yea he will give me a good report, he had 4 trucks but is down to 2. I am his cousin but he has a driver who has worked for him many years and he drives the other. Me and another guy had to go. I understand that and he gives me a great recomendation when asked. Most companies tell me on the phone they wont even ask with the 3 orientaions on my record. The o/o verified that as well. Said he has only had 3 calls, Arrow, LCT and Celedon. I think Celedon will get me to orientation but I don't know. I called and talked with a guy. He said sounds good and called my former boss. Said he would get back with me the next day. That was 2 weeks ago monday. I waited a few days but no call so I figure I was turned down again. I then went out of town. He called on friday saying I could come to orientatin. I didn't get the message until 5 days later when I got home. I called him several times last week and left messages but no call backs. I don't know....

 

150 miles sounds good. if the job sucks its only 2.5 hours and ur home sweet home. i rather haul flatbed then reefer tho.

 

Check out that small reefer company in Starke Fla. (Davis or something like that(?)


They pay well to start ..they have APU's..and they dont run the snow states

 

Davis is on US 301 in Starke....actually on the south side of town. I drive past there now and then.

If you are going to look at reefer companies.. you might want to call these people as well:
ABCO Transportation, Inc.

These guys are in Plymouth, FL.....just to the NW of Orlando..... Welcome

Can't really tell you jack about either of them..... but they are there.

Also....if you want to go "skateboarding"....these guys have a terminal in Savannah.... Gypsum Express Ltd.

But as Orangetexguy said....you need to resolve the issues at hand so you can get on with your life..... and not just settle for working for a grunge company.

 

Does Arrow still run vans? If so I would think that if you ran flatbed for them and the freight slowed down you could pull a box and keep moving. I remember years ago when I worked for Swift I pulled a flat and if there wasnt a load I hitched to a box or doubles or a reefer. Anything to keep moving. Just a thought.

 

No vans... just flat beds... heavy steel trailers with no winches. you have to pull those out of your side box and put on. If your lucky to get a aluminum it will be a spread axle with 6 winches on eachside. BUT.... you must look at the tires, brakes, lites anything that will get you pulled in. Arrow's safety rating is getting better but they still have to get all the trailers/tractors fixed.

Only place you can get a PM is at Tulsa, OK and Laredo, TX. Before I left 2 weeks ago, the downtime for you to be in those locations to get in and fixed was about 2 weeks. Good luck if you go with them. Watch your CDL because your job hopping won't matter if you DL is chewed up.

 

2 weeks? Are you kidding? I can't imagine a company keeping a driver on ice that long without giving him/her another truck to get the heck out of there. I would last about a day or so and get a bus home.

 

Yep 2 weeks avg. But from what I have heard from another driver if you breakdown they are getting you back up and running quicker.

I've been in shop for 7 days as of today with JB Hunt. I'm starting to call around today and look for other spots.

 

you would think with all the trucks j.b. has, they would just give you a different truck. like they say " there is an ass for every seat"

 

don't bother with davis, they are toodon't bother with davis, they are too hard to get on with. i tried for 5 years. they are really picky. so if you are getting turned down every where else. then you will get turned down by davis too.. with lct and a refeer van. you will get the work. I have heard alot of bad things about them. like they short change the drivers on pay all the time. and you better have a deep love for unloading plants all the time... I lived an hour and a half from you in high springs or exit 414 in florida. it sure is pretty in the country there. but there is no work there at all. unless you like crap jobs that don't pay anything.. I lived there for 10 years. no one knows how i made in a bad economical area for 10 years. so I know how you feel... your living in a poor area and you can't hardly get anyone to hire you. because they will have to dead head you home out of major city a couple hundred miles away.. hard to get on with. i tried for 5 years. they are really picky.