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henboy1
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:52 pm Post subject: Which company should my buddy sign on with? |
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This guy has 6 months experience and he drives for Super Service at 30cpm.He drove for Werner and PTL during these times and quit.He is actually looking for a south eastern regional that will bring him home weekly.Super Service brings him home every 2 weeks and he is not happy with that.
We met for the first time in a truck and after getting his CDL.He jumps on my laptop and asks about Ozark and Swift but those are two of the worst ones as I told him.In his situation, are there any companys out there that will give him more than 35cpm on a south east and preferably dedicated position? |
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LeBron James
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Try Averitt: http://www.averittcareers.com/content/drivers/drivingcareers.html |
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Cripplecreek
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Location: Clearwater, FL
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| He may not get on it right away by I would try and get on the family dollar account through swift. My trainer was on this account and we would start Sun nite be off Fri nite home every weekend. Pretty much just running FL,GA, and AL. He got 15 bucks a stop,$100 to unload the truck, plus the milage, he was makin between $1000 and $1300 a week and certainley wasn't killin himself. When he was on his own and not mentoring he would be home Thursday thru Sunday nite and still bring home over $800 a week. |
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henboy1
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:14 am Post subject: Good info! |
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Although Swift is one of the worse they seem to have what he needs.Averrit is another good company that I heard about.
Good info!
Thanks! |
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kc0iv
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Location: Kansas City, MO
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:25 am Post subject: Re: Which company should my buddy sign on with? |
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henboy1 wrote: This guy has 6 months experience and he drives for Super Service at 30cpm.He drove for Werner and PTL during these times and quit.He is actually looking for a south eastern regional that will bring him home weekly.Super Service brings him home every 2 weeks and he is not happy with that.
We met for the first time in a truck and after getting his CDL.He jumps on my laptop and asks about Ozark and Swift but those are two of the worst ones as I told him.In his situation, are there any companys out there that will give him more than 35cpm on a south east and preferably dedicated position?
You might want to advise your friend he might want to find a job and stay there for a few years. Three jobs in 6 months doesn't look very good on a job application.
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Double R
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:29 am Post subject: |
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Quote: start Sun nite be off Fri nite home every weekend
Not much of a weekend there.
Quote: certainley wasn't killin himself
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Ya, ok. Unload a 53' trailer stacked floor to ceiling and he wasn't killing himself. No thanks. I won't touch a DG account and I do foodservice. |
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henboy1
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:39 am Post subject: |
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Double R wrote: Quote: start Sun nite be off Fri nite home every weekend
Not much of a weekend there.
Quote: certainley wasn't killin himself
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Ya, ok. Unload a 53' trailer stacked floor to ceiling and he wasn't killing himself. No thanks. I won't touch a DG account and I do foodservice.
You are right DOUBLE R, most of those companys complained about his many job changes whenevr he applied.I also told him to stay with Super Service for at least a year before going local in doing something like your FOOD Distribution.I did that for ab :sad: out 6 months at $10/hr.It is no joke when you have 15kibs of frozen foods to deliver in one 28-30ft trailer.The worse thing is coming down those ramps with the hand cart filled with 7, 50ib bags of rice/sugar.Hats off to you. |
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Double R
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:46 am Post subject: |
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henboy1 wrote: Double R wrote: Quote: start Sun nite be off Fri nite home every weekend
Not much of a weekend there.
Quote: certainley wasn't killin himself
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Ya, ok. Unload a 53' trailer stacked floor to ceiling and he wasn't killing himself. No thanks. I won't touch a DG account and I do foodservice.
You are right DOUBLE R, most of those companys complained about his many job changes whenevr he applied.I also told him to stay with Super Service for at least a year before going local in doing something like your FOOD Distribution.I did that for ab :sad: out 6 months at $10/hr.It is no joke when you have 15kibs of frozen foods to deliver in one 28-30ft trailer.The worse thing is coming down those ramps with the hand cart filled with 7, 50ib bags of rice/sugar.Hats off to you.
$10/hr :shock: . Slave wages for this type of work. 50lb bags down a ramp with a two wheeler, thanks, now I am going to have nightmares of my former bakery deliveries :lol: .
Now days it all goes out the side door and down a liftgate on two wheelers :D . I won't even want to try and take this product down a ramp(25 trays of freash pizza dough stacked up) |
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repete
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Double R wrote: Quote: start Sun nite be off Fri nite home every weekend
Not much of a weekend there.
Quote: certainley wasn't killin himself
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Ya, ok. Unload a 53' trailer stacked floor to ceiling and he wasn't killing himself. No thanks. I won't touch a DG account and I do foodservice.
X2, I thought about DG for about 2 seconds one time then I came to senses :lol: not enough $$$$ and I'm to damn old |
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henboy1
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:46 pm Post subject: Hard work |
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Yes, I only made $10/hr for 6 months.Back in 2004 I had just recieved my CDL and I was looking for the experience.I signed up through an agency to work for Bari Italian Foods.They only had me drive a straight truck and at times the drivers would let me drive the tractor trailer while they sat on the passenger side and monitored me.That was one hard job and I learned everything about the different cheeses,riccotta,dough,spaghetti etc..
Has anyone ever unloaded fiber glass/insulation from a for 53 van?I also did that for 6 months on some of my routes.
There is nothing harder than delievering car tires or pick-up truck tires from a 53' van.There were usually 1100 tires in the van and they are not palletized.It gets harder as you get deeper in the van.This is when you have to roll those tires harder from the back to the tail of the trailer and on to the ground.
I HAVE PAID MY DUES , NOW THERE IS FREEDOM.
BTW, I told my buddy to hang out at Super Service for at least 4 more months and then come look for something local(atlanta). |
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