Plz help me decide
 

I have only recieved two prehires out of hundreds of calls and apps. I need a job so it's time to pick. I know they are both low on the totem pole but it is all I have to pick from. Any advice of personal experiences would be great.

1. Arrow, Tulsa Ok: Physical tarping is a plus. Money per mile a little more. Equipment about the same. A long way from here, 26 hrs by bus, especially if it is so bad I don't last.

2. LCT, Okahumpka, FL: Reefer, no pre or easy pass, lots of toll roads. Equipment is about like Arrow. A lot closer to me only 150 miles.

Any first hand current info would be a big help. :confused:

How can anyone give you a decent job suggestion, when you don't state where you reside?

I think he lives close to FL since option 2 is 150 miles away. There was a thread that Arrow was on hard times. I'd hate to ride 26 hours and find the doors locked.

In GA and Alabama, he should be capable of finding jobs similar to each of those companies though.

Where he is determines which companies get suggested...yes?

While others are debating what state u live in or cant figure it out... I would run the reefer... better miles and ur closer to home.. Also have worked with drivers who ran for arrow.. I wouldnt pic em just by what ive heard.

Lot's of reefer operations in GA and AL, that are better to work with than is LTC. When it was Lester Coggins running the show, LTC might have been a decent outfit...but since Gainey bought them? I don't think so...but who am I!

Here is one such. R. E. Garrison Trucking, Inc.

Here is another, Wiley Sanders Truck Lines, Inc.

then there are these guys, Boyd Bros. Transportation, Inc.

or these guys, Southern Cal Transport

or... Southeastern Freight Lines


Lot's of things to consider.

Sorry, I live off I75 ext 39 in Adel Ga. Just about in Fl. As for other companies I have been turned down by all. I went to 3 orientaions in the past 2 yrs. I worked at the same o/o job but he had no insurance or benefits. He new I was attending these orientations. I needed to get better benefits, I have a family. None of the 3 seemed better even with benefits. He paid very well. Anyway, my dac says quit during orientation and satasfactory work but I am considered a job hopper. I never knew attending orientation was a job or I would not have went. My bad.

did i read correctly, southern cal is paying 30 c.p.m. for 8 or more years experiance???????? why the hell does anybody stay working for them? are there drivers out there that are that stupid/desperate? i made more than that 22 years ago. **** hole companys like that need to shut there doors and stop screwing their drivers.

it costs these guys a lot of money to get you to orientation, it leaves a bad impression when you quit during it, especially if you keep doing it, go with lct and stay at least a year, keep your nose clean and then you will have more options

See there. You went and explained the situation a bit more. Now people know what YOU are up against.

Now...as has been mentioned on noumerous other threads, the first article for attention would be your DAC. (yes..I know it is a major PIA. I also know that DAC is an unfair tactic employeed by trucking companies.) Use the toolas available to you, to rid your DAC of those "Quit" postings.

I don't know all the in's and out's of DAC, but I do know how to jump up and down on the chests of those whom put the "bolts" to me. Start at DAC, then send letters to each company whom you "didn't" work for, asking their co-operation.

Copy everything you do. Save every copy. Send certified letter's, of which you keep receipts and copies.

I know several on this site don't like this suggestion, but if you cannot get some co-operation from those companies, you take their written responses, your letters seeking co-operation, DAC reports and replies, and contact an attorney. There are lawyers out there, willing to help. YOU just need to search them out.

Now...if there are things we don't know....then you do know them, and have to work through them.

You have been driving, obviously. Most likely, you have experience....but will the O/O verify it? If not...Why not?


Arrow is on shakey ground, financially. LCT is part of Gainey Transportation, whom filed bankruptcy, and is still allowed to operate. There are better companies out there to work for.