Titan Transfer - First Contact

Terminal tour coming day aftr tomorrow, can't wait!

 

The meeting with the Titan recruiter went well. My wife and I spent an informative hour and a half talking about everything that Titan has to offer a driver looking for refresher training and a driving career. The meeting concluded with a truck tour of a fresh 2017 Freightliner. I learned very little earth shattering info; Refresher training lasts 8-weeks; driver trainee is paid .18 cents per mile while s training; training is not team driving (a positive nark for Titan). Starting pay is .33 cents per mile.

Titan has plenty of benefits, and bonuses including driver referral program etc. The recruiter was straight with us as far as we knew, a plus that he did not come as as a new or used car salesman. My wife and I had four plus pages of questions, and we got them all answered in the hour and a half... but I am not completely convinced that this is my starting point to get back into trucking. The first 8-weeks at .18 cents per mile would be quite a painful start to a career. Provided you get the miles, it averages out between $400 and $500 a week starting out.

I have two other companies I will meet with during the Martin Luther King holiday, Danny Herman, and Knight. I know, I know, why even consider a mega(?) Well, probably because they are not perceived as the lowest of the "bottom feeders." I was supposed to meet with Danny Herman after the Titan visit, but had to reschedule...

 

So another update to add; during my visit to Titan, I asked the recruiter to pass my phone# to one of their drivers. He did just that, and this evening I talked for a long while with a Titan driver, a veteran of 8+ years. The driver is also a trainer with Titan, with 12 to 13 trainees in his resume. Our talk has gone a long way to turn the tides, or I should say, to change my mind about Titan. We talked numbers and miles, lief styles and freight. I have asked the driver to call me again, so we can talk training; specifically what I can expect from, and what he would expect of me. One of the things I failed to mention in my last post, was that the recruiter told me that Titan has acquired another trucking company in Tuscon, AZ. This could possibly open a lane for solo drivers to get a better taste of the west... Definitely excited about that.

 

Guilty as charged, by the time I noticed the error, the statute of limitations on the edit button had passed... So when I was at the Cornersville, TN terminal, I did see some of the silver Volvos on the yard. They had the big super single tires on the drives. I was told that titan hopes to have all of them traded out by the start of Summer...

 

Nicely put, thank you! I am really warming up to this company. I heard back from the driver I had been talking to, he had some down time in Georgia, and called me to see if I had more questions about the company. I did, but my questions were directed more towards training... we talked a good long while, and we decided that we are a good fit for training together. Although I was looking at another Tennessee carrier for driving, I have decided that Titan is where I will get my start. The plan is to start orientation on April 17th!!