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YRC Glen Moore: Owner Operators Needed

CLICK HERE TO APPLY DIRECTLY TO YRC GLEN MOORE NOW! 

OWNER OPERATORS: THE ANSWER IS YES AT YRC GLEN MOORE!

• YES: Our Owner Operator teams and solos make top industry pay for all loaded and unloaded miles
• YES: We pay fuel surcharge on all loaded and unloaded miles
• YES: We pay for plates, permits, scales and tolls
• YES: You can take advantage of our fuel discounts and our National account pricing on parts and services
• YES: We pay weekly settlements
• YES: We pay for stop offs and loading/unloading
• YES: Our teams average 5,500+ miles weekly and solo drivers can average 2,500+ miles weekly
• YES: We accept fleets as well as single owners

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must possess and maintain a valid Class-A Commercial Drivers License
• Must be able to read, write and speak in the English language to meet DOT requirements
• Will be required to successfully pass a DOT drug screen, a company regulated road test and a DOT physical
• At least on-year verifiable, multi-state, over-the-road, tractor-trailer driving experience
• A record of safe and competent driving with a stable work history

As YRC Glen Moore grows and expands, we continue to offer drivers one of the best overall opportunities of employment in the industry. Get "MOORE" now, while positions are available!
For more information, call 888-468-3748 or visit us at www.driveglenmoore.com
CLICK HERE TO APPLY DIRECTLY TO YRC GLEN MOORE NOW!

PTL Driving Careers

Attention all Lease/Purchase and Owner/Operator drivers, 

Right now we are hiring and looking forward to a great holiday season.

Please review the plan below.  If you have any questions, please email or call me.

If you are interested, please fill out an application and let me know that you have done so.

 -Application-

The website is http://www.ptl-inc.com and click on “Driving Careers” to fill out an application.  Click on “APPLY NOW” to start the application.  Be sure to put my name as your contact and it will guarantee that your application will come across my desk.  List the position you are applying for as Owner/Operator.

Jeff Wesson, PTL Recruiter

 

LEASE PURCHASE PROGRAM

We pay $.90 base rate.

$.37 fuel surcharge.

That’s $1.27 loaded, empty, and deadhead.

*Our fuel surcharge fluctuates based on the DOE average.  

We try to cut out as much overhead for our owner operators as possible saving you $$$$.  Consider everything we pay for free and how much you can save. 

We provide for FREE:

Base plates

Permits

EFS Fuel cards

Direct Deposit

Transflo

Pre-Pass/EZ Pass for all Tolls

Lumpers when needed

Reimburse Scale Tickets

Will File the Fuel Tax

Auto Liability ($1 million)

Cargo Coverage ($250,000)

53 ft. Trailers

Personalized Dispatch 

We have:

Long Runs (average run 983 miles, out 14 days)

No Haz-Mat

No Forced Dispatch

No Touch-freight

No Trailer Fees

Rider and Pet Program

Fill out app on line

www.ptl-inc.com

Jeff Wesson 1-877-774-3533 

Quality                                                              

Phone# 866-472-1120

P/U Truck Location: Indianapolis, IN 

1210 West Thompson Rd. 46217

Type: 2006-2007 Freightliner Centuries or Columbia’s

Detroit Engines – 10 speed 455 HP

2006-2007 Kenworth T600

Cat Powered (C13)

- $400 per week truck payment and a $175 variable fee that includes: 
- 30 day bumper to bumper coverage (repairs are made anywhere and that is from the day the driver picks up the truck from us) 
- Blown Engine, Transmission, and Rear End Coverage for the life of the Lease (minus driver error)
- $0 down payment
- $1 buyout
- No per mile charge
- Every driver qualifies

PERKS:

- Walk away lease

- 1^st come 1^st serve program

- Governed at 75mph

- Longest running lease program w/PTL

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 OWNER OPERATOR RESPONSIBILITIES 

Weekly Deductions:

QUALCOMM Rental Fees                                   $19.50

Bobtail Insurance (Non-Trucking)                      $8.00

Bailee Trailer Insurance                                   $14.00

Occupational Accident                                     $24.00

Total weekly of only                                         $65.50

Other Deductions:

QUALCOMM Installation Fee*                           $500    ($125 for 4 Weeks)

*This Only Applies If Your Tractor Is Not Already Wired For QUALCOMM

* Non-refundable if termination is within 6 months

Optional  Deductions:

Physical Damage Insurance (optional)                  .08268% of Tractor Value

Deductible Reim. (optional to lower deductible)   $3.00

Additional Information:

