Our mileage pay is based on actual odometer mileage and for drivers with a hazardous material endorsement they will earn an additional $.0025 per mile for maintaining possessing the proper credentials. The pay packages available include our Full Benefits, Limited Benefits and our NEW Apprentice program for drivers with less than 12 months but more than 6 months of experience. In addition, we will reimburse current drivers for the TSA finger printing and background screening fees.
Our Partial Load (LTL) plan compensation stands above most in the industry by paying actual mileage right off the odometer and for ALL stops from $10.00 to $40.00 each. Average driver pay for 2007 exceeded $58,500.00 with the highest earning above $83,000 per year. Most importantly all drivers enjoy frequent home time being home at least weekly and depending on load assignment you may be home during the week. Each regional plan also offers a Per Diem option which allows you to defer a portion of your mileage pay as a tax free reimbursement. HIGH EARNINGS & HOME WEEKLY!
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How much
money can I make with your company the first
year of employment? |
| A: |
An experienced driver
that is familiar with our lanes can earn
above our average of $58,500. A driver experienced
with running the Eastern US can reach $65,000
the first year. Our typical driver will
have between 8 and 12 stops per week with
unload pay which will significantly increase
the earnings potential for drivers especially
if they are familiar with our premium stop
areas.
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| Q: |
What other benefits
do you offer? |
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We have a wide variety of
benefits available to full time coworkers
after 90-days of employment. We offer a choice
of healthcare benefits through Anthem BC/BS
including our Basic Plan which is also a Health
Savings Account (HSA) qualified, a Plus Plan,
Premium Plan and a Cash-Out option if you
have other healthcare coverage. Each plan
has different deductibles, co-pays, out-of-pocket
and contribution levels. All full time employees
are provided at no cost a $15,000 life insurance
policy and Short Term disability. Included
in our offering is a wide variety of voluntary
insurance benefits – Dental, Vision,
Long Term Disability, Life, AD&D and Critical
Care. |
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| Q: |
Is there a 401k with
a company match? |
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Yes there is a 401K plan. We will match 25% of the first 4% contributed in the plan. We offer a full complement of low cost funds from the Fidelity Investments. Eligibility is at 90-days of service and you can make deferral changes quarterly thereafter. |
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| Q: |
Do you have any dedicated
runs or route preferences? |
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We have very few dedicated
runs however we frequently assign drivers
to run regular trips into certain regions.
Although not guaranteed, when a driver does
particularly well in one region or the other,
we will do our best to keep the driver in
that lane. Ultimately as customer needs arise
operations may seek drivers to service this
area. |
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| Q: |
What is a typical
work schedule and how often will I be home? |
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A typical work schedule would
depend on the terminal assignment. The work
schedules generally are where you leave out
Sunday, Sunday night or Monday depending on
your assigned load and the location of your
first delivery. Naturally if you have a long
trip say TX or FL you would have to leave
early Sunday. Those trucks with their first
delivery within a short distance from their
home terminal could leave early Monday. The
average radius for the fleet would be just
over 500 miles where a reload and a return
to your home terminal is likely within 2 ½
days. Sometimes you can take a break at home
before you reload for your next trip. Those
going on long trips won’t make it back
to their home terminal until later in the
week and they then can depending on hours
available, run short runs. Most trucks are
in on or before Saturday morning, some as
early as Thursday night. If they get in late
Saturday or early Sunday, the drivers can
ask to run short for Monday to get your full
34 hours off to restart on your 70 hours. |
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| Q: |
What speed are the
trucks set to run? |
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The company truck speed is
set at 68 mph. |
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| Q: |
What types of trucks? |
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International ProStar, 226 inch wheelbase, 435 - 460 HP engines, Autoshift transmissions, walk-in sleepers, electric APU and power converters AND Mack Vision CX with 222 inch wheelbase with 10 speed transmissions walk-in sleepers and power converters. |
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| Q: |
What types of trailers? |
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The majority of loads are
on 48’ and 53’ dry vans. We offer
some specialty trailers like drop decks, soft
side drop decks, double drops and flatbeds
on a limited basis. |
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| Q: |
Can I take my assigned
truck home? |
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Typically drivers are required
to leave the truck at their assigned terminal
with the exception of in route shipments with
dispatch approval where you can take trucks
home. If hired away from our terminal areas
and in an active lane drivers are permitted
to take trucks home providing they have a
safe and proper parking area. |
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| Q: |
How much will I make
a mile and how do you determine paid miles? |
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Our maximum rate for mileage
pay is 35 cents per odometer mile with three
years experience. That's right, ODOMETER miles!
