Should I go with TMC or Werner?

I just graduated from CDL school and obtained my CDL today. I got like 4 offers but I'm leaning on either TMC or Werner. I'm just wondering which of the two companies would make me more marketable in a few years. TMC is mainly flatbed carrier while Werner is going to have me on dry van. The training with TMC is more extensive altogether it is going to be about 6 weeks. Training at Werner will be about 3-4 weeks. Would it be easy to get into dry van if I drove flatbed with TMC for a couple of years or would it be the other way around (easier to get into flat bed after working dry van with Werner for a couple of years)? Any suggestions, advice, or feedback would great!

 

Dry van; any cdl driver can go dry van. Between those two, I'd go with TMC.
Where is your location; state & nearest city/town?
Do you have endorsements?
There may be a dozen other choices you may be interested in.
How many hours was the cdl school?

 

Your responses here will very likely vary -- based on opinion on beginning strategy.

Some will say learn to drive pulling vans-- then go from there.

Werner is not a bad gig, straight out of CDL school. You could do A LOT WORSE.

-- L

 

What's the other 2 companies your looking at?
I'd go TMC out of those 2 mentioned

 

The flatbed crowd will gladly take you, if you do a year or two pulling vans first -- provided you finish vans out with a good safety record.

-- L

 

I'm in Central Illinois. Nearest big city is Champaign. I did over 160 hours at the CDL school. I don't have any endorsements.

 

Central Illinois; geeze trucking heaven for new cdl school grads.
We'll give you plenty of choices.
Do you prefer local or regional or OTR?

 

TMC is very regimented -- can only recommend them if you are ex-military (Army, or Marines).

Go with another flatbedder -- if you have no military background.

T -- Tarping
M - Marine
C - Corps

-- L

 

The other two are CFI and PTL. But their offers were not impressive.

 

PTL is dry van and CFI has dry van or refrigerated.
Refrigerated is the way to go during this freight slowdown.
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