Minnesota Local Route Companies

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  1. KFMinn

    KFMinn Bobtail Member

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    I am in the process of a career change from aircraft mechanic to trucker. I live in the metro area in Minnesota and would like to drive local to be home at night (I have a young family that I like to see). Does anyone have any insight on local small or large companies that are in the area that hire new drivers. I don't really care too much about the pay as I know I have to pay my dues. Thank you for the help and have great night.
     
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  3. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    Martin Bros. Dist.
     
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  4. KFMinn

    KFMinn Bobtail Member

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    Chinatown,
    You're like a jet setting trucker guru Yoda! Thanks again.
     
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  5. almostthere

    almostthere Light Load Member

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    Try Schneider Viracon account out of Owatonna. Schneider is somewhat of a pita to work for but this account is good. Pays well, hauling architectual glass. They have at least 4 local positions..maybe more since I left. Local paid min of 900 a week.
     
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  6. IronWeasel80

    IronWeasel80 Medium Load Member

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    If you don't mind manual labor, you can try food or beverage distributors like Coke, Pepsi, Budweiser, Sysco, etc.

    They're almost always home at night and on weekends, but there is a fair amount of manual labor involved since you're moving around cases and cases of product. I worked for the local Pepsi bottler about 8 years ago and it paid decent with a $500 per week salary plus a bonus of something like 10 cents per case I delivered and I normally had 9000 - 12000 cases on the trailer, so it was an average of about $100 "extra" per day. Those places typically start really early in the morning, I was in at work by 03:30 most mornings, so if you're not a morning person (I wasn't) then it might not be a good fit.
     
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  7. mpd240

    mpd240 Road Train Member

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    Weeks lumber in st paul was looking a couple weeks ago
     
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  8. KFMinn

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    Thank you all for the input so far. I put in a application/inquiry to Martin Bros. Dist. about their train and drive program but no word yet (don't know how long to wait until I apply again). They look like what I'm looking for, but I'm still open to more suggestions.
     
  9. joe016

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    There a lot trucking company hiring in minneoplis.
     
  10. Tenn I See Trucker

    Tenn I See Trucker Medium Load Member

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    Try Dart,we have Minnesota local and daycabs,I believe they even take students.
     
  11. Redhorse71

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    Dedicated Logistics, Valley Cartage, ABF, and a bunch of other LTL carriers. Dart has some sort of local hauling that they do.
     
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