running all 48

Lot's of option's in your area,flatbed or reefer.Very easy to stay out for month's at a time.

 

Howard Transportation in Kenly hires new CDL grads. Check the website; flatbed with good reputation.

Melton Truck Lines
Navajo Express
Watkins-Shepard
WLA Inc.
Cooke Trucking Co.
Hardy Bros. Inc.
Inman Trucking Co.
Trimac - Durham-reimbursement for tanker/hazmat endorsements
Southern Refrigerated Transport

There's more. All these have online applications and hire new CDL graduates, even if the website says "experience required."

 

They're 48 state carriers.
Trimac might be iffy for back to back stuff.
I understand Howard is registered for 48 states but does mostly 32 states on a regular basis. Seems like I remember one of their drivers posting that recently. Submit an application and follow with a phone call and ask, if that's a concern to you.

 

As usual Chinatown offers another solution for a newbie. Always presenting great
solutions and options.

 

I'd put Prime at the top of the list. Best pay you're going to find for a greenhorn straight out of school, and the drivers I've talked to are very happy there. They have a flatbed division, and a very active forum here on TTR.

I've heard positive things about SRT and Roehl, but I haven't done a lot of research on them.

And don't write off Swift. Yes, they're at the bottom of the pay scale when you start out, but they give frequent raises, and they're right up there with everyone else at one year experience. On the plus side, because of their size, they generally have freight for you.

Disclosure: I drive for Swift. I went through their Academy, with the intention of jumping to another company once I got the six months' experience they required. That was nearly a year ago. I'm happy here.

 

Just goes to show that driving is what you make of it.