Professional Truckers

[70shortbox]

There is money in class B passenger. I spent all day Thursday driving a bus around San Francisco doing shuttles for a convention. It was easy and a nice change from the shop.

[Rust&Smoke]

The guy in the video makes it look too easy, btw still looking for 7th gear trainer said might be under the matress in the sleeper.

[Manny]

IMy best OTR job was with a smaller company with about 15 or 20 company trucks and several O/Os. He treated everyone like they were family. The bigger ones I drove for treated you like the lowest employee.
---NFI was the worst.---
Have you decided if you want to pull dry van, reefer, tanker, flatbed, vacuum or specialty trailers ? Personally I prefer flatbed anytime. That may narrow down your choices of companies for you.
Best wishes in whatever direction you decide to go.

This man knows what i am saying the company that understands you and your life....15 to 20 trucks and oo's.

[Rust&Smoke]

All the small companys require at least 1 year OTR before they will even talk to you. looks like I might have to drive a big orange pumpkin to get my experence in.

[wildcard]

You got a point there. We all started somewhere.
I've been told to stay away from Swift (Sure Wish I'd Finished Training) also. My daughter was with them for a short while.
But hang in there where ever you start and pretty soon you'll be able to choose who you want to drive for.

[dolinick]

I used to drive long haul but didn't do it for very long. I had various local jobs which weren't very good. Then I hauled gas and diesel tankers locally and it wasn't too bad. I worked 12 hour shifts five or six days a week and had benefits including vacation and bonuses as well as medical. I took off three years to care for my mother but recently started driving a truck again. I was looking for work in the oil and gas industry. I had some trouble getting hired since I had not driven for a few years and just renewed my CDL. Finally Schneider National hired me. I am happy to be working for Schneider right now but after a year I probably should find something better.

This dedicated account is with Schlumberger and I think it is pretty unique. It's not a typical trucking job. We mostly just move oilfield equipment from one site to another or a Schlumberger terminal. We can spend up to six hours a day just riding in a "chase" car out to the well sites. Then after inspecting the trucks drive from 3 miles to about 100 miles. So I don't have to drive long distances. I do have to work with others. Shifts are 12 to 14 hours and I am on call 24 hours a day five days a week. I get paid for five days of work whether I get called or stay at home. If I work on the sixth day I will get paid an extra day. I make $925 or $1110 per week. I forgot to mention I have to live an hour or less from the terminal. And we are actually part of Schneider's Bulk Division.

I was hired on June 26th 2011. It has worked out extremely well for me because since this is a brand new account and the nature of the oilfield I ended up with a lot of days off at home in the past three months. In September my wife had a baby and then my mother passed away. I was glad to be home a lot during this stressful time.

[ezernut9mm]

when i was looking at an over the road job, gordon seemed to be the best all around company. since i never worked for them i can't be certain they are what they say.
i would look for a dock job with a medium sized ltl company. they will put you on the street after some in house training. the pay is good for a driving job and you are home every day with weekends off. can't beat that.