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kbraut832
Joined: 24 Sep 2005
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Location: Spring, TX
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject: Best team company? |
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| Looking for the best team company as well. No LTL, looking mostly for expedited, air freight, or reefer. Need top miles and top pay ( don't we all want that?). I am in Texas on the North side of Houston. I have 22 yrs experience, partner has 15. |
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Evinrude
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Negotiate....Go see some companies and tell them what its going to take to land you. Than get it in writing. |
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CrazyTulip
Joined: 08 Sep 2007
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Location: Central Florida
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| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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| What about LandSpan? They're in TX and friends of ours drove for them (they got a government contract which paid better is why they left) and they loved them, said they got great miles etc. Did you look into them? |
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BigAtrukn
Joined: 03 Nov 2003
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Location: La Habra, CA
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| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Landspan is a really good team company |
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Templedawg
Joined: 05 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:21 am Post subject: |
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| You said no LTL, but if you want top miles and top pay you really might want to reconsider. Plus it is all drop/hook.I run team for LTL, just got in this am with 7200 miles for the truck and $.54/mile. that was for 6 days. |
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Ian Williams
Joined: 22 Aug 2005
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Location: Northern NV
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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Some of the best team driving from a compemsation perspective is in LTL land. The equipment at some companies can be junky, but you can earn $65-90k plus.
The team drivers at my current employer (YRC Logistics) are grossing $1300-1500 per week running Mon evening through Sat Morning.
Even if you hire on to a non-LTL company like LandSpan as a team you are going to pull some LTL freight. Drive by any larger Con-Way or FedEx Freight barn and you will see OTR 53's being loaded for the longer hauls between regional break bulks. Pre-Buyout Con-Way was CFIs biggest customer. The joke was that it stood for "Con-Way Freight Inside".
When I worked at Con-Way we loaded 3 OTRs per night out of Reno going east; Two Werners and a CRST. |
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kbraut832
Joined: 24 Sep 2005
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Location: Spring, TX
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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Templedawg wrote: You said no LTL, but if you want top miles and top pay you really might want to reconsider. Plus it is all drop/hook.I run team for LTL, just got in this am with 7200 miles for the truck and $.54/mile. that was for 6 days.
Which company is that? Do they hire out of Texas? Owner Operator possibilities? |
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