CDL-A Regional Truck Driver - Weekend

CDL-A Regional Truck Driver - Home Every Weekend
Job Type: Driving

18 Wheels USA is hiring experienced solo CDL-A drivers for our Regional North fleet. You are home every weekend for 2 full days, start at 67 to 71 cents a mile, about $1,600 to $1,900 a week, and haul no-touch dry van freight.

Good to know up front: about 40% of loads run overnight, between 10 pm and 5 am, and you need a place to park the truck at home.

Pay

• 67 to 71 cents a mile to start, about $1,600 to $1,900 a week
• Paid on all miles, loaded and empty, weekly on Fridays
• Stop pay $75 per stop after the first pickup and delivery
• Detention $15 an hour after 1 hour; layover $140 after 34 hours; breakdown $100 the first day and $160 each day after
• Hazmat is not required; hazmat loads pay 3 cents a mile more (loaded miles)
• CSA safety bonus of $700 every 90 days plus 1 PTO day, and an on-road safety bonus of $650 every 90 days

Home Time

• Home every weekend for 2 full days (48 hours)
• Take the truck and empty trailer home, or drop the trailer at the customer and bobtail home

Lanes and Freight

• Hiring drivers who live in PA, OH, NJ, CT, MA, RI, MD and Northern VA
• 1,900 to 2,200 miles a week

Equipment

• Mostly  Freightliner Cascadia automatics (automatic restriction OK)
• 1500-watt inverter, fridge, TV, microwave and bunk heater
• 53-foot dry vans; trucks set at 65 mph (68 mph for 1 hour a day)
• Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match and paid time off
• Health benefits start the 1st of the month after 60 days
• Riders 10 years and older, one at a time
• No forced dispatch

Orientation

• Orientation starts Mondays in Columbus, OH, York, PA or Charlotte, NC and lasts 4-5 days
• $300 orientation pay; travel and a private hotel room are covered

Requirements

• Valid Class A CDL
• At least 9 months of recent OTR tractor-trailer experience within the last 2 years, including 2 months of winter OTR driving (December to February)
• We cannot hire drivers who hold a Texas CDL
• Able to pass a DOT physical and drug screen