Too good to be true?

Let's see ... $81k at .67 cpm comes out to just shy of 121,000 miles a year.

Work 50 weeks a year, that's just over 2400 miles a week. Weekends off, means running 600 miles a day. Plus unload time.

Possible, but I wouldn't consider that as "to good to be true". More like a nightmare.

 

Reed Trucking

Milton, Delaware, small company, great owner, regional carrier, home weekends and some during the week. Give Blake, the owner, a shout, might let you take empties and pickup loaded trailers at the Perdue, Townsend, Mountaire plants around there to get you some experience, he use to do that anyway, don't know if he still does. I worked mostly part time for him for years. When you get back to the yard they fuel up your truck and park it, wash it, keep up with scheduled maintenance, usually had your load hooked up to your truck and ready to go for your next trip out. Once in a while you had to go to one of the plants to get your own load but not often, it's been quite a few years since I worked there.

Wouldn't hurt to ask.

 

I’d go with a smaller company. I found it best.
Besides... Werner owner is the creator of the FMCSA. To put focus on drivers. Take it off companies. DOT calls the FMCSA ; An unwanted brat of a stepchild.

 

I love it when the whole is broken down in the pieces unfortunately that pie didn't make it to the plate. I stop a recruiter from passing that "don't add up math" to me. Your numbers don't add up. She told said if you fill out the application you can get a better detail of the job. I'm like I don't apply for jobs that don't have what I'm looking for do you. I asked her would you apply to wrestle alligators. It was false advertising.

 

Stay away from the Dollar General. They always need Drivers for that. You’ll do a lot of physical labor, get few miles, and possibly damage something, being new. Making lots of deliveries. Just added frustration, when starting out.

 

Just to emphasize something to newer drivers. Almost everyone warning this driver about Dollar General account for Werner also applies to other dollar type stores and other trucking companies. Don't think working for another trucking company and working on their dedicated account for Five Below, Family Dollar, Dollar Tree, etc. these warnings don't apply to you. You face the same risk whichever trucking company and whichever dollar type store to visit. Some trucking companies are certainly better than other trucking companies. And some dollar type stores may not have all of these risks or as much risk as another store. Whichever trucking company and whichever dollar store you visit has these risks and new drivers doing what you are considering doing, Dollar General with Werner in this thread, have been hired, had accidents, and been fired, and reported back here seeking help getting the next job.

Your CDL school is giving very, very, very little backing practice to students. The trainers with many trucking companies have very, very, very little experience and ability to teach backing and will almost certainly instruct you to simply never back a trailer unless you have to. That is exactly how you wind up having little trucking experience, having several accidents, and getting fired, none of which will help you get a better job. It can start you on a spiral of getting worse and worse jobs a bad experiences at bad companies destroy your driving/work record.

 

Very well explained now that is how you "teach" a point.

 

@Gojira and @Vic Firth in the same thread?

 

It takes a couple of years to REALLY hone your backing skills!

 

I started at Warner 15 years ago. I did a Purdue chicken dedicated route. Was good money. Slauter houses were gross. But very busy and good money. After 2 years was able to drive for any company I wanted. Lots of manual labor with dollar general. But stick it out and get your experience. Doesn't matter what all of these people say. They also started with ####ty accounts and bad pay.