pmtg and carhaulers

Any info on this company would be appreciated. How is car hauling like? From loading at the docks to delivering to the customers. How to load cars and how long it takes. Could someone share some info on this company please?

 

PMTG is a good company to work for as long as you're willing to work. We haul from Curtis Bay and Dundalk Marine Terminal in Baltimore so you can get good home time from where you are in Baltimore. You can make very good money (in excess of $75,000 a year) as long as you're not lazy. Car hauling isn't for everyone. You need to be patient to learn how to operate your truck. Not just driving a truck with a stinger fifth wheel which is different from a regular truck but you need to learn how to load the truck which is different from anything you have done in the past. In the beginning, it will take 3-4 hours to load and in a few weeks of loading every day, you can get that down to 2-2.5 hours and in a couple of months you can get if down to under 2 hours as long as you dont stop and bs or take smoke breaks, etc..

You will learn to check a car for damage or missing accessories. You will need to be able to climb and work in all kinds of weather conditions. For the first 6 months you may not be allowed to load without a supervisor on site. Anything else you may want to know about the company, check the website.

 

I have had cdls for 5 years now and have been otr in a semi for 1 year with no accidents or tickets, ever. I operate a 53' dry van with auto-shift transmission. I originally trained in a manual trans.

My question is, would PMTG still consider hiring me even though I have not operated a manual trans in a year, but know how to do so and am just a little rusty, thats all???
Any information would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

You should be ok. Living in Ohio you will be OTR, home every 14-16 days.

 

Hey rainman, what kind of hometime could i expect living in frederick md? Are there many loads coming out of baltimore?

 

And maybe car hauling in general. I went through orientation with PMTG and then went down to SC for training on loading cars. At the time I was a big man- 5'10" 280 pounds. I could do everything that was asked of me except one thing- I could not load a BMW Z4 roadster. The car is so small that I could not get out of the window far enough to be able to see the wheels and load the car properly. They said that car puts more people on the bus home than anything else they do.

It would have been nice if they could have said something to me before I quit a job and went through orientation with them looking like a fool, but I guess maybe they can't due to discrimination laws. Anyway, I was told that I could either quit or be fired so I quit.

Another thing. I went through orientation with guys who could drive a manual transmission in a big truck, but had never driven a manual in a car. I thought that was kind of strange. Those guys didn't make it through training either.

 

Living in MD you can be on a 6/1 schedule with drive-bys during the week. Baltimore is one of our largest shipping areas as well as North Jersey so there will be freight to keep you moving. We have expanded our customer base to include Subaru coming out of Baltimore and VW-Audi out of Rhode Island to help with the economic downturn that has affected our core customer base(as well as all of us in the real world!). So freight is moving, not as well as it should be this time of year, but there is work.

 

Well i guess there nor reason to fill out an application, I'm 6 foot 3 and 275 so i guess i would have the same problem. I guess i'll keep lookin.

 

I've seen plenty of big guys do the job. There are a few "cheats" that you will learn in training that can help with the small standard shift cars. But the job isn't for everybody and you have to make your own decision.

 

Probably not the best time to get into car hauling.... economy.