[fireman932003]

Hello fellow Hoosier! I would suggest looking into companies that have no touch freight. Most of the major carriers will have no touch freight. Also look at getting into a dedicated account. Alot of those are drop and hook. But, being a new driver it will be hard to find one, not impossible, but hard. I know you hear alot of negativity about Swift but they have a great-lakes regional out of Indiana that is 100% no touch drop and hook. At least that is what I am told. Good luck to you.

[gsherm]

Originally Posted by Snowman7

It's called a mid-life crisis and we all went through it. But in your case you should suck it up at your present job. Get your pension. Watch your kids grow up. Then drive truck if you still want to. Believe me it wont take 13 years to get burned out in trucking. See your kids every two weeks? C'mon! Food for thought.

Fact is I'm already vested...The retirement for the State of Indiana is Atrocious, The money that Indiana pays their employees is the 4th lowest paid in the U.S. And at 37 I hardly consider this a Mid-Life crisis...and in order to draw a pension...I'd have to stick around untill I'm 62 ( No thanks)

[ghost_ryder]

Originally Posted by gsherm

I'm Totally new to this profession and would like some advise from the Senior guys out here...can you tell me which in your opinion is a good company to go with...I have no experience.I would like to see my kids at least once every 2 weeks...any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks guys

USXpress is my recommendation and they got me home every 7-10 days. If you want to be home once every two weeks, I think most of the OTR companies already do that.

[heritage92rs]

Originally Posted by ghost_ryder

USXpress is my recommendation and they got me home every 7-10 days. If you want to be home once every two weeks, I think most of the OTR companies already do that.

US Xpress can get you home every other weekend if you want. Staying out 7-10 days at a time is a regional run, both of them are decent runs. You still at USX ghost_ryder?

gsherm, PM me if you want the # to the student recruiters out there, I know a good recruiter on the student side.

[DesertRat]

Roehl has a very good reputation. Not sure where in Indiana you are, but there flat bed division has a terminal in Gary, so they'd likely be a good bet for hometime if you live in the Northern part of the state. Actually they'd be a good bet for hometime if you live anywhere remotely close to an interstate as they run the heck out of that part of the country.

[MichiganBlonde38]

Originally Posted by syl77dar

most all companies are 95% no touch and if you put on your application you cannot lift over 25 lbs the company has to hire a lumper for you or even over 10 lbs for that matter. if u want 2 team let me know non smoking female here

Am I missing something??????????? :?

[Snowman7]

Originally Posted by gsherm

Fact is I'm already vested...The retirement for the State of Indiana is Atrocious, The money that Indiana pays their employees is the 4th lowest paid in the U.S. And at 37 I hardly consider this a Mid-Life crisis...and in order to draw a pension...I'd have to stick around untill I'm 62 ( No thanks)

So what does "vested" mean if you don't get anything unless you work till 62? Or are you saying you will get something if you quit now, but not till age 62? You're right, that pension doesnt sound as good as I thought it would be. As for mid life crisis believe me, you are old enough! :wink: Alot of guys burn out on their jobs right around 40. I'm 43 BTW, I quit my long time career at 41, but I wasnt leaving a pension plan. Driving is just another job with a different bunch of BS. All I'm saying is to people who have something decent going on now the grass ain't greener. If you dont have anything going on, its a job that can put food on the table.