Who should I choose?

Listen up pay attention to what I'm about to tell you. Start where you can and where you start stay for 1 year period stay at one company for one year. Take the sht with the sugar. Personally speaking I would learn flatbed then move into heavy hailing stay away from day van it's low paying crap freight. I've been a truckersince June 1999 I have witnessed this industry chew them up and spit them out welcome to the belly of the beast. Don't come into this industry with the romantic notion that your snowman from smokey and the bandit and your going to live life on the road that it's going to be like your a Rockstar on tour get that #### out of your head now. Trucking is about making money that's it nothing more nothing less make money and go to da house killer. If you come out here and start playing tourist your going to go broke quickly. Stay out the truckstop don't waste money on the crap they sell bank it. All that hanging out drinking beer with your best buds on the weekends well that's going bye bye you will slowly lose touch with people the longer you chase that $$$ out on the big blacktop. Nobody is the best for a rookie your a slave wage hand until you pay your dues simple as that. Learn something that pays like decks. Alot more to driving trucks then you think remember that. Good luck to you rookie as for me my career has come full circle I've beat the trail for 17 years now and in February I'm retired. I'm 38 years old and have run the slab since 21 pulling flatbed and double drop deck I have paid everything off and saved alot. Where one journey ends another begins be safe and be smart.

 

I think for a starter co. you might want to look into the companies that are multi faceted, that is they offer more than one kind of freight. Some companies do dry van and refrigerated as well as flatbed. If you decide to start with one and find it's doesn't suit you, you can move to something different without switching companies.

 

i would choose knight but you have to pay for your hotel and rides to the training that's what sucks about there program

 

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