Looking For A Change

I like how this thread has turned into sales pitches for the companies people are currently driving for. That's encouraging, and I sincerely mean that.

I'm also happy to see this. And it's all different companies hauling different types of freight and everything. It really goes to show that you can be happy and successful at any of these major carriers if you're doing your job at the highest level and you stick around long enough to earn a great reputation and learn how your company operates.

I like how this thread has turned into sales pitches for the companies people are currently driving for. That's encouraging, and I sincerely mean that.

I'm also happy to see this. And it's all different companies hauling different types of freight and everything. It really goes to show that you can be happy and successful at any of these major carriers if you're doing your job at the highest level and you stick around long enough to earn a great reputation and learn how your company operates.

So many people come into Trucking Truth and say "I've heard XXX Trucking is a really bad company." They don't realize these stories are posted by the losers who quit or got fired.

This is the place where members are actually proud of their company. I won't hesitate to talk up Swift, ChickieMonster endorses CalArk, Old Rookie recommends Millis. There's no shortage of "Primates" here.

So, yes, it's wonderful that we all work for great companies. This just makes it harder for new people to make their choice!

I like how this thread has turned into sales pitches for the companies people are currently driving for. That's encouraging, and I sincerely mean that.

I'm a little confused by your mention of "no touch freight" and having a tänker endorsement. Most tanker jobs require some physical work, including handling hoses to connect for loading and unloading, and for some, climbing up to the top of the tank to vent it. What do you mean by "no touch?" Anything less than flatbed, or literally 99% drop and hook box work? (I will say that a buddy of mine just started a sweet job hauling drop and hook hazmat tankers for a subcontractor of Quality Carriers, but those jobs are few and far between.)

I had to have my tanker endorsement for my first job we healed containers of fluid and I was required to get the tanker endorsement for that and by no touch freight all I mean is no driver unload

I like how this thread has turned into sales pitches for the companies people are currently driving for. That's encouraging, and I sincerely mean that.

I'm a little confused by your mention of "no touch freight" and having a tänker endorsement. Most tanker jobs require some physical work, including handling hoses to connect for loading and unloading, and for some, climbing up to the top of the tank to vent it. What do you mean by "no touch?" Anything less than flatbed, or literally 99% drop and hook box work? (I will say that a buddy of mine just started a sweet job hauling drop and hook hazmat tankers for a subcontractor of Quality Carriers, but those jobs are few and far between.)

I had to have my tanker endorsement for my first job we healed containers of fluid and I was required to get the tanker endorsement for that and by no touch freight all I mean is no driver unload

Got it, thanks. No driver unload eliminates most tanker jobs, right?

So long as you have more 6+ months of experience, CalArk will look at your application. We are a 100% automatic fleet, no-touch freight and I would say 60%+ drop and hook. If you have less than a year of experience, they'll have you go with a trainer for 40 hours. It's more assessing your abilities and brushing up on anything you may be iffy on.

Depending on where you live, you have the option to go home once per week for a reset. We run primarily Midwest lanes, some Northeast, some Southeast, and a tiny bit of the LA area. But I've only been to California twice in 8 months. I've heard that there are a few Northwest runs, but I've never seen one.

All our trucks are governed at 70 with the exception of the lightweight Prostars. Those are governed at 75 with and extra .02 cpm bonus.

Thank you for recommending calark I just got off the phone with Shelley in recruiting talked to her for about half an hour I liked everything she was telling me. She wasn't trying to sell me on the company. I am convinced it's where I'll be headed very shortly so again thank you

I like how this thread has turned into sales pitches for the companies people are currently driving for. That's encouraging, and I sincerely mean that.

I'm a little confused by your mention of "no touch freight" and having a tänker endorsement. Most tanker jobs require some physical work, including handling hoses to connect for loading and unloading, and for some, climbing up to the top of the tank to vent it. What do you mean by "no touch?" Anything less than flatbed, or literally 99% drop and hook box work? (I will say that a buddy of mine just started a sweet job hauling drop and hook hazmat tankers for a subcontractor of Quality Carriers, but those jobs are few and far between.)

