Best Starter Companies In The Northeast
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Welcome Chef...to add to the information Errol provide to you, a review and read of the below links might also prove helpful.
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As far as "yards" in the Northeast, there are many companies you could consider and frankly, proximity to a yard isn't really a consideration as long as a prospective employer will hire from your geography. Most companies will allow you to park the truck near your residence for taking home time.
What school did you attend?
Good luck to you and congratulations on getting your CDL.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Thank you for the quick responses, I will check out those links provided. And as far as the school I attended was Superior Tractor Trailer located in Toms River, NJ
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
And thank you, i was so nervous and putting so much pressure on myself when it came to testing day. I went there twice, the first day i never had the chance to test at the dmv , they ran out of time so I had to go back on Monday to take it first thing, made it even worse waiting over the weekend, lol.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.DMV:
Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.
TWIC:
Transportation Worker Identification Credential
Truck drivers who regularly pick up from or deliver to the shipping ports will often be required to carry a TWIC card.
Your TWIC is a tamper-resistant biometric card which acts as both your identification in secure areas, as well as an indicator of you having passed the necessary security clearance. TWIC cards are valid for five years. The issuance of TWIC cards is overseen by the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.
I started with Schneider a few months ago so I can give you some input. Schneider is a solid company and they treat their drivers good. Training - their training program is 3 weeks long and they pay $80 a day while training. I chose Schneider because of the length of their training is short when compared to other companies. I will say that their training program is great and I learned allot. Pay - starting pay is .36 a mile northeast regional and I averaged around 2200 miles a week.
Regional:
Regional Route
Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Tha ks Jay for the reply, that was one of the other companies I was looking at since one of the instructors at school told me about them and Stevens Transport. Saying they were both solid companies with great training. So between those two and Roehl, i will hopefully have 3 places to choose from. With the regional from Schneider do you take the truck home with you and what is you hometime like? And what teminal are you out of Carlisle, PA?
Regional:
Regional Route
Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
You don't take the truck home. You have to leave it at one of their drop yards. My drop yard was Tunkhannock pa and my main terminal was Carlisle. Home time was the reason I left. I was only home for my 34 hour reset. Basically a day and a half
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
You don't take the truck home. You have to leave it at one of their drop yards. My drop yard was Tunkhannock pa and my main terminal was Carlisle. Home time was the reason I left. I was only home for my 34 hour reset. Basically a day and a half
Then I what they would do for me, i live in South Jersey around 1 1/2 hours to where they are hiring. Im not wanting to make that drive everyday 3 hours total just to go to and from work. That would be an issue. What company did you go to?
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
Schneider has drop yards all over the place. You would need to talk to a recruiter to find out if there is a yard by you. I'm currently with NFI out of pittston pa.
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How is everybodies afternoon going? I just obtained my CDL A two weeks ago and have been researching good, solid starter compainies that run or have yards close to the northeast such as NY, NJ and PA. I am in New Jersey, i have narrowed the searh down a bit to a few companies and i am calling tw of them today, Schneider and Roehl. I have a list of questions i have written down, so hopefully it narrows down the amount of bs that the recruiters will try and say. I havent seen anything about those two companies and their starting salaries or process so i figured I would give it a shot here. I have all my endorsements and just need to get fingerprints done for hazmat. Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated, it gets quite overwhelming looking and comlaring so many different companies. Thanks in advance.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
HAZMAT:
Hazardous Materials
Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.