I've been hanging out at several local truck stops like a lot lizzard and have yet to speak to a CFI driver. I see thier trucks, but they're always empty or the curtains are closed.

Do you drive for CFI? Any CFI drivers outhere, please PM me.

Thanx!

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Why? Do you drive for CFI? Please PM me.

Thanx!

My understanding is that CFI runs a lot of NE and CFI will not pay tolls, they want to route around the tolls, and will not reimburse for tolls. True?

HazMat is not such a big deal, plus Crete does pay for your hazmat endorsement.

Thanx for the info. Fortunately I'm not concerned for health insurance. I'm iunsured thru my wife's employer. She pays less than $4/mo (four dollars)to ad me to her policy w/BCBS (health/dental/vision).

I personally would scratch US Exp. their pay is 28-35 cents/mile depending on the length of the run. Longer = lower pay.

Other than that, I think your list is full of strong contenders.

I went with May Trucking. $500/week during training and .32/mile for first 6 months, then .34, then .35 at 9 months, then .36 at 1 year. Lots of miles, no touch freight, and mostly drop & hook.

Thats my 2 cents.

CFI is very anal about idling the trucks. I had a student quit them after his trainer refused to idle the truck in hot weather.

Had another go to TMC. Nothing at all bad to say about them. I'm not a flatbedder, but he was all smiles about the treatment and quality of equipment. If I ever had any thoughts about flatbeds (Yay, reefers!) that's where I'd be headed!

Good luck!

I wouldn't go with PGT. I personally have never driver for them, (I live close to several of the PA terminals) but I have heard nothing but bad about them. 23.5% of the load is a joke. My old man does the same thing with a smaller operation and is making 25% and we are barely making it. I suggested PGT to him the one time, and his uncle was there (driver too) and they both looked at me like I was nuts.

I drive for CFI, and I also idle my truck all night and all day in the summer time. In the winter its not as much but I still idle alot. CFI has said nothing to me about it. Been doing this for about a year and I still run a pretty good mpg. CFI does not get anal about it.

Ya hear alot of negative about CFI but it is hardly ever true. CFI is probably the best dry van company out here. If someone says something negative about CFI its because they done something they werent suppose to and got fired. And now they want to ruin it for anybody that will listen to them.

I hope so 'fkbmlb'.....I going to Joplin 2moro. I just checked the weather and it's in the 'teens' for crying out loud! Feels like 9!!! I'm already thinking my 'heavy' coat ain't gonna cut it. I live in west-central Florida and right now we have a cold front moving thru and it's 66 degrees! Tomorow this time I'll be shivering. I can take the heat, but not the cold, so I'll be idling away I'm afraid.
I'll be a new-hire at CFI Monday. Do a week of 'boot-camp' then out with finisher for 7500 miles. Then my own rig, with a good heater I hope. :lol:

I dont know where you heard that at but they're pulling your chain! CFI pays 100% of your tolls (with the ezpass you usually get to go right through them but if you have to pay for a toll you WILL get your money back) and they do not route you around them. How you get anywhere is 100% up to the driver. They base your paid miles on practical miles... tolls or no tolls.

I did do a lot of NE though (mostly CT and MA)... but its another nickel per mile if you go there. :wink: I actually did more Penn. and Ohio than anywhere, but I also got to go to California a couple times, down to Miami, all over Texas, and other places. I was in 40 states in my 7 months with CFI so dont think NE is the only place you'll drive.

BTW... most companies do a lot of NE simply because there are more people up there. More people = more business = more freight... just common sense.