•  Must Allow PTL To Install Tire Caddy On Tractor (Clamps to Frame Rails)
• Stacks Must Be Turned Out From Trailer; Must Have 2 Load Locks
•  Mini-Med Insurance available
•  Must Fax The Following Paperwork To PTL Before You Come To Orientation:

1.  Current 2290 – Highway Use Tax Showing Paid
2. Title – FRONT & BACK (Even if the back is blank, we still need it)

*If there is no lien holder, original title must be brought

     3.      Bill of Sale – Price Must Be Listed

•  You Must Have a Beneficiary For Your Occupational Accident Injury Insurance
• Bring This Information With You To Orientation
• Your actual SS card
• CDL License
• Physical wallet card

 Please email jwesson@ptl-inc.com or fax back to

1-800-785-0371 your option to Jeff Wesson at PTL.  Please contact me with any questions at 1-877-774-3533.

Regional, Home Weekly, Midwest Regional, Northeast Regional

J&R Schugel Trucking, Inc. (known as the Carrier with a Heart) is looking for drivers! We have Regional, Home Weekly, Midwest Regional, Northeast Regional, out 5 days/home 2; or our traditional out 2 weeks home 2 days.   

We have an exciting $1000 incentive for new drivers!  

We have an OUTSTANDING No $ down NO balloon payment Lease Purchase Program!

Owner Operators we pay 100% of license and permits, no hidden fees!  

We are updating our fleet. Currently in the process of changing over 1/3 of our fleet to 2012 trucks! 

We have a great benefit package, Blue Cross/Blue Shield;  health, dental, prescription, vision and life insurance as well as direct deposit.  No forced dispatch into New York City.  401k is available after 6 months and we have a rider plan.  Our vacation is a $500 flat fee and that is one week after one year, two weeks after two years, three weeks after five years. 

Please call us NOW at 800-871-1822 ext 235 to discuss what J&R Schugel Trucking has to offer the professional driver or visit us on the web www.jrschugel.com 

Find out why we are known as the Carrier with a Heart!

The Wait Is Over--$950 Per Week Minimum Guaranteed!

On October 3^rd, 2011 K&B Transportation raised company driver pay to a whole new level with our new package.  With the new pay package, starting driver wages at K&B Transportation was boosted 4 cents per mile, to 38 cents per mile.  This mileage pay coupled with our long standing 2500 mile per week guarantee now gives all new hires a guaranteed $950 per week minimum.   Essentially, as a company driver at K&B Transportation, if you don’t run 2500 miles in a given week, we will pay you the difference!  Will you run more than 2500 miles in a week?  Generally you will, but wouldn’t it be nice to have the comfort of a minimum weekly paycheck in the rare instance that you have a bad week?

Besides our starting pay there are many other reasons to pursue a driving position at K&B Transportation, such as a 2 cent per mile raise at 90 days, boosting your pay to 40 cents a mile, and your guarantee to $1000 per week minimum, Midwest freight lanes (national if you choose), APU Equipped Tractors, and a $1100 Sign-On Bonus.  To find out more about a position at K&B Transportation, check us out online at www.kbtransportation.com or call us at (800) 851-8651. 

Don’t Miss the Opportunity to Nominate Your Fleet as the Best!

October 31, 2011, is the deadline to nominate fleets in TCA’s Best Fleets to Drive For contest and survey

Alexandria, Vir. – Do you feel your fleet is the best in the business? Now is your opportunity to show the world why. Until October 31, 2011, company drivers and owner operators may nominate their trucking companies as one of the Truckload Carriers Association’s (TCA) Best Fleets to Drive For, an annual evaluation of the best employers in the trucking industry. To place your nomination, please visit www.BestFleetsToDriveFor.com.

This is a great way to help combat negative stereotypes about the trucking industry by showcasing the best and most positive business practices. You will play a role in helping to improve the image of the trucking industry, while giving other trucking companies something to aspire to. Plus, it is a terrific way to let your company’s managers know they are doing a good job for their drivers and that their efforts on their drivers’ behalf have not gone unnoticed.

CarriersEdge, the leading provider of online driver quality improvement solutions, will conduct the survey for TCA. As it surveys participating companies, it hopes to uncover numerous carrier success stories in areas such as benefits, professional development, driver and community support, safety record, and company culture. This information will be compiled and distributed to TCA members and other interested parties so that all may learn from the innovative ideas.

