The road to LTL

If I were you I would apply all LTL’S immediately and take a job as soon as you get an offer. There is no advantage to waiting to get a year of experience if a good company offers to hire you now. Currently the market seems to be tight and with the exception of certain locations and companies you may be competing against more experienced drivers.
Most of the LTL’s are very close in pay and benefits, but I am sure some folk who are still in LTL will have their favorites. Old Dominion, Fed Ex Freight, ABF, TFI International (Formerly UPS Freight), Dayton Freight, R&L, XPO are some that I can think of. Frito Lay transport jobs, Walmart and most Carhaul jobs are 6 Figure jobs that depending on where you live could be a very good option. UPS Parcel is generally the top pay and best benefits option, but usually much more difficult to get hired with limited experience. Certain large city locations it can still be possible to get hired at UPS with limited experience.
Cryogenic Tanker jobs are supposedly very high paying, often Union Shop jobs, but typically require experience. As easy as it is to apply online now, if I were you I would routinely apply to every 6 figure job in my area until,I got one. Good Luck!

 

The first two companies I googled are showing they are hiring in Missouri.

 

Keep trying until you get the experience they want. Depending on how bad a company needs you will dictate how soon they will hire you.

 

What part of Missouri you in?

 

Check out Dohrn. They have a terminal in Sturgeon, MO. Otherwise yea far as the LTL game I guess Columbia would be your best bet. Well good luck it might take some time but I’m sure you’ll find something. Everything in LTL comes to a crawl during an election year, and then with winter it’s kind of slow too. Once spring has sprung hopefully more opportunities will arise for ya.