Regional, Dedicated, Intermodal, OTR, Line Haul - What is the best choice?

Go with a tanker company if you don't want to touch any freight. Pay is usually a little better too. Or get on with a trash hauler. That will get you home everyday. Lots of options in Chicago. Just pick something and get your 6 months of clean driving. Then you will have no problem getting in a daycab and be home daily.

 

Schneider may have some drop & hook accounts. I think they have a jobs page on their website. Some accounts may say "experience required" so ignore that and apply anyway.
Schneider Bulk is the tanker division; this can lead to many high paying jobs in the future. Do you have hazmat/tanker endorsements?
FFE (Frozen Food Express) has a terminal in Chicago and may have something you'd be interested in. They hire new grads and even have their own cdl school. They have different routes such as truckload and LTL, etc.

 

Here's some tanker companies that hire new cdl grads:
Trimac Transportation - hire new grads on a case by case basis.
Tidewater Transit
Superior-Carriers - super good reputation
CTL Transportation
SVTN

 

How about ABF or YRC?
Home every day and great benefits at no cost to the employee..

 

^^^^ Agree totally. I'm home daily and off weekends with my tanker gig (small fleet) and the pay is rather decent. No-touch (who wants to touch hot asphalt, anyway?) but for pumping on and off... a few hoses and a PTO. And as nb said, and China as well, you got some good pickins in CHI ~! (or ORD as some call it, LoL!!)

Best of luck~!