: ↑

You could give Schneider a try. If I remember correctly they have the dedicated account for the Walmart D.C. In Bedford. Living where you do you could probably be home fairly often with not a bad commute up 99. Also check out ward trucking in Altoona,from what I understand you can make good money if you can play by company rules
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I checked into that walmart account awhile back and nothing about it appealed to me. My dad warned me about it when i first mentioned it (hes been a walmart driver at the bedford dc about 20 years) and said to steer clear. I called anyway and they said it was something like 1200-1500 miles a week average, 2 days off during the week and you're driving every night delivering to mainly baltimore and dc, not exactly two places I want to be in and out of constantly at night.

Ward is a really good gig, I've already applied there but everything they have open right now is a day or two a week part time stuff.

OldMuleskinner · Nov 16, 2016

Whatever you decide, I'd like to say congratulations & good luck to you. I try to stay far away from the Northeast, so I can't add to the great advice you're getting.

Sho Nuff · Nov 16, 2016

New Penn is looking for drivers in Altoona. They're part of YRC and they hire new students. LTL work and home every night. I think there's a Fed Ex Freight around there too. You may be able to move up from the docks to a driving position through their dock to driver training program.

Good luck.

Osiris · Nov 16, 2016

Veriha hires outta central pa and claims you get home every weekend. Although they may ask you to sign a yr contract.

I almost went with them but I decided I didn't need to be home that much.

racemaxx24 · Nov 16, 2016

Osiris said: ↑

Veriha hires outta central pa and claims you get home every weekend. Although they may ask you to sign a yr contract.

I almost went with them but I decided I didn't need to be home that much.
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They're trash anyway. Heard nothing but bad about them, all your typical scum trucking company habits. I'm sure their fisher price single drive axle trucks are a real peach in the NE winters too

AM14 · Nov 17, 2016

BossHarp said: ↑

That's where i've been wanting to get in but no openings have come up near me, so it's a waiting game with them.

I'm about 25 miles north of Altoona

I was actually looking pretty hard at the IP dedicated account. If you don't mind me asking, what are you normally making a week on that account and how many miles on average? The ad on their website said something like 2400 miles a week average and up to $66k first year but i'd rather get real numbers from someone on the account as I know these probably aren't realistic (at least the earnings part).

And thank you to everyone else for the suggestions, haven't had a lot of time to reply the past few weeks. I've been waiting around to hear about a few local gigs but if nothing turns up within the next week or two I'm probably gonna have to accept one of these other offers or i'm gonna fall too far behind with no income. I'm still mainly looking at schneider for their IP account or TMC, and also have an orientation invite in 2 weeks from PGT. PGT has sounded good so far from what i've been able to find out about them, but there isn't a whole lot of info on them online that isn't really outdated. Was also considering Schneider Bulk for awhile but from what i've been reading around here is that it isn't the best time for them, a lot of people I see talking about low miles and sitting for days constantly.
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