[david8135]

Hi my name is david I'm new , i have a list of 7 companies I was wondering if someone could help me rate* them from 1 to 7 central Refrigerated Service Inc. CRST Van Expedited Maverick Transportation LLC Prime inc Roehl Transport, Inc. TransAm Trucking, Inc. USA Trucking.

Where do you live?
What do you want to do?
Is there a reason you are comparing flats vs vans. I personally would decide what sector you want to be in first. A location will help us a lot.

[david8135]

I live on long island, new york I'm new to this. , driving solo,possibly teams umm I'm not sure all suggestons would be greatly appreciated

I would add western express to your list if flatbed interests you as I've seen them pickup a lot of refuse off the island.
I would not team with somebody I don't know, but that is just me especially with CRST as they will force you to team possible with a newbie. Prime pushes the lease purchase deal so you won't hear me recommend them either. Transam pushed the lease deal too before, not sure about now. Maverick and Roehl seem to be good companies. With central expect a lot if sitting in docks at grocery warehouses especially since you live on the east coast. USA in my opinion is the bottom of the bucket. Hell I would be tempted to lease at prime before I went to USA truck.

[david8135]

To be honest with you I'm not too crazy about flatbed but I don't wanna close the doors that might be open and I wanna keep an open mind living in the north east Driving in inclement weather it might be a possibility(flatbed), not a preference.

NOTE 2 SELF, NO TEAMS. :-)

Time to broaden your search. Schneider, western express(van division), swift, crete, and many many others. I have heard a lot of good about roehl. Are you wanting to do otr, regional, or local, you are in a good place for local work.

[D17554]

So this is new to you, exactly how NEW ? Some of these companies have different minimum experience levels that they accept. If you are just getting out of driving school you will have to go with a trainer which most do train, except Western Express Only trains within the van division. But you'll find out quick that within a few cents they'll basically all the same animal. I haven't read a review yet where everyone seems satisfied with a single company across the board. If you get a good DM then you can last longer with that company. Understand what you need to be comfortable within that company, meaning truck year, home time, pay, pets and so on, ask for it up front. The company that suits and grants your requests are off to a good start with you and less likely to leave you feeling the need to check the color of the grass on the other side as they say. Don't get it going in don't expect to get it after they nab you without some bad words, that send most looking again. Like I'm about to be with this Anderson Trucking Service. Good company, useless DM. Lying recruiter. Lots of not moving and lots of sitting which is about to have me moving. Good Luck and AiM HiGh

[david8135]

Local and regional sounds awesome but I don't know how are elegible being I'm a new driver, do all the companies you listed have local positions available for new drivers in my area?

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Originally Posted by david8135

Local and regional sounds awesome but I don't know how are elegible being I'm a new driver, do all the companies you listed have local positions available for new drivers in my area?

No they are national companies and probably don't have local positions. Where are you going to school? West Babylon? Have you started school? Some of the companies listed will have regional work. Check the local job ads, newspapers, monster, etc for local jobs. There are a lot of trucking companies that run local and might train.