Mark Murrell, president of CarriersEdge, said, “We’re into our fourth contest now, and I predict that the competition is going to be stiff. We already have more fleets nominated now than we did for the whole program last year. More than half of the companies are first-time participants, so it’s not just the same people coming back each time. From companies with 15 trucks to 15,000, we’re looking forward to any and all nominations.”

Gary Salisbury, TCA’s chairman and the president and chief executive officer of Fikes Truck Line, Inc., Hope, Ark., said, “I want to stress to drivers that their company’s recruitment efforts get a big boost when a fleet is nominated (and possibly selected) as a Best Fleet. With more drivers, your company has the capability to haul more freight – which translates into more profits and a stable job future for you in the long run. It can all start with one simple nomination, so please get online now!”

Best Fleets to Drive For is open to all for-hire trucking companies with 10 or more trucks, whether TCA members or not. The nominees will be evaluated against a broad range of criteria reflecting current best practices in human resources. Nominations must originate from one company driver or owner operator affiliated with the carrier. Initial information provided by the nominator will be further corroborated through interviews with the company’s management and an additional random sampling of the company’s drivers. The top 20 finishers will be identified as Best Fleets to Drive For, and the highest scoring fleets in each of the Company Driver and Owner Operator categories will be named that category’s overall winner.

To view best practices from last year’s survey as well as profiles of the overall winners, visit www.BestFleetsToDriveFor.com.

At Full Throttle

LinkAmerica expands workforce, replaces aging fleet 

TULSA, OK - ­ Regional truck line LinkAmerica Corp. is expanding, looking to add 70 drivers while replacing an aging fleet of tractors and trailers, said newly appointed President and CEO John Simone. 

The transportation and logistics provider, founded in 1996, has a fleet of 850 tractors and 2,700 trailers. The company employs 200 people in Tulsa and 1,000 companywide. Through a number of acquisitions, it grew its revenues to more than $140 million annually. 

Since the acquisition by Tenex Capital Management was complete in July, LinkAmerica has moved to improve its products and services, said Joe Cottone, managing director and principal of New York City-based Tenex Capital Management. 

There is a strong commitment to operational excellence, as demonstrated by the investments LinkAmerica is making in safety, new tractors and trailers, Cottone said. Employees are benefiting from working for a much better capitalized (company). LinkAmerica provides traditional over-the-road logistics service, Simone said. LinkAmerica operates primarily in the south-central and southeastern U.S. With corporate headquarters in Tulsa, the company operates facilities in Dallas, Houston and Lakeland, Fla. 

We are hiring, said Simone, who has more than 20 years of experience in transportation and logistics. We have to hire an additional 70 drivers across the nation. Simone said that LinkAmerica has to not only replace drivers, but add capacity. LinkAmerica, like many trucking companies, has suffered through the recession that began in October 2008. 

Companies went out of business and other carriers simply delayed decisions to replace equipment, or simply decided to not replace aging fleets, Cottone said. As the recession deepened, companies sold assets to tighten capacity, he said. Companies did not replace equipment, but operated it (tractors and trailers) longer, Simone said. 

Going forward, we are starting to replace assets. Over the next decade, it is estimated that the trucking industry will need to replace more than 100,000 drivers to fill vacancies nationwide, said Dan Case, executive director of the Oklahoma Trucking Association. We do not have a quantity problem today as much as we have a quality problem, Case said. Case said that industry wide there are an estimated 2,000 truck driving vacancies in Oklahoma alone. 

If you are a quality-type person, you can work anywhere, Case said. No one will hire you now, unless you are a quality driver. Quality means everything from having a clean driving record to being drug free to having no felony convictions, Case said. 

LinkAmerica will purchase 175 trucks and 400 trailers through the end of the year, Simone said.

We’ll look at the fleet and replace ­ based on mileage ­ that number annually, Simone said. Going forward, Simone and Cottone expect LinkAmerica’s value to grow.

Before LinkAmerica, Simone was president and chief operating officer of the $1 billion Greatwide Logistics Services Co. Simone has also served as senior vice president of the truckload division at UPS Freight. 

This article was reprinted with permission from D. Ray Tuttle of The Journal Record.

 

 

Marten Transport Increases Contractor Rates

Mondovi, Wis. – Marten Transport, a Wisconsin-based certified top paying carrier, solidifies its status as a premium carrier and leader in the trucking industry by instituting its third compensation increase for independent contractors this year on October 26.

“We want our independent contractors to continue to be successful business partners and this rate increase is a big part of that,” said Tim Norlin, Marten Transport director of recruiting. “Our focus is on the regional business and this particular added benefit targets routes that fall into this category.”

