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Stevens Transport Recruitment Pamphlet

Does anyone know anything about "Map-2-it" routing technology? Maybe a link to some company or industry information on the web? Have any experience working with it? I'd like to learn a little more about it.

Thanks,
Patrick

 

Patrick! I never drove for Stevens, and never ever will! But i could answer one of your questions. It's never a "hub" miles! Well, at least not with the "big" ones! :sad:

 

From the PumpkinDriver forums .. here is a very eye-opening account from a Stevens Driver.

http://www.pumpkindriver.com/cgi-bin...c;f=8;t=000074

 

I don't know anything about Stevens except that when I started with Marten my trainer used to work for them. He spent a very short time with them and said he did not care for them at all. He left them for Marten over four years ago and has been there ever since.

 

Did he say why?

Not that I'm completely sold on Stevens - I just know that I'll be on the road and not at home. At this point in my life - that is a good thing.

Is there a company out there that has training for rookies that has never had anyone leave their company unhappy? If so, I'd like to talk to them.

Thanks,
Patrick

 

Patrick, spending time on a road, is not neseserely means making money! I'm home every weekend, for the last 7 years, and making more, well, a lot more 8) , then when i was out for 2-3 weeks at a time! :wink:

 

darn strait Solo I have made more money doing my local work then I did being out 2-3 weeks at time as well. plus I am home every night and weekends off.

 

See - this is where people need to remember that each one of us have our own priorities. I WANT to be out on the road a lot. Not just to make money, but to see stuff and drive. I actually do LOVE to drive ... A LOT. Stevens has claimed, and nobody I've come across has refuted, that they have the most average weekly miles of any company that will hire and train people with no experience at all. I don't want to be on a dedicated short haul run at this point in my life. I want to drive all over the place - Mexico - Canada - New York City even! I have no home or family to come back to so I will frequently be taking my days off wherever I am, renting some cheap car and a hotel room and seeing the sites of whatever town/area I'm at. That is what I want.

Based on my desires - does anyone here think Stevens is not a good way to go? Any better companies that will train, provide new - well maintained equipment, and give me the most miles?

But I do appreciate your input. And maybe sometime in the future - after I have a few miles under my belt - I may get a little place to call my own and find someone to live there with me and at that time I might want a nice, high paying, local run so I can be home with a hot meal and a big bed every night. It is just where I'm at right now in my life.

 

well the way you put it you would be happy any were with any company. Just make sure they take care of you. the only person looking out for you is the one who you see in the mirror.

 

From my company searching and talking to recruiters,this is what I was told each company starts at after being with a trainer:

Stevens: .25 mile

CR England: .24 mile

Werner: .24 mile

USA Truck: .24 mile

Roehl: .26 mile

USF Glem Moore: .28 mile

Schneider: .25 mile

US Xpress: .25 mile

Swift: .25 mile

These are all dry van rates.I have a more detailed list if you want to see it.