1st OTR Job

No, a contract is ok.
If you quit early, is the cost prorated to pay off the contract?
What trailer are you pulling; reefer, dry van, flatbed?
Bellavance Trucking?

 

Maybe post the company name and someone might have some info on them. Its kind of hard to say of a contract will work person to person. Some people have great experience with company paid training. Some have horrible experience. Add some go OTR and quickly find out that OTR road life isnt for them. 2 years is a long time to be in a position you hate.

 

Fulfill your contract, then take a look at Northern Gas Transport.
Northern Gas Transport | Lyndonville, VT

Northern Gas Transport is a family owned trucking company and a leader in the CDL Class A HAZMAT transport of bulk petroleum products serving New York, New England and Quebec, Canada.
Primary hiring area is New England near terminals located in; Selkirk, NY, Berlin, VT, Westfield, MA, Rochester, NH, Portsmouth, NH, Auburn, ME, Southington, CT. Our home terminal for CDL Class A Drivers is in Lyndonville, VT. Trucks & trailers will be garaged and serviced at a “Safe Haven” in your geographic area.

 

The northeast is not a very nice place to drive a truck. Lots of old small roads and old dumpy truck stop that's parking fills up by 3pm. If you have drive into NYC or Long Island or NJ or southern Connecticut and Boston. It can make the job more stressful and not much fun.

 

I don't know how the freight is for that company. Best wishes. With 24 months experience you'll have lots of choices after your contract is fulfilled.

 

It all depends on the pay and conditions at the local OTR company. You need to talk to current OTR drivers at that company. Don't ask them "is this a good company?"
Ask "how many miles did you get last week?"
"How many miles are you averaging every week?"
"How much time off do you get?"
"Have you ever had a problem with your paycheck?" (everyone will very occasionally have a slight problem with their paycheck, so if the answers are pointing at a perfect company, you are probably not getting honest answers.)
"If your truck breaks down away from the yard, how is it handled?"
"When you empty out at a customer, how long do you wait to get the next load?"
"Can you idle, or are you penalized?"
"Does the truck have an APU and does it work?"

Essentially you want to visualize your routine day at this company as a driver. You don't want to ask questions like "is this a good place to work?" or other vague questions. If you cannot talk to current drivers at that company, do not work there. There are plenty of bad trucking companies. Not one of them will tell a potential new-hire "we are a bad trucking company." Since you are considering locking yourself into that company for 2 years you need more info, not less. You have twice as much reason to get accurate info bout the company. If you decide getting that info is too much work and you will just flip a coin, go for it. 80-90% of new truck drivers disappear before one year, and most of that is due to rushing into work for the first company that will hire the newbie. EVERYONE is hiring. They are doing you a big favor by letting you work for them. Pick wisely, the outcome is only important to you.

 

HOW LARGE Is The Company??
20, 50, 100 Trucks AND Trailers?

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