Team Companies

So after i finish school me and my brother plan on team driving and hopefully living on the west coast we just wanted to know what are some good companies to look into ?

There are excellent opportunitys with almost every carrier in the country! You'll find most extremely receptive to having you aboard. Although it's not a one size fits all answer. First look at all the information available for free here on TT. Brett and company have put a great amount of effort to give you the most vital information about all the major carriers.

First what type of freight do you want to haul? I have found that I do very well with being a reefer driver. Freight seems to be very consistent and their is plenty of opportunity to have decent miles per week. I that case I would look at Rohle, CR England, Stevens, Swift and Prime as viable options. Dry? Swift, Schneider, CRST just to name a few. You both will need to qualify for each individual company so you need to make sure you both fill out as many apps to the same ones and see if any disqualify either one of you. It may narrow your choices.

Is there a certain time we should apply during school or when we've graduated?

There are excellent opportunitys with almost every carrier in the country! You'll find most extremely receptive to having you aboard. Although it's not a one size fits all answer. First look at all the information available for free here on TT. Brett and company have put a great amount of effort to give you the most vital information about all the major carriers.

First what type of freight do you want to haul? I have found that I do very well with being a reefer driver. Freight seems to be very consistent and their is plenty of opportunity to have decent miles per week. I that case I would look at Rohle, CR England, Stevens, Swift and Prime as viable options. Dry? Swift, Schneider, CRST just to name a few. You both will need to qualify for each individual company so you need to make sure you both fill out as many apps to the same ones and see if any disqualify either one of you. It may narrow your choices.

Your thread made me wonder, what if i want to team drive but don't have brother, relative or friends, do they just assign someone from the area to drive with me?

So after i finish school me and my brother plan on team driving and hopefully living on the west coast we just wanted to know what are some good companies to look into ?

I drive team for Celadon with my boyfriend. Brian is right, most companies are going to welcome teams with open arms, so you have a lot of choices.

Your thread made me wonder, what if i want to team drive but don't have brother, relative or friends, do they just assign someone from the area to drive with me?

They will, but what are your reasons for wanting to drive team? For people who don't know each other prior to getting on the truck teaming isn't usually worth the headaches involved.

Your thread made me wonder, what if i want to team drive but don't have brother, relative or friends, do they just assign someone from the area to drive with me?

Mario, companies really, really like teams. Besides training, I've never driven team style. But most companies do their best to match you up with someone you can work well with.

Remember there's two of you living in a small box 24 hours a day. Better be some way to work/ live together.

Howling Wolf wrote:

So after i finish school me and my brother plan on team driving and hopefully living on the west coast we just wanted to know what are some good companies to look into ?

Like Errol, I have only experienced team driving during my 6 weeks of road training. Sleeping on a truck that is moving at highway speeds was always an issue for me. There are drivers who can totally tolerate it. I am not one of them.

A quick search on "team driving" will net many archived threads on the subject. Type team driving in the search bar found in the upper left corner of each TT webpage. Press enter and it will return archived threads on the subject you chose, like the link below:

The tough reality of OTR team driving