I wanted to start this entry by saying how much I appreciate the Katlaw driving school for providing me with everything required to get my CDL. They truly care about you learning not just how to drive a truck but how to do it safely. They were always willing to spend the extra time with Students that needed a little extra coaching.
Now, onto the company I chose to work for. I basically had five companies that interested me. I looked at pay, benefits, hometime and newness of their equipment. All five companies were pretty good overall. Some paid more than others, some only had automatics (not for me) and some put you on the road for long periods of time. I wanted to be home majority of the weekends, so the extended OTR companies wouldn't work for me. Here is a list of companies I looked at: Werner, Stevens Transport, TransAm, Shepard Watkins and TMC. Of those five I chose to go with TMC. They are a "flatbed" only company that offers majority of weekends home and they offer "cent per mile" or "percentage of load" pay. Lastly, they drive new Peterbilts! Check them out on the web. I'll update once I've started orientation after the Holidays. Merry Christmas and Thanks for following my blog.
Dano
It has been great reading your posts as I am also a student of Katlaw and love them to death! I should have taken my driven exam a couple of weeks ago but during driver training I injured my neck when another student popped the clutch on the truck to quick. I'm healing and will be going back to start the drivers training in the second week of May and I can't wait! Keep on Keepin' on!
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