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looking for new company.. please help !???

:? My boyfriend is looking for another job and here is the deal , I live in Kentucky his children live in Ma. He is OTR with Experience & clean driving record and fool for running miles ..Does anybody have a clue who he should check out so he can take time off in both places w/out it being this huge production ...Thats one of the issues with the company he is with now plus the pay really stinks (they are Texas based)..Please help a gurl out if you can ..i'd be eternally greatful .. :D

Van, flatbed, or other?

he drives a tractor-trailer ..53 foot trailer ..

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Originally Posted by whitetrashmolly

he drives a tractor-trailer ..53 foot trailer ..

Ok....the big boxy kind or the kind with no top?

I'm guessing her BF pulls a reefer for Stevens. But I could be wrong. BOL

nope he drives for Design Trucking out of Texas and it is enclosed ..he mostly hauls retail to Garden Ridge ..TJ maxx ..mostly wearhoues ..etc.....

2- Aviator ..Layne Staley R.I.P.

I know here at Marten you're allowed to take home time wherever you'd like. It would be pulling refrigerated trailers if he's up for it. 8) 8)

yeah he's not crazy about Grocery Wearhouses but how's the pay ?? he's not dead set against it ..Do you have more details about this company ? where are they based out of and do they run Kentucky and Ma. ?

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Originally Posted by whitetrashmolly

yeah he's not crazy about Grocery Warehouses but how's the pay ?? he's not dead set against it ..Do you have more details about this company ? where are they based out of and do they run Kentucky and Ma. ?

I'm happy with my pay. It depends on his driving experience. With good experience I would have to say about .37-.38 cpm starting out. Could be more could be less. Half cent raise every 6 months and I think they are still doing the $1000 bonus at your first year anniversary. We are based out of Mondovi,WI with terminals in Atlanta, Indianapolis, Portland Oregon and one in Ontario,CA (near L.A.). We run all 48. Getting to Kentucky and Mass is no problem. The load I did before the one I took home this week was a Washington to Kentucky load. I also went to Boston a few weeks ago.

Yeah some grocery warehouse can be a pain in the ass but I've learned to deal with them most of the time. Once in a while there's one that's totally ridiculous. I just pay the lumper and go back to my truck and relax or sleep. We do many other loads than just loads going to Grocery warehouses. Like beer loads going to the distributors. They unload pretty quick. Pharmaceuticals is another load. There's a place we haul floor tile out of. I've hauled a load of toys before. There's a place near my house I've picked up counter top materials at. Lot's of different loads But yes, food going to grocery warehouses is a big part of it.