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flatbedin
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 34
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:43 pm Post subject: Who's the best newbie flatbed company? |
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| Seeing that I've been searching and searching and searching the flatbed companies that hire newbie's. I was wandering what the general public thought about the various companies that hire newbie's. |
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Jackrabbit379
Joined: 22 Oct 2005
Posts: 4741
Location: Wichita Falls,Tx
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Im not a skateboarder,but I would say,either TMC,or Maverick,depending on where you live,and how long you want to be out. You can use the search feature doowhatchamahickey on top,and search both of those companies. For what I hear,both are great companies to work for. I went to TMC's website once,and they seem like they take care of ya. I also spent some time checking out Maverick's website. Maverick claims to really help out the new guys,and they seem to be top notch on training. There are several Maverick drivers that are members here,and they all seem to get home on a weekly basis. Same way with the TMC drivers. |
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tag along
Joined: 26 Jul 2006
Posts: 34
Location: greeley colorado
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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| You might want to look into Arrow based out of Tulsa, they take new drivers. |
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tndieselgrl
Joined: 01 Sep 2005
Posts: 534
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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I'm a new Arrow driver, and have been quite impressed at the program for both newbies and experienced drivers (my orientation is about 50/50). That said, I will admit Arrow's program was second in my mind to Maverick's, but Maverick is a much pickier company on the hiring side (they threw a fit I went back to Swift and wanted to change after 5 months)
Most newbies at Arrow are fresh out of CDL school, and they take you through everything with a week long orientation and a four week stint with a trainer. I just finished orientation myself as an experienced driver (I'm actually in Tulsa as I write this), so I can't speak to anything outside of the past five days or so, but so far I'm rather impressed. |
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PhuzzyGnu
Joined: 15 Jul 2005
Posts: 300
Location: Planet Houston
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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I drove for Arrow in my previous life. Even though I had to leave them I still would recommend them to any newbie.
Hard work, fair pay, excellent equipment. I was put in a brand new Columbia straight out of two weeks of training. The ink on my CDL was still drying.
-p. |
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keeso
Joined: 30 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 5:29 am Post subject: |
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| Maverick- hands down. |
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Sealord
Joined: 20 Jun 2005
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Location: Florida
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| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:18 am Post subject: Flattin' |
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| You missed two unless you discounted 'em from the get-go. Swift and Werner. You could even use a doubles endorsement with Swift. BOL |
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mudflap276
Joined: 02 Feb 2006
Posts: 377
Location: China Spring, TX
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| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:20 am Post subject: |
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| I'm not new at this game but i know that TMC hires and sends people through school. every time i go through Des Moines, the orientation classes seem to get bigger. and they have a very good flatbed training program. the pay while in training doesn't complete with others i don't believe, but the pay when you get your truck is a lot better. |
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