|
|
06-27-2010, 09:55 PM
|
Senior Board Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Bent Mountain, VA
Posts: 535
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
LC Transportation, WLA, Cooke, etc.
Lately I've been studying about some job prospects, and have been trying to find information about a few carriers, mostly LC Transportation in Pilot Mountain, NC. I know they haul a lot of FedEx stuff, but I don't know anything about their running area, hometime, solo/team status, etc. I've also been looking at running team with a friend of mine at Cooke Trucking or WLA, but I don't know much about them, other than what equipment I see.
Also, I've been reconsidering Howell's Motor Freight and maybe even Lawrence Transportation Systems out of Roanoke. If anyone has some info on these outfits, I'd be more than grateful to know about it.
__________________
"Yours?" As in you'd pop a cap in anyone's ass who dared step foot on your turf? (Rev. Vassago)
"We have too many truckers making $35K a year and voting Republican because he thinks a Democrat is going to come confiscate his guns." (geargrinder)
"I don't live in Duck's Ass. That's about an hours drive before you get to my house." (Malaki86)
|
06-28-2010, 01:38 AM
|
Senior Board Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: in bed with your woman
Posts: 1,906
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
why not specialize in some area? if you're going for that dry, reefer, or common flatbed crap. i bet you won't make nearly as much as those in specialized commodities.
|
06-28-2010, 02:41 AM
|
Senior Board Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Bent Mountain, VA
Posts: 535
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Syncrosonix
why not specialize in some area? if you're going for that dry, reefer, or common flatbed crap. i bet you won't make nearly as much as those in specialized commodities.
|
You may very well be right, but geography is somewhat working against me there. There's not much specialized freight moving into or out of this area (that I know of). I'm also not too fond of this crap of being out more than a week at a time. If it weren't for that, I'd have probably found an outfit such as the one you just signed on with. Hopefully, by the end of this week, I'll have more info on what's going on at work (IE, the whole reason I'm asking about different companies and different job prospects right now).
__________________
"Yours?" As in you'd pop a cap in anyone's ass who dared step foot on your turf? (Rev. Vassago)
"We have too many truckers making $35K a year and voting Republican because he thinks a Democrat is going to come confiscate his guns." (geargrinder)
"I don't live in Duck's Ass. That's about an hours drive before you get to my house." (Malaki86)
|
06-28-2010, 02:54 AM
|
Senior Board Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: in bed with your woman
Posts: 1,906
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
yeah, the geographic issue can be a cumbersome one. i can understand that.
i've been off for almost a week now. in about a week, i'll know where i'm going next. word in the office is that i may be sent to either prince edward island, upstate new york, somewhere north of vancouver, b.c., or nova scotia. the length of time away from home is unknown. i'll know once they are telling me and booking a flight for me. i can be gone for 2 or three days or 2 days to 3 months at a time. fortunately i'm not confined to a mobile jail cell. all the hotel stays are on their dime as well as the airplane tickets. the time home can range from 24hrs or up to 3 weeks.
|
06-28-2010, 04:05 AM
|
Senior Board Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: In The Granny Lane Doing 60!!
Posts: 652
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
I can tell you that Lawrence doesn't pay crap... Its like .32 cents a mile and 13 hr for live unloads... Most of there Trucks are trash.. i personally would say no... I know Van Wyk out of Waynesboro is hiring, Can't Take the Truck home tho... There are home every weekend so what i hear..
|
06-28-2010, 09:58 AM
|
Senior Board Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: In The Granny Lane Doing 60!!
Posts: 652
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
VPI Check PM...
|
06-28-2010, 03:47 PM
|
Senior Board Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: in bed with your woman
Posts: 1,906
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkjr
I can tell you that Lawrence doesn't pay crap... Its like .32 cents a mile and 13 hr for live unloads... Most of there Trucks are trash.. i personally would say no... .
|
c'mon hawk, that is the industry standard. sounds good to me! :rofl:
|
06-28-2010, 11:38 PM
|
Senior Board Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: In The Granny Lane Doing 60!!
Posts: 652
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Syncrosonix
c'mon hawk, that is the industry standard. sounds good to me! :rofl:
|
yeah thats why they are always in the newspaper and on job sites... complete industry standard
|
06-29-2010, 12:39 AM
|
Senior Board Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: in bed with your woman
Posts: 1,906
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkjr
yeah thats why they are always in the newspaper and on job sites... complete industry standard
|
in this harsh economy, job openings are an immediate "feck yeah!" slave wages: FECK YEAH!
|
06-29-2010, 11:40 PM
|
Senior Board Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Bent Mountain, VA
Posts: 535
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkjr
I can tell you that Lawrence doesn't pay crap... Its like .32 cents a mile and 13 hr for live unloads... Most of there Trucks are trash.. i personally would say no... I know Van Wyk out of Waynesboro is hiring, Can't Take the Truck home tho... There are home every weekend so what i hear..
|
That doesn't fully surprise me. Depending on what happens, I might look into Van Wyk. I'll probably talk to Howell's, Houff, and maybe a few others now that I'm gonna be off on Sundays and Mondays again. I think my first mistake was applying online, rather than opening doors.
__________________
"Yours?" As in you'd pop a cap in anyone's ass who dared step foot on your turf? (Rev. Vassago)
"We have too many truckers making $35K a year and voting Republican because he thinks a Democrat is going to come confiscate his guns." (geargrinder)
"I don't live in Duck's Ass. That's about an hours drive before you get to my house." (Malaki86)
|
|
|
|
|