Crunchy do not bother with CFM unless you want to be a slave to the Teamsters Union he will always be against you and any OTR companies.

 

Ditto that.

 

I'm supposed to take orientation at PTL on wednesday. I'm a little apprehensive about going because they seemed so eager to hire me. I only have 1 yr otr and came from schneider.

I think he said most of their freight is in or originates from the south? Does this sound familiar to anyone?

What type of heat is available in the truck w/o idling? Just one of the bullet heaters or what? What are the idle standards?

What types of freight is being hauled? Stuff you have to deliver to strip malls or distribution centers or construction materials, car parts, paper (scrap or otherwise), medical supplies??

Are there any bonuses?

How does tah work? I got the impression you just stay out and when you decide to go home you send in a request and they'll get you home eventually? (w/in 5 days if you are lucky) How did you handle dr appts?

Thanks

 

WHOSE UR RECRUITER?? Just curious! :shock:

 

Best way to handle doctors appointments is to make them for a Monday, and request to be home the Friday or Saturday before, and then leave out after your appointment. Just be sure to let your dispatcher know that is what is going on. This generally works well at any company.

 

Doesnt matter who my recruiter is because they all lie or embellish or choose to omit information, right?

Or so I've heard.

Did you have any pertinent information to add??

 

IT SURE DOES MATTER!!! 1ST OFF IM NOT TALKIN 2 U!!! HOW DO LIKE THOSE APPLES!!! :shock: :twisted: :arrow:

 

Beaut

Why would a guy like u with 1 year experience want to work for Paschal anyway? Did they guarantee u 2500+ miles a week?

Crunch

 

first, I'm female.

I quit schneider for reasons I dont choose to discuss.

I have 2 preventables in my first year of experience and have been rejected by several companies, either because of the preventables or because of the location of my residence in WV.

I have looked at several companies. I choose not to make a habit out of night deliveries, so a company like heartland is out. Crete rejected me due to two preventables. I have not applied at swift or werner. I do not want to pull reefer because I don't have the patience to sit in docks and deal with people who think they are doing me a favor by unloading me. Flatbedding is a challenge I'm not physically able to meet yet.

I have applied at several other companies but again, due to my location in WV, I seem to not be in their hiring area.

OK cdljobs-guy, that sounds like a reasonable post. More reasonable than just saying "dont". All I want is information so that I can make my own decision.

My other choices are Interstate and Celadon at the moment. Neither of which are much better in my opinion. I do not want to drive local. I do not want to habitually be stuck in the NE. Both of these companies, and PTL, claim to work mostly the south, texas, and midwest.

No one guaranteed me any amount of miles. Miles do not motivate me. As a member of the fairer sex, the intangibles are more interesting. No I do not want much home time, except for Dr appts. single and willing to stay out 3-4 weeks. I want to be able to take my truck home and I want to be able to take my TAH where I feel like. PTL offers me this right now.

If you had suggestions...

I have read posts on every company I have applied to. I just do not seem to be having any luck.

 

I cant find any info on them either. And its not that I don't want to go with them, I just havent been motivated I guess. I have filled out the app and am waiting on a final interview which should happen tomorrow.

PTL was offering more cents on the mile and seemed to fit my geographic desires. Interstate meets those wants also, but the tah was a little crappy. As I said before I don't need alot, but I want 5 days at home a month. Cant find my notebook now but it was only 7 days out to earn 1 day? And they had no bonuses. Bonuses arent a dealbreaker, but PTL had them.

so I wanted info on PTL, and I guess until I heard something I didnt like, I wouldn't have mentioned interstate.

What can you tell me about them.... or perhaps I should start another topic..