Ideal Transportation

thumbnail thumbnail

This company is inactive


South Dort Highway, Burton, MI 48529

Type of Employment Offered

Company Driver Flatbed

Company Details

Start a rewarding career as a truck driver with the stable and successful company of Ideal Transportation!

As a Landstar agent, your truck will always be loaded and you won't have to worry about not being compensated for your hard work. We haul military and government freight, aircraft parts (aerospace), auto parts, and more.

All Trucks are Freightliner Cascadia Equipped with Sirius XM Radio, Inverters, APU’s, and Refrigerator 53’ Flatbed and Step Deck Conestoga Trailers = NO TARPING! We go to all 48 states

All of our trucks are less than three years old and feature Sirius/XM radio, inverters, APUs, and a refrigerator.

Excellent Pay:
- $1,000 sign-on bonus $500 immediate sign-on bonus $500 safe-driving bonus after 90-days of hire (with no incidents)

- .58-cents per mile (all loaded miles) and .48-cents per mile (all empty miles) and .65 Cents per mile (on any placarded Hazmat loads)

- Most drivers average 3,000 miles per week;  Extra pay for detention, layovers, partial loads, extra stops, border crossing

- Paid one-day orientation class
- Paid two-day securement class (required for drivers with no previous experience pulling flatbed or step-deck trailers) We pay for hotel accommodations, transportation, and $150 per class day
- Weekly direct-deposit pay (W2)
- Monthly cell-phone allowance
- Referral bonus! Refer an OTR driver to our company and we’ll pay you $500 after they reach 90 days of employment with Ideal Transportation!

Fantastic Job Benefits:

- Health insurance (Blue Cross/Blue Shield)
- 401K (with at least 3%-company contribution)
- Holiday pay
- Vacation pay
- Flexible time at home (Approximately three to four weeks out / one week home)
- Dental
- Vision
- Life insurance ($10,000 benefit [aid by employer)

JOB REQUIREMENTS:
1) At least 23 years old
2) 1 year Over the Road (OTR) experience within past 3 years -OR- 2 years OTR experience within past 5 years.
3) No reckless driving or careless driving tickets within past 3 years
4) No DOT preventable accidents within past 12 months
5) No Felony within past 7 years, No DUI within 5 years
6) Must start process for HAZMAT within 3-4 weeks of application (we will reimburse you for the cost)
7) Must have at least one year of tractor trailer experience