Profile For Quentin M.

I hear ya. I honestly wish my daughter had gone ahead and went with one of those 2 companies (Werner & P.A.M.) because she could have more than a year experience under her belt, before hers comes close to dropping off.

I'm sure bills are pressing, but 3 weeks isn't very far off. Of course it might be 3 weeks before they get you to orientation, but then sometimes they have you on the ol grey dog in a few days.

If she's willing to run reefer LTL, she should give Witte Bros a call. I don't know if they'll take her or not, but it can't hurt to try. Good home time, decent miles, and mileage pay looks a little low but they pay for every detail under the sun (they pay for every dock you bump, every pallet you unload yourself, detention pay, you name it) and it all adds up. If she doesn't want to unload herself, they will cover lumper fees, but she'll lose the unloading pay. Trucks are all less than 5 years old and come with fridge, microwave, inverter, TV and blu-ray players. Another thing, they bend over backwards to help drivers when something comes up. They're a family-owned company with almost 200 trucks and have their own in-house school (none of this third party contract school CDL factory stuff). School has two instructors and class sizes are small. Only one class at a time, usually 5-10 students total. The catch on the school is $500 up front and drive for them for a year (though they may work with you on the up-front cost).

I got my CDL through them 2-1/2 years ago, made $25k in the first seven months (started driving solo at the beginning of June) and I'm still with them.