Deciding Between Western Express And Hogan
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I'm in a situation where I have my cdl but I had to wait a few months for a few things to fall off my record before some companies would hire me, so here I am, I spent the last couple weeks researching companies and talking to recruiters and waiting on phone calls and I got OKs from several companies such as Western express, Hogan, pride, and I loved pride they had sexy trucks and they trained and they had a flat bed fleet but the downside is they don't train on their flat bed fleet and that's what I wanted to do with them so I marked them off my list until maybe after I get more experience so now I'm choosing between Western express and Hogan and Hogan is offering 1100 a week after the training and home time every week end which I thought would be a good way to get my trucker legs under me as I start a new carrier but Western express has flat bed and that's what I want but they don't have a rout through my area where I'd get weekends off which kinda sucks cause a weekend would be nice but they said they could lease me a truck and I'd be my own boss and could take weekends off whenever I want but that sound great! But so shady at the same time but I'd like to own my own truck some day but starting out right out of the gate as a lease operator sounds like too much stress pressure and responsibility for a rookie, but anyways let me know what you professional brother truckers think would be a good idea, thank you for reading and God bless
To me, getting into a lease program right out after starting would be a BAD idea, specially if you don't have any business experience. I'm not a trucker yet nor have I gone to school yet but the lease program to me is a bad idea from the get go but guess we all have to learn sometime or another. I really hope this insight helps you dude.
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Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
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I'm in a situation where I have my cdl but I had to wait a few months for a few things to fall off my record before some companies would hire me, so here I am, I spent the last couple weeks researching companies and talking to recruiters and waiting on phone calls and I got OKs from several companies such as Western express, Hogan, pride, and I loved pride they had sexy trucks and they trained and they had a flat bed fleet but the downside is they don't train on their flat bed fleet and that's what I wanted to do with them so I marked them off my list until maybe after I get more experience so now I'm choosing between Western express and Hogan and Hogan is offering 1100 a week after the training and home time every week end which I thought would be a good way to get my trucker legs under me as I start a new carrier but Western express has flat bed and that's what I want but they don't have a rout through my area where I'd get weekends off which kinda sucks cause a weekend would be nice but they said they could lease me a truck and I'd be my own boss and could take weekends off whenever I want but that sound great! But so shady at the same time but I'd like to own my own truck some day but starting out right out of the gate as a lease operator sounds like too much stress pressure and responsibility for a rookie, but anyways let me know what you professional brother truckers think would be a good idea, thank you for reading and God bless
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.