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PI&I MX | Steel Hauling Company (piimx.com)
Website shows OTR is available and 100% paid driver benefits.

• Make up to 28% of each load.

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If Covenant is teams, then give that one more thought. Dry van.
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Rumpke is local, but you initially said you prefer OTR.
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They're all decent choices, but just depends on what the driver wants.

 

Covenant is mostly teams -- unless the other 2 carriers have a chronically bad reputation with new(er) drivers -- I would probably choose one of the other 2....over Covenant.

Also -- which carrier has a terminal or dropyard closest to where you live?

If one of the 3 carriers has a good/great training program for newbies -- and also has a terminal or dropyard fairly close (or even closer) to where you now live -- I would be inclined to choose them....over the other 2.

-- L

 

If you later want to drive class A rigs -- the steel hauling flatbed job is probably first pick.

Especially if they have a dedicated training program for new drivers.

A year (or more) with them -- along with a clean safety record -- would later open up A LOT OF NEW DOORS for you....

The downside: flatbed is also lot of HARD WORK (especially in the winter time) -- lots of chaining and strapping for steel -- and later checking/double-checking your securements.

-- L

 

Especially if they have a dedicated training program for new
The downside: flatbed is also lot of HARD WORK (especially in the winter time) -- lots of chaining and strapping for steel -- and later checking/double-checking your securements.

The man is correct! I told you I started at werner, but really I started out with arrow trucking out of Tulsa cause I thought flatbed would keep me in shape. First load of glass wasn't bad, but the second load was delivery in MD and I had to take the tarps off the load (while the trainer sit in the truck) and it was just misting rain outside. I didn't have a raincoat, but mist no big deal right? By the time I got the tarps off and rolled up I was soaked, down to my bones, I swear! Trainer was nasty too always pissing in a Styrofoam cup....
I quit when I got back to their yard, and I'm VERY lucky that Werner took me on since I was a student that quit their first job... So flatbed drivers are a different breed. Knowing what I know now if I was just starting would definitely go with a dry van! Good luck to ya and let us know how it's going out there!

 

Lots of good comments from everyone above, personally I would take the steel hauling job.

It's good work, sure it can take awhile to secure a load but that's not the end of the world and helps keep you fit lol.

I would not do teams unless it was with so.eone I knew extremely well. Even then probably not. Just too tight of quarters amongst other things.

Regardless, you are in a great spot, multiple options, can't not like that!

 

You're so right there brother! After about 8yrs driving a friend of mine -one who I'd known since I was 14yo- wanted to get into trucking so I financed him out him thru school, was at transam at that time with reefers. So after school I talked transam into letting him team up with me. After about 4wks we were going down a bad path. I would drive all night and be sleeping and he'd wake me up to go into the truck stop to eat with him cause he hated to eat alone! Needless to say you gotta be like two peas in a pod to team drive otr with anyone!

 

Covenant is definitely a team job and hazmat is not required for all positions. This was information I gathered when Terrance was scheduled for orientation.

 

If it were me, I'd choose PI&I. They got a terminal in Memphis and that's close to home so it'd make sense for me lol....now other reasons I'd choose them......You'll gain experience learning how to back a spread axle trailer. That makes you a more diverse driver, and gives you an ability to back in just about any situation. It's much more difficult to back a spread axle then a trailer with tandems because you'll have to understand angles, meaning you’lllearn to back at a 45° degree angle, instead of alley dock. Alley dock is really something you won't use very often out here. 2nd, they're not a huge company. Sometimes with really large companies, drivers can fall through the cracks and not get dispatched on a load. They're big enough to have mega capabilities. Also, starting out with a flatbed outfit I think is good because you'll become more sensitive to load securement and doing things safely. You'll stay in good shape because you'll be tying down coils and other types of steel repeatedly as they kill the steel freight. PI&I is one hell of a company to get started with too, most people don't even think of them when they come out of school as most new drivers go to Covenant. If you were to choose Covenant, it's definitely nothing wrong with that either. You'll see the country very quickly with them, especially if you're running teams. You can do well with them. Which way are ya leaning?

 

I wonder if you can dump the air on one of the trailer axles when you back in a tight spot, such as a truckstop.