Trans Am Still

This thread, and the one before it, is chock full of answers to questions you haven't even thought of yet. Read thru it, then ask specific questions, and we'll try to answer.

 

Gee, I thought that we ladies would just judge all of the male talent .....you know, hold up signs, like Olympic judges do. George is going to sing, so is the Cranky Yankee, passport is gonna dance .......what portion of the talent contest are you and jaso going to sign up for????

 

I have some questions just wanted to make sure y'all didn't mind me asking. I was told by the recruiter I will start out at .30 CPM so with that being said can I at least average 2500 miles a week? I live in Mississippi is that a good area for freight?

 

Thanks cranky I'm just not tryna be away from home making $500 a week. I know I'm not going to make a lot my first year anyway but that's just unacceptable to me. I asked about the freight bcuz I wanted to if trans am could get me home when needed to be

 

Welcome jay-da-trucker! As Panhandle said we have this thread and the original thread, that can be found here- http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...g-inc-olathe-ks.html?highlight=transam+olathe, that are full of information. We always suggest that someone read back about a year and write down anything that you still have questions on. It is hard to answer general questions because what is important to one person may not be important to another.

TransAm is a good starter company to gain experience with. The training leaves something to be desired, and can be a good or horrible experience depending on who you get as a trainer. The training period is very short. The pay is middle of the spectrum, there are companies that pay less and there are companies that pay more. If home time is important to you, they do make an effort to get you home when scheduled. OTR and reefer are always valuable experience and will help when you want to move on to something else. As a starter company they are forgiving of beginner mistakes. The health insurance qualifies under the ACA .....and that is about all that can be said for it.

Get together a list of what you want to know and we will answer you honestly......the good and the bad. And should you decide to go with TransAm we will be here to help you along the way.

 

I'm considering Trans Am I live in NC near Burlington. Is that a good area for them as far as getting home, I don't mind staying out 2-3 weeks long as the miles are there. How is their home time & pay starting out? Training period?

 

TransAm allows 4 days off per month. One option is to schedule your home time for every two weeks and take 2 days off. For the most part they try to honor that. There will be times that you won't make $500.....and times that you make much more. You have to learn to look at your income as an average.....and always plan ahead and have some money set back for those times that just suck.
Twelve cents per mile of that 30 cents will be per diem.....and tax free, that helps quite a bit when you are first starting out.

 

How does that per diem work?