Best trucking companies Ohio?
Posted by scarface0021@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 7 comments
Hello I’m 23 year old cop in NE Ohio. Making $38 an hour pretty decent pay as a cop. Unfortunately the job is not fulfilling and just been toxic asf where I’m at where I’m considering transitioning to a big interest of mine which is trucking and getting my CDL. I want to have a plan and get paid for my CDL training before quitting my job obviously. looking at ozark, Schneider, swift, mast trucking, etc. literally have 0 experience and in step 1 of just researching. Are there any companies u recommend where my pay won’t be horrible coming from $38 an hour currently. After taxes I’m taking home little over 2k every 2 weeks right now. I hear people saying trucking doesn’t pay good at all then others making six figures. My plan is to get my cdl and endorsements and work my way up, but I wanna start the best I can and set myself up for success and not misery. I’m looking for local as home life is very important to me not to be gone for days on end.
threeglude@reddit
Op, are you not part of a union? I'd suck it up and stick it out long enough to get your pension, THEN make the switch. The benefits you currently have, or at least have access to currently, are better then most benefit packages you'll be able to get in the world of trucking. If you're married with kids, you're EASILY receiving upwards of $30-40k+ worth of benefits, between health, dental, short/long term disability, life ins, 401k, pension, daycare, etc etc.
Stick it out and try to rank up, even if you need to take some night classes to do so.
If you REALLY must, then go with touch freight your first year, THEN specialize. Look into car hauling. With the right company, you're first year would be $70-100k, and once you have at least 1 year in, you could switch to an even better car hauling outfit pushing upwards of $140-160k. I know a young retired Police Sargent who's an OO who goes home nightly. Shit ton of hustle (runs 4-5 9 car loads/day), but if my numbers are correct, he's pulling $200-220k/yr free and clear after fuel, maintenance and taxes.
JalocTheGreat@reddit
Better off being the Police
Auquaholic@reddit
I've heard Pitt-Ohio is good up there.
jmzstl@reddit
Whatever you decide, make sure to do lots of research on what specific local jobs are out there that would actually consider hiring a new driver with no experience. It’s easy to say just get a local job, but it can be very difficult to execute that plan with no prior CDL driving experience.
st_psilocybin@reddit
Seems like the general consensus is that the best way for a new driver to earn a lot is to do touch freight. If youre new and not trying to do touch freight it seems like you wont earn a lot. Just from what ive observed. Good on ya for getting out of there btw
RestoWolf629@reddit
Assuming since you're young and presumably fit I would check out food service. Some example companies that pay well are McLane, Sysco and Gordons. I work for McLane and have made $94k-$114k first few years.
CryptoguyV2@reddit
Insurance mafia runs trucking, it's gonna be really hard to get something making six figures right out of CDL school. I started at knight-swift, just know my paychecks were rarely over $1k and you'll be working 70 hour weeks.