Some customers have liquid loaded in totes, barrels or just plain bottled water and won't let you pull there freight without a tanker endorsement.

It really goes to show that you can be happy and successful at any of these major carriers if you're doing your job at the highest level and you stick around long enough to earn a great reputation and learn how your company operates.

Brett hit the nail on the head with this one as we say. ^^^THIS^^^ is 100% what I plan to do here at CRST Expedited for as long as I am with them (This will be a MINIMUM of 1 YEAR, however I hope I can stay with them the rest of my career). I hope I get to meet my driver manager tomorrow. I am so excited!

This is the place where members are actually proud of their company.

Errol, you hit the nail on the head with this one. I have driven for quite a few companies and so far CRST has impressed me the most of them all. In case you are wondering: I have been with: USA Truck, Trans AM (both as company and an L/O), Stevens Transport, Schneider National, JS Helwig and Son, Swift Transportation, Werner Enterprises, and now I am RESTARTING my career through NADTA (North American Driver Training Academy) and CRST. So far, I will ENDORSE CRST above them all, however They ALL have their great points, however If I were to go back to ANY one of them AFTER my new FIRST year is UP with CRST, then out of the above list I would choose in this order: Werner, Swift, then Schneider, and the others WHILE I had some good points, I probably wouldn't end up going back to the others for reasons I don't wish to explain unless a Moderator asks me first. However if you want me to list the good points about the others and all of these, let me know and I will make another reply to this topic doing that.

This is the reason why I REALLY wish I had found this site BEFORE I went into trucking the first time. Those first 7 I drove for in the span of 2.5 yrs. HOWEVER this time I PLAN to do it ALL right with CRST for that ever important first year. However to get the others off of my record, I would have to stay with CRST 10 years. I hope to be able to do that. Brett, you already know about this because I have e-mailed you my resume when I was still living in Davenport.

So long as you have more 6+ months of experience, CalArk will look at your application. We are a 100% automatic fleet, no-touch freight and I would say 60%+ drop and hook. If you have less than a year of experience, they'll have you go with a trainer for 40 hours. It's more assessing your abilities and brushing up on anything you may be iffy on.

Depending on where you live, you have the option to go home once per week for a reset. We run primarily Midwest lanes, some Northeast, some Southeast, and a tiny bit of the LA area. But I've only been to California twice in 8 months. I've heard that there are a few Northwest runs, but I've never seen one.

All our trucks are governed at 70 with the exception of the lightweight Prostars. Those are governed at 75 with and extra .02 cpm bonus.

Thank you for recommending calark I just got off the phone with Shelley in recruiting talked to her for about half an hour I liked everything she was telling me. She wasn't trying to sell me on the company. I am convinced it's where I'll be headed very shortly so again thank you

Hey Great! This is awesome to hear! Keep me posted for sure and hopefully I'll see you in Little Rock soon!

So long as you have more 6+ months of experience, CalArk will look at your application. We are a 100% automatic fleet, no-touch freight and I would say 60%+ drop and hook. If you have less than a year of experience, they'll have you go with a trainer for 40 hours. It's more assessing your abilities and brushing up on anything you may be iffy on.

Depending on where you live, you have the option to go home once per week for a reset. We run primarily Midwest lanes, some Northeast, some Southeast, and a tiny bit of the LA area. But I've only been to California twice in 8 months. I've heard that there are a few Northwest runs, but I've never seen one.

All our trucks are governed at 70 with the exception of the lightweight Prostars. Those are governed at 75 with and extra .02 cpm bonus.

Thank you for recommending calark I just got off the phone with Shelley in recruiting talked to her for about half an hour I liked everything she was telling me. She wasn't trying to sell me on the company. I am convinced it's where I'll be headed very shortly so again thank you

Hey Great! This is awesome to hear! Keep me posted for sure and hopefully I'll see you in Little Rock soon!

Just finished talking to Shelley again and got everything going set up for me to start in 2 weeks I wanted to start sooner but I have a run from east tennessee to Washington Oregon and California this load I'm taking has 21 stops so I'll be out there for a while but as soon as I get home I'll be heading too little Rock to say in excited is an under statement so thank you can't wait to get out there and prove my worth to get good miles