What are the best OTR mega starter companies.

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  1. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

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  3. tscottme

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    I think there trucks are limited to 60 mph.
     
  4. tscottme

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    15k miles is 6 weeks if the truck drives 2500 miles per week (standard for a solo driver) or 3 weeks if the trainer & student can drive team miles.

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    May has dry vans now, I'm starting to see them more frequently. I don't know if they use them for dedicated lanes or if they actually have a dry van division, or they just have drivers pull whatever is available.
     
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    May has dry vans, but sometimes they use reefers for dry-van hauls. When I worked for them it was about half-and-half between reefers and dry vans. They haul a LOT of warm beer out of Golden CO in dry vans.
     
  7. robatsu

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    Got a message from May recruiter this am. Said she had me approved for Sep 9 orientation
     
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    That's great news; take the job offer; you won't regret it.
     
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    First contact with recruiter, she said she was recruiting for November class. However, her message this morning said I was approved for Sept class.

    The reviews I read tend to say it is a good to great starter company. Pay is low, but to be expected as a starter. Other than that there are no consistent beefs and lots of reviewers highly recommend them as a starter company. Won’t run you harder than you are comfortable with, that sort of thing.

    There are the same sort of one star reviews that all starter companies get excoriating them but that just seems to be part of the landscape for starter companies.
     
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    I had a feeling you wouldn't have to wait until November.
     
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    May Trucking Company
    We are committed to providing strategic asset-based capacity solutions across the United States by leveraging our fleet of more than 1,100 tractors, 1,700 temperature-controlled trailers, and 1,300 dry vans.
     
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