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This month’s Featured Trucking Company is none other than USA Truck. Founded in 1989, USA Truck has consistently led the trucking industry in driver retention programs, recruiting efforts, and overall truck driver satisfaction. The company is headquartered in Van