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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wsyrob, post: 3535205, member: 10487&quot;]I used a Swift reference because that is the company you chose to mention. There are many fine drivers who got their start with Swift. </p><p><br /></p><p>You are wrong about Schneider being the only company who will take a newbie and train them on tanks.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I started 6 years ago on tanks with Superior Carriers. I know many drivers who have driven nothing but tanks and started with companies that advertise 1-3 years experience to start. Superior lists 1.5 years experience required on its web site. They have relationships set up with specific truck driving schools and will hire the top drivers from them. Its not hard to attract the best candidates when you start them at .40 empty .47 loaded when compared to what the starter box companies pay(low .30s at best). Its only a few at a time and they are picky.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good companies with low turnover rates are facing a shortage of drivers in the next 10 years as the baby boomer generation retires. Some would rather do the training themselves rather than rely on high turnover starter box companies who run team training scenarios. Other companies do this as well. I often run into guys at customers who started on tankers from many companies. You will see more companies start doing this as aging drivers retire or medically wash out of the industry.</p><p><br /></p><p>Schneider is the only tank outfit that I see advertizing heavily for newbie recruits but it seems even they are vetting tanker prospects to a higher standard than box companies. You can read on TTR about prospects who don&#039;t cut it for tankers who are offered OTR box positions.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as your analogy of the 16 year old driving the Porsche that would depend on the maturity level of the individual. I coached teenagers for 30 years. They are all different. Some could handle it at 16, some never grow up. Its about hiring the right person whether they have been driving 1 month or 50 years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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