You get paid for each and every authorized
mile driven. |
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| Q: |
Are drivers assigned
to trucks? |
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Yes drivers are assigned to
trucks. Slip seating only if we encounter
breakdowns or equipment shortages. |
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| Q: |
How are the trucks
maintained? |
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If you drive out of our Fort
Recovery, Ohio terminal the trucks are serviced
while you are at home. If you drive out of
another one of our facilities the maintenance
is contracted to outside garages but, when
possible, trucks are routed through Fort Recovery
for quality service and maintenance. |
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| Q: |
How much East coast? |
| A: |
Better than half of all loads
go to the Eastern US. This area, although
may not be popular to a lot of drivers, is
a great area for getting your annual earnings
well above our current average of $54,000.00.
In fact you will see an earnings potential
above $65,000 per year if you run the Eastern
US. The Northeast region has premium stop-pay
of $25.00 to $40.00 per stop. Areas traveled
are repetitive, where we typically go into
and out of the same customers every week where
once you become familiar with these areas,
accessing them becomes very easy. Drivers
running the Eastern US needing a break can
typically request runs to the South and West. |
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| Q: |
How many stops per
week and what is the stop pay? |
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We are a multi-stop carrier
where drivers will do 8 to 12 stops per week
in long haul or much more if running short
trips. Each and every stop is paid from $10.00
to $40.00 depending on the geographical area
of the stop. Generally the Northeastern States
and Chicago are the higher dollar stops. |
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| Q: |
How much driving experience
do I need? |
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We require that you have at
least 1 year of recent experience. |
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| Q: |
Do I need to have
Hazardous Materials endorsement on my CDL? |
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Yes we do require a Haz-Mat
endorsement but for maintaining proper Haz-Mat
credentials, you will be paid an additional
¼ of cent per mile for all miles driven.
If you have not renewed your current Haz-Mat
with the new TSA fingerprinting and background
checks, the company will reimburse you the
cost up to $94.00. |
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| Q: |
Where can we fuel? |
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We use the Comdata system for fuel purchases. We have fuel agreements with Pilot and T/A but prefer as much fueling as possible to be done at our terminals. |
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| Q: |
Do you have Pre-Pass/EZ-Pass? |
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Yes we have Pre-Pass Plus
which work at all EZ-Pass tolls and Pre-Pass
scale bypass programs. |
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| Q: |
Is running toll roads
permitted? |
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Yes, but drivers are expected
to choose the safest shortest practical truck
route and to avoid tolls wherever possible.
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| Q: |
Will I have to go
to New York City? |
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Less than 2% of our shipments
go into the boroughs of NYC. We have a large
group of drivers that prefer to handle these
shipments because we pay premium stop pay
for all shipments into the NYC. Typically
we are able to assign these shipments to drivers
wanting to go however as customers demand
we may ask drivers to handle these shipments
for our customers. |
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| Q: |
Can I idle my truck? |
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We believe that a driver should
be comfortable when sleeping. Driver should
limit idling whenever possible to keep the
long term idle to a minimum and save fuel.
We do track idle time on trucks and will follow
up with drivers that habitually have above
average idle time. We are currently testing
several auxiliary heat/cool units and are
hopeful to make this standard equipment on
all future trucks. |
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| Q: |
How much driver unloading
do you have and how much will I be paid for
doing it? |
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Currently less than 5% of
all shipments require hand unload. We have
a large customer that secures material handling
equipment with blocks. For any driver that
hand loads or unloads cargo or that blocks
or unblocks material handling equipment, they
are paid 80 cents per 1000 lbs in addition
to stop pay. As an example, if you have a
40,000 lb shipment of material handling equipment,
and knock out blocks and pull nails you will
be paid an additional $32.00. |
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| Q: |
Do you have a rider
program? |
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Yes, we have a rider program
for immediate family only available to drivers
with at least 90-days of service and a satisfactory
safety record. All riders must be pre-approved
by the Safety Department. |
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| Q: |
Is there a safety
incentive program? |
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Yes, the program is designed
to pay those drivers that are accident and
injury free from a guaranteed cash pool each
December. Past distributions have paid out
in excess of $1,000.00 for qualifying drivers.
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| Q: |
How much vacation
time do I get? |
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One week after 12-months of
service paid at a rate of 1/52nd of your gross
earnings from the prior year. Up to 4 weeks
paid after 15 years of service. So as an example
a driver earning $52,000.00 for a year will
have a $1,000.00 vacation check for one year
and $4,000.00 for 15 years. |
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| Q: |
How many tickets can
I have on my CDL? |
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To qualify, no more than 3
moving violations or serious violations in
36 months. |
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| Q: |
Is there a sign on
bonus? |
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Yes, currently we are paying
$1,300.00 for all new hires. |
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| Q: |
How does the company
view safety? |
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Safety is our first priority.
Drivers are required to attend at least one
safety meeting per year which will be held
at each of our terminals. Each accident, injury,
highway inspection & moving violation
is reviewed monthly where corrective action
is determined. Hours of Service rules must
be adhered to and is controlled and monitored
by our in-house log auditing program. Safety
bonus is paid annually to accident and injury
free drivers that attend the required safety
meeting. Safety awards are also provided. |
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