Total Transportation Jackson, MS

So here's what you want to know. If you are a new driver total can be a great start. They will put you in orientation for a week, 70 bucks a day with hotel and full meals. After that it's 200 hours of training at 70 a day and 10 hours of backing, about a month depending on how hard your trainer pushes it.

Pay is .36 staring so there are far worse companies to start with. When i started I was pulling average of 3200 miles a week , possibly a little more. I wanted to keep busy and had a great fleet manager. My best week was about 3750, with a 34. They do a lot of drop and hooks but most of it seems pretty random. Some weeks I'd have the same trailer for 5 days and would end up pulling the full 14. Now I pull for Amazon and although they can be sketchy with load cancels at times you still get layover and load cancels. I run less than my old average but am on dedicated runs in the south.

It all boils down to your fleet manager(if your FM cant keep you as busy as youd like they allow switching). If they are decent they will keep you more busy than you might want to be. I stayed out for 3 months at a time for the first year to catch up on bills and it worked pretty well as OTR. If you're a new driver I'd recommend it you just gotta remind yourself, just like any job you take, your going to have weeks where the truck needs service of a trailer gets denied and needs to be patched. Best of luck, if you have more questions give a shout.

 

I think that is the best review of a company Ive read on here in a while.

 

I see their trucks running around the Southeast quite often, they aren't governed at 65mph and are usually Cascadias in good shape, with a nice size sleeper.

You can tell a lot about a company by the condition of their equipment and theirs is in good shape.