Student Looking for work in Maine

Nothing wrong with a B truck job that leads into an A truck Jb. And Gratz on the new license and the local job.

 

congrats jb which company did you get in with if you dont mind me asking

 

Come work for System's Transport. I'll meet you in Wisconsin and you can take all my freight into the North East .

 

Don't forget the DOT website has a list of all Maine companies... just use the "Advanced Search" tab over at http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/sms/Data/Search.aspx and you'll find a ton of potential employers. In addition, the DOT website will tell you a lot about a company's record for important items like vehicle maintenance. If the company has a large number of violations for vehicle maintenance, they probably don't take very good care of the equipment... and would you want to work for a company like that. A little research on your part might help avoid some headaches down the road. Good luck!

BTW, when you use this search feature for a specific state (i.e., Maine), it will only list companies with HQ in that state... so there are also a ton of other trucking companies that do business here (i.e., Schneider with HQ in Green Bay Wisc.).

 

I got buddies working for NEMF and A. Duie Pyle and they both like it. I don't know anybody personally working for Prime, but just bought a GPS off a guy who just came off the road with them (3rd kid on the way) and he said they were the best company he ever worked for and if he ever goes back OTR it would be with them. I wish I was in a position to go OTR even if just for a year.

 

Nemf and Pyle are considered top shelf ltl in the new England states
and not easy to get in with . And that's with experience. That's
no reason not to try....but it's doubtful as a new guys.

 

Ya Prime so far seems like the best company to go with from my stand point. and i have heard alot of good...nemf and pyle both i have looked into and they wont even talk to me cause i have no otr experience...which goes for alot of other companies other that prime, werner, schnieder, and cr england which i will stay far away from. ive been looking hard for local companies also and getting a job for one seems few and far in between. so if i cant find anything better by the time i get my cdl next month ill be booking a flight to missouri for orientation with Prime

 

Chapman out of auburn. A pretty small local company I guess I just had my right foot in the door

 

Nice Goodluck with them! i never heard of them but from what i hear the small local companies are the ones to work for

 

I'd stay away from the use-a-driver companies like Werner, JB Hunt, Schneider and Swift - just my opinion. I would also stay away from Prime. Another buddy said he learned a lot from Swift training, but that was some time ago.

I'd go with the smaller type companies like Hartt, Pottles and maybe HO Wolding - and check out those other companies on the list that Chinatown listed. I don't think you'll get anywhere with Melton, System Transport and Ferrellgas (Propane?) as I'm pretty sure they require 2 yrs minimum experience. I started out like you back in '79. I had gotten out of the Navy and drove bus and straight truck for awhile. Then I went to a school on the GI Bill and found it hard to get any work without experience. I remembered a "trainer" telling us if we couldn't find a job, AS A LAST RESORT!, go to Midwestern Distribution in Ft. Scott, KS - they'd hire anybody. That's what I ended up doing. I endured a year at that place and although they were a cheap place to work there were others that I found out were actually paying less. Bruenger, England and Bray (out of business now). And stay away from England, too.

Ask any company you are interested in if they pay on practical miles (close to hub miles) or short miles (household movers guide). Most who pay on the short miles will try to evade it by saying "I don't know, it's Rand McNally miles" or something to that effect. Yeah, but there's Rand McNally short and Rand McNally Practical. All of those companies I cautioned you about pay on short miles. You don't want to get paid as the crow flies.