These new rates, which allow Marten contractors to earn an additional 5 cents per mile for hauls between 151 and 800 miles, contribute to a series of rate increases for independent contractors over the last five months. In May, the company made a significant increase to contractor settlement rates across the board and in July, it established an automatic detention pay for contractors. 

Marten prides itself on working with the highest quality owner operators and offering a premium service to its ever growing customer base.  “We are always concentrating on growing our business and we hope this increase in our contractor rates will inspire more owner/operators to join us as we move forward in this industry,” said Norlin. “We’re excited about what the future holds.” 

About Marten Transport, Ltd.

Headquartered in Mondovi, Wis., Marten Transport specializes in transporting food and other consumer packaged goods that require a time and temperature-sensitive or insulated environment. For more information on services or opportunities at Marten Transport, call 800-395-3331 or visit www.drive4marten.com.

LinkAmerica Announces New Settlement Package for Owner Operators

Tulsa, Oklahoma based, regional truck line carrier LinkAmerica is strong and growing since its acquisition by Tenex Capital Management Group in July. 

Coming November, 2011, LinkAmerica’s Owner Operator compensation program will get a facelift! Brian Etchison, Vice President of Recruiting and Retention shares the following key information about the program. “It is with great enthusiasm that I share the details on our new and improved Owner Operator compensation program. Our goal is to adjust as many of the pay elements as we can so our overall compensation is among the best in the industry. More importantly, we are working not just to offer a Best in Class package, but also Best in Class service to our valued business partners. We’ve increased short hauls below 200 miles, line hauls above 200 miles, detention, layover and additional stop pay and fuel surcharge for empty and loaded miles. And on top of it all, we took steps to significantly reduce our Owner Operator expenses. This means more money to our Contractors with Regional home time benefits.” 

Specific program details:

• $1.35 per loaded mile at 200 or less miles
• $.94 per loaded mile at 201 or more miles
• $.91 per empty mile
• Fuel surcharge on loaded and empty miles

LinkAmerica is at full throttle and are looking for quality, safe owner operators with a clean driving record.

To find out more exciting details about our New Settlement Package, call a LinkAmerica recruiter today at 800-536-7988 or apply online at LKAM.com.

 

ATA, TCA Unite in Call for Increased Truck Productivity

Grapevine, Texas – The nation's two leading trucking industry trade groups - American Trucking Associations and the Truckload Carriers Association - came together at the conclusion of ATA's Management Conference & Exhibition to call on policy makers to allow for increased truck productivity. 

“The trucking industry, like any family, sometimes takes a while to reach a consensus, but we're happy that we have been able to bring our respective policies on truck productivity in line,” ATA President and CEO Bill Graves said. “It is critical that we petition our elected leaders with one voice and this brings us closer to our industry unity.” 

TCA President Chris Burruss agrees.  “Considering all of the challenges we face as an industry, it should always be our priority to find common ground on as many issues as possible,” said Burruss. “I applaud the leadership of TCA and ATA for finding common ground on this difficult issue.” 

The ATA Board of Directors voted to add 88,000-pound, five-axle combinations with enhanced braking capability, to its list of preferred productivity improvements. This new component joins 97,000-pound, six-axle combinations and harmonization of longer-combination vehicles on the menu of productivity improvements ATA will advocate for in Washington and state capitals across the country.  ATA endorsed increasing truck weight limits to 97,000 pounds in 2006. 

Also this week, TCA voted to approve a two-tiered productivity policy of supporting combinations of 88,000 pounds on five axles as well as 97,000 pounds on six axles. 

“With possible hours-of-service changes threatening to limit capacity, congestion choking our highways and the driver shortage worsening, we need to find ways to improve our industry's productivity in order to continue delivering the nation's essential goods,” ATA Chairman Dan England, chairman C.R. England, said. “Studies have shown that more productive trucks are safer, more efficient and greener than conventional combinations without causing more wear and tear on our roads, and now that we and TCA have come together on this issue, we’re in a better position to continue to make that case to policymakers.” 

TCA Chairman Gary Salisbury, president and CEO of Fikes Truck Line, Hope, Ark., said by coming together, TCA and ATA have sent a strong message to policy makers.  “Given the advances in brake technology, an 88,000-pound, five axle truck using enhanced brakes will meet federal rules limiting commercial vehicle stopping distance,” said Salisbury. “By amending our policies and compromising, TCA and ATA have set the trucking industry on the road to success.”

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