Which company for rookie?

Schneider doesn't allow intelligent life forms in the trucks.

 

Check out roehl, millis, jim palmer or maybe prime

 

You want only regional? 11 Western Only?
Jim Palmer runs west primarily. Out of Missoula.
May... Heard lacking in pay. But bought by somebody. Forget who. Based in NW. Interesting?
Swift or Schneider? Toss a coin?

 

Schneider is fine for a new guy.
If your going in eventually,choosing your own loads,are the only way to go.
Expect $1200 a week truck payment,and $1.30 per mile rate.
Don't do reefer or dollar accounts.

 

I would recommend Millis as a place to start but if he is from the Northwest he is way out of their area.

 

Super singles?
No thanks!

 

The 2019s have duels again and but yes, all the 18 and older models are on stupid singles

 

If any newer driver doesn't understand the idiocy of "super singles", let me explain. Super singles are really wide tires, so you don't have "duals" (tires side by side) on each axle.

What happens if you have a tire blow out with duals? Suddenly you have 1/2 the tires bearing weight on that axle. You have a total of 7 tires bearing the load of what was 8 tires. Not a big deal, right?

What if you are running super singles and have a tire blow out? Now you have 3 tires supporting the weight that 4 tires should support. On the blown tire side you have half the support.

Ever been anywhere CLOSE to a tire blowout? Every year truck drivers and truck tire technicians get killed because of explosive failure of truck tires. They go off with the force of a hand grenade. The shrapnel of rubber and sidewall wires can kill a man dozens of feet away.

I witnessed an unfortunate driver, waiting to get into a TA to replace a super single that had blown out on the rear axle of his dry van. As he was waiting the tire on the axle in front blew out with an explosive force it shattered the windows of the store 100 yards away. Now his trailer had no support on the passenger side. He did well to move forward and get his tractor at more than a 45° angle to the passenger side to prevent a roll over.

I drove a tractor with super singles starting about four years ago. Absolute idiocy, especially considering that truck had to go off paved roads a significant portion of time. Within the first week I insisted that the owner replace that idiocy with regular duals.

By the way, don't just put super singles on a truck or trailer that was designed for duals. That puts more stress on the differentials and axles.