Southern Michigan Work

[Tomahawk]

I currently work for Falcon Transport, straight out of school. I have nothing on my license as far as tickets go. I have about six months experience. I like my weekend hometime with Falcon, but my driver manager left and now its hard to get the miles. I was wondering if anyone knew of any decent companies out there. I dont mind going out on the road during the week, but I like my home time. I know I am not going to be rich, but family time is important too. I have applied at Knight Transportation, haven't heard anything yet. Thank you in advance for any replies.

[spaceman121]

Well i dont know if your in the metro detroit area, if you are you have roll-off work,train work(doubles), and hauling garbage and if wanted to stay in a van there's the jb hunt, swift they have alot of day cabs running around. and all the l.t.l carries within the tri county area. B.O.L

[doug33]

try to get on with Gainey or one of it's sister companies like Aero,or LCT.they run a lot of local stuff around south mich.

[bcbasher]

where are you located in southern michigan. with 6 months you could get on with centril transport. lansing, detroit, and in sturgis michgan, also known as PRO logistics. if your in SW Michigan look into Pigeon River Transport out of White Pigeon or P&P out of constantine michigan. i woudl suggest P&P over anything i kwno one of there drivers whos been there for over 20 years and loves it. very low tuen over and most guys are there 7 plus years before leaving.

[Tomahawk]

I live in warren area, I will check out some of these companies. I would just like to find something local runnin were I could get home every day or other day.

[bcbasher]

if your in warren check out Pro Logistics. they have dedicated rund fromt he GM and Ford plant up there that go to TN and back up. pout 1 night at a time and hoem on the weekends. you ina prime area for local and dedicated rund with all of the auto plants up in that area.

[Snowman7]

if your in warren check out Pro Logistics. they have dedicated rund fromt he GM and Ford plant up there that go to TN and back up. pout 1 night at a time and hoem on the weekends. you ina prime area for local and dedicated rund with all of the auto plants up in that area.

Central Transport and Pro Logistics are sister companies with different operations so you'll have to check with both. And yes CT would probably hire you with 6 months. You'd be home everyday. There's better LTL companies but it will get you more experience and it cant be worse than OTR for Falcon. BTW I know Falcon down this way has alot of dedicated auto freight where you're home daily. Dont they have that available to you?

bcbasher I was just in Battle Creek last week. We have a terminal on Columbia. I have a cousin that lives there too but I dont know exactly where.

[bcbasher]

well hell next time your in my neck of the woods give a holler for boss hog. that is if you can get through with all the ya-hoos playing music that is.

do you work for UPS/ over night . that's the only terminal i can think of that's on Columbia.

[Jumbo]

You could also look into Stone Transportation out of the lower Michigan area. They transport sand, gravel and such.

[Snowman7]

well hell next time your in my neck of the woods give a holler for boss hog. that is if you can get through with all the ya-hoos playing music that is.

do you work for UPS/ over night . that's the only terminal i can think of that's on Columbia.

Yes sir I do. It was about 3 am so the radio was pretty quiet. I will holler for boss hog next time though. What's up with that buckin bronco ride on 94 eastbound. Holy crap, cant a guy enjoy a cup of coffee!

[bcbasher]

hahaha yeah the roads are a little rough. next time grab the hammer lane and it will be a lot better. from the 108 to the 100 in both directions is hell around here. but grab the hammer lane and it will save your kidneys for sure.