[Colts Fan]

My outfit is hiring 4 drivers right now. We are right next to MKM on 74th St.

[Bug]

I have heard the same thing alot of companies arent hiring at the moment . Sure hope freight picks up sooner than later.

[scythe08]

In the local paper, the only Ads for Drivers are the ones that are there from the mega carriers,,,Swift,Knight,Schneider,,ect. Last weeks ad had 7 ads compared to when they would take up an entire page.

[Howard]

Iwork for BAYLOR main office in Milan In. truck can go home with you Home very sat and sun leave early mon morn Call them ask for Robin. She is a nice lady to talk to. You will start at 39 cents a mile. They have regional like you want.





Thanks

[Howard]

Heres baylor no. 1-800-322-9567

[slipseater]

Holy cow! With 1-2 years experience, why would you want to give up weekends for 32-34 cents a mile and forced dispatch? If you HAVE to take a job, I'd say it was a toss up and I would go for the most money, but I made that much money OTR in 1996!! Plus, I only worked 2 weekends that year. Indianapolis should offer more than that. It's a big metro area. Look harder for more money. For what drivers go through, you deserve more than $850 a week (2500 miles x 34 cents). I made $58,000 in my last OTR job and was off over 48 hours every weekend, then went to a local making $55,000 a year. Don't give yourself away for 34 ents a mile. This industry is too hard on you, your body and your family to work for low pay.

If I were you I would start Googling "local truck driving jobs in Indianapolis" and list other cities in your area or google "trucking companies in Indianapolis" and nearby cities. There is freight everywhere that runs through Indy. It should be an excellent area to be hired from. Keep searching. See if you can get a local tank hauler to train you. The test is easy to study for and take and it doesn't cost much to add it to your license if you already have hazmat. There are better things than 32-34 cents a mile jobs. Gheesh, pretty soon people making minimum wage will be making more than OTR truck drivers.

[rkeck]

I's have to agree with one reply, take whatever you can get into. Knight has a sliding pay scale, depending on trip length. But they work on a "local" business and dispatch model which I've found to be pretty good. I don't know anything about Celadon except they rely heavily on auto parts freight and I think we know where that's headed for the near term.

Carriers can lower rates slightly now and they can stop hiring, or both. They have to do what they can to keep their heads above water, just like you. Many have fallen out lately, and rest assured the culling is not done yet.

In this climate, don't be too choosy, take what you can get, and try and ride out this next year or so and pray that Obama doesn't implement many of his desired policies and run us further into the ground than we already are ... yes, things can get worse than they are right now and we may well have that proven to us over the next year or so. But look at the bright side, imagine the worst HMO plan you were ever on and multiply that by 10, that's what you'll have for health care, and it will be ALMOST cheap! And if your employer pays for your health care, you can look forward to having that taxed as an income benefit! And having your 401k participation moving from non-taxed to taxed. yeah!!!

Oh joy, socialism and near communism are just around the corner (and most are clueless) I'll get flamed because they think I'm exagerating far too much. Have you not seen the Obama rallies with the old USSR flags and banners being displayed by Obama supporters? And his hinting about eventually creating a "civilian defense force"? (with no explanation what he means by that)

[TomB985]

Originally Posted by rkeck

In this climate, don't be too choosy, take what you can get, and try and ride out this next year or so and pray that Obama doesn't implement many of his desired policies and run us further into the ground than we already are ... yes, things can get worse than they are right now and we may well have that proven to us over the next year or so. But look at the bright side, imagine the worst HMO plan you were ever on and multiply that by 10, that's what you'll have for health care, and it will be ALMOST cheap! And if your employer pays for your health care, you can look forward to having that taxed as an income benefit! And having your 401k participation moving from non-taxed to taxed. yeah!!!

Oh joy, socialism and near communism are just around the corner (and most are clueless) I'll get flamed because they think I'm exagerating far too much. Have you not seen the Obama rallies with the old USSR flags and banners being displayed by Obama supporters? And his hinting about eventually creating a "civilian defense force"? (with no explanation what he means by that)

While I agree with you 100%:thumbsup:, this is NOT the place for this, nor is it relevent to the discussion. Will just serve to derail the thread, and end up in another 10 page slugfest...:eek2:

[Gunstra]

Update:

I actually ended up going back to Rapid Logistics as an Independent Contractor driver with a % of the load. I used to work for this company when they had a contract with Bax Global. It's not a bad company and it keeps my butt at home to see my kids grow up & to help watch the kids while my wife is in college to become an RN.

I want to thank everyone who offered help in this thread, I appreciate it very much. God Bless and Be Safe.

Brent

[Bug]

Thats great news keep us posted and let us know how it goes.