Any local trucking companies in or around Portland OR ???

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I planing move to Portland OR and i was wandering is there any local trucking companies out there??
 
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I planing move to Portland OR and i was wandering is there any local trucking companies out there??
No...all the goods and services provided by truck in Portland, are supplied out of Denver. :twisted: :twisted:
 
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Well i was at OTR in Prime, now i switched to another Prime division called CHD Regional so i can stay here on central and west but they do OTR too so i can go east sometime
 
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Yahoo Yellow pages results for trucking
 
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What about Knight Transport? Arent they out of Portland? Or is it Tacoma Washington.

http://www.knighttransport.com/
 
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Interstate has a yard in Troutdale and Wilsonville and they sometimes hire local drivers.
 
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I bet non of this local trucking companies wont take me because i have only 1 year or almost 200k miles OTR , without ticket or any kind violation ???
 
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Originally Posted by Ernan
I bet non of this local trucking companies wont take me because i have only 1 year or almost 200k miles OTR , without ticket or any kind violation ???
You never know until you go in and talk to them.
 
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I planing move to Portland OR and i was wandering is there any local trucking companies out there??
Try Tualatin Valley Transfer, they have a terminal in North Portland
 
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I just called May and GTI, looks like GTI is better for me, GTI have right now one local opening, 13.5 per hr, 50-60 hrs in 5 days, not bad at all, OTR start 34cpm

I'm waiting on Knight Transport to call me back and we will see
 
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