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Originally Posted by skgray
I am looking for a trucking company that understands the needs of family men. I am wondering if any companies that provide free training are good about families going on trips with drivers. What is the typical amount of vacation time a year for truckers. Can I chose the amount of vacation I take. I understand that the first year won't give way to much time off. I'm wondering if my kids can be with me on the truck in the summer.
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There is a trucking company out of Sidney Ohio that has paid vacation for company drivers. They wouldn't allow you to take young kids with you I'm sure and I don't know their rider policy- wife, yes. kids, I dunno.
Anyway- it is Continental Express. NOT the Continental Express out of Arkansas. This one is out of Sidney Ohio and a much smaller company. The way they work is that you get your weekends off- usually ony 1 or 1.5 days per week- but if you stay out for 2 weeks they'll give you a little more. But you pick the week you want vacation. Then, every 13 weeks, they give you a paid week off. They take the average of what you make in the previous 13 weeks and pay you that amount.
It's possible they don't do that anymore- we worked for them probably 10 years ago.
They won't train you as far as school goes, but if you have completed schooling they should have a trainer to take you out on the road. And it will be a trainer with some real trucking experience- not some guy who graduated trucking school 6 months ago.
Continental Express Inc
10450 State Route 47 W, Sidney, OH
(937) 498-2100
1-800-497-2100
See if Craig Fissinger still works there in recruiting. They are a small outfit. But I will warn you- they will really work your @$$ off. They deliver to grocer receivers. When we worked there they did not pay for lumpers- which meant WE had to unload the trailer most times. I hear they may be paying for lumpers now.