Forward Air of Greenville, Tenn., notes a two-driver team can travel 5,800 miles every week and gross up to $392,000 per year before expenses.Shaffer, an arm of Crete, advertises permissible 65-mile-per-hour cruise speeds. Crete Carrier of Lincoln., Neb., boasts 7% more mileage than the industry norm.Total Transportation of Richland, Miss., touts it will pay weigh-in fees and provide a $2,500 signing bonus.Covenant Transport of Chattanooga offers drivers a run home every other week and guarantees $100-per-day late pay.Posted on semi-trailers, the ads boast experienced heavy-truck drivers can land big bonuses, up to $8,000.Īnd it's not the only inducement to change jobs: Woodson sees these ads regularly on passing trucks during his milk run to Little Rock. Towing a tanker full of milk from Florida, professional driver Joe Woodson pulls off for eggs and coffee at a massive Pilot Flying J truck stop in West Memphis.Īmong the heavy trucks refueling at the diesel pumps are some that show the new sign of the times: ads recruiting truck drivers. Watch Video: Trucker recalls an 'industry of abuse'
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