NJ Who to look at?

[Molson]

I live in NJ and want to do OTR Dry Van I think. This is the list of companies I pulled up under my state. For a newbie driver like myself, any thoughts of who to stay away from and who I should start looking at. I have noticed alot of Schneider trucks in my area when I am on the road.

And if you have time, note why I should look/stayaway from the company.

Trucking Jobs in New Jersey : Total 80 Companies Listed
1. !!Southern Cal Transport!! info...
2. # WEST SIDE TRANSPORT info...
3. #1Venture Logistics, Inc. info...
4. #Koch Trucking info...
5. (CFI)Contract Freighters, Inc. info...
6. Anderson Trucking Service, Inc. info...
7. Arrow Trucking info...
8. Barr-Nunn Transportation info...
9. Bellavance Trucking info...
10. C. R. England info...
11. CalArk International info...
12. Celadon Trucking Services info...
13. Central Refrigerated Service info...
14. Continental Express, Inc. info...
15. Covenant Transport info...
16. Crete Carrier Corporation info...
17. CRST Malone info...
18. CRST Van Expedited info...
19. Davis Transport info...
20. DutchMaid Logistics Inc. info...
21. FFE Transportation Services info...
22. Frito-Lay Inc. info...
23. Gainey Transportation Services info...
24. Go-To Transport, Inc. info...
25. Gordon Sevig Trucking Company info...
26. Great Coastal Express info...
27. Heartland Express info...
28. Hill Brothers Transportation info...
29. Hiner Transport info...
30. Hirschbach Motor Lines info...
31. Hunt Transportation info...
32. J & R Schugel Trucking info...
33. J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. info...
34. JACK B KELLEY info...
35. Jevic Transportation info...
36. Jim Palmer Trucking info...
37. K&B Transportation info...
38. KLLM Transport Services info...
39. Knight Transportation info...
40. Landair Transport info...
41. Landstar info...
42. LCT Transportation info...
43. Marten Transport, Ltd. info...
44. Maverick Transportation LLC info...
45. May Trucking Company info...
46. McLane Foodservice info...
47. McLeod Express LLC info...
48. Melton Truck Lines info...
49. Mid-American Driving Academy info...
50. Millis Transfer info...
51. National Carriers info...
52. National Freight info...
53. North Star Ranch info...
54. Oakley Transport, Inc. info...
55. Palmentere Bros Cartage info...
56. Perkins Specialized Transportation, Inc. info...
57. PGT Trucking Inc info...
58. Precision Motor Transport Group info...
59. Prime inc info...
60. Priority Transportation info...
61. Q Carriers, Inc info...
62. RSC Equipment Rental info...
63. Safeway Moving / United Van Lines info...
64. Schneider National info...
65. Shaffer Trucking info...
66. Sharkey Transportation, Inc. info...
67. Sitton Motor Lines info...
68. Southern Refrigerated Transport Inc. info...
69. Swift Transportation Co. Inc. info...
70. TMC info...
71. Total Transportation Of Mississippi, LLC info...
72. TransAm Trucking, Inc. info...
73. Transport America info...
74. TRL, Inc. info...
75. USF Glen Moore info...
76. Van Wyk, Inc. info...
77. Ward Truckload Express LLC info...
78. Watkins and Shepard Trucking Inc info...
79. Watkins Motor Lines, Inc. info...
80. Western Express info...

[Mackman]

stay away from Venezia Transport in southern NJ.

[BiGG T33]

80 companys you posted lol...

sorry to say this but you need to research just like the rest of us did and narrow this down to maybe 5 companys 10 at most ....I researched and talked to alot of members here and i got alot of info from them but you want everyone to do the work for you..try using the search feature in this forum its not very good but it does the trick if you look around a bit

GL with this!

[Double R]

Try National Freight out of VINELAND,NJ. They have alot of dedicated in NJ.

[Molson]

for those that are sending me PM's, thanks. I have sent responses but they do not seem to be going out. They are stuck in the outbox.?

[LARM]

Try National Freight out of VINELAND,NJ. They have alot of dedicated in NJ.

I would honestly rather have a limb chopped off than run dedicated in NJ.

[Joethemechanic]

I would try #62 as a first choice and #22 as a second.

Other than that they are all crap

[Mackman]

#10

[mudpuddle]

I would honestly rather have a limb chopped off than run dedicated in NJ.[/quote]

DITTO

[Double R]

Try National Freight out of VINELAND,NJ. They have alot of dedicated in NJ.

I would honestly rather have a limb chopped off than run dedicated in NJ.

Who said anything about running in NJ. They have alot of start and end point dedicated in NJ. He would get alot of hometime. Might run NJ to OH and back all week but would be home more.
As for running dedicated in NJ, what a bunch of whimps. NJ is easy to drive in, just got to have good directions.

[blazer]

I go by Jevic's terminal all the time, they have a billboard out front that says they are hiring new drivers, starting salary $53,000 to $80,000.

[Joethemechanic]

starting salary $53,000 to $80,000.

All those truckload dry freight companies claim to pay big numbers to start. All BS.

What they forget to tell you is it is 70 hours a week and if you are lucky and get good runs you might make $53,000. That works out to about $14 an hour straight with no overtime.

I would say with any company who pays by the mile or by the load, whatever they claim your yearly income is going to be, cut it in half

And you are still going to end up working 70 hours

[jokerpop]

[quote="Molson"]I live in NJ and want to do OTR Dry Van I think.

You need to to make up your mind. OTR or run local. I'm running Vineland NJ to Bethany CT and home every night and Gross for 5 days $850, 6 days $1,050. $.40 cpm and hourly pay (wait time)It's alot of hours. But it works for me.
Then you look at companys you want the ones that pay PC miles.
Where in NJ are you? and how long have you had your CDL ?

[win98nogood]

[quote="jokerpop"]

I live in NJ and want to do OTR Dry Van I think.

You need to to make up your mind. OTR or run local. I'm running Vineland NJ to Bethany CT and home every night and Gross for 5 days $850, 6 days $1,050. $.40 cpm and hourly pay (wait time)It's alot of hours. But it works for me.
Then you look at companys you want the ones that pay PC miles.
Where in NJ are you? and how long have you had your CDL ?

sent you an email with a few questions
thanks
GIl

[Molson]

[quote="jokerpop"]

I live in NJ and want to do OTR Dry Van I think.

You need to to make up your mind. OTR or run local. I'm running Vineland NJ to Bethany CT and home every night and Gross for 5 days $850, 6 days $1,050. $.40 cpm and hourly pay (wait time)It's alot of hours. But it works for me.
Then you look at companys you want the ones that pay PC miles.
Where in NJ are you? and how long have you had your CDL ?

I am out of medford, nj and do not have my cdl yet. Through the research, it seems better to wait until your ready to drive to get your cdl. I am still stashing cash away at my current job and getting things in order.