what company to choose from.

prime
prime
prime
prime
prime



oh yea did i say prime? check out this thread here its extremely helpful, http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...27-new-prime-inc-what-expect-springfield.html
and yes you get paid differently now its $700 a week while in tnt now and the cpm went up to .38cpm, or .43cpm in a lightweight

 

They aren't huge bUT they aren't a condo either, I'm not sure that you get much of a choice when starting out here o actually am finishing up orientation tomorrow and I shall be driving tomorrow also. But really man do your homework before you picky a carrier prime is nice and from the drivers here that I have talked to alot of them have been here 5, 10, 20, 25 years ask questions on each of the sub forums. Homework, homework, homework it makes a difference. Just don't go with swift or cr England.
By the way another good one is roehl transport, but I don't work there and never will but I've read it's pretty decent

 

Go with Millis. The Illinois DMV enjoys flunking new drivers that are trying switch their new CDL over from another state. Most Millis drivers make $50K+ per year.

If you go with Prime, go with flatbed or tanker then you don't have to deal with those tiny trucks; you can drive a full sized truck.

 

ok. Am I not understanding this right. You already have your CDL and they want you to transfer it to another state that don't make no sense unless I have been out of the loop too long of switching companies. I have had a CDL for 24 years and I have work for about 20 different companies in about 10 different states and I've always been under a Texas class A CDL drivers license. Who is wanting you to change your license to their state. That's crazy why do they want that. I still do drive a truck but not over the road. I work in the oil field in West Texas hauling crude oil I pity anybody that has to run OTR it's just not for me I did it for 10 years

 

Ok... Read it again... No cdl..but still they shouldn't make you get a CDL in a different state than you live in

 

Your CDL must be from the state of your permanent domicile.
For example, with Prime, a new student arrives in Springfield, MO with only a car drivers license. While in school he/she gets a CDL Permit then before graduation gets a Missouri CDL that has Prime, Inc.'s address on it. Now, they must return to their domicile state and switch the Missouri CDL to that states CDL. Some states make this switch easy and some try their best to flunk the new driver. Illinois is the worst for flunking new drivers that are trying to switch their CDL to Illinois CDL. This causes huge problems for the new driver and especially for the new drivers family if they are married; ie. no income. For example, Illinois will flunk the new driver for taking too long to do a 150 point pre-trip inspection or not taking long enough. They flunk them for something such as calling an "air pressure guage" , an "air pressure guage" instead of calling it an "air pressure indicator." Another is during the skills test, the new driver learned on a sleeper tractor with a 53' trailer, but the DMV tests them on a day cab with a 20' trailer then flunks them for backing problems. It's not like the old days when people at the DMV used common sense. This is what happens in states that hire based on who you know, not what you know.

 

when did they change this into a rule

 

I don't know when that happened.
I remember one guy in Florida wanted to attend FFE CDL school in Texas, but was told he must have a Texas drivers license and show proof he lives in Texas with items such as rent contract, utility bills, etc. This was a couple yrs. ago. That's crazy because FFE even has a couple terminals in Florida, but that's Texas law on attending their school. Goofy politicians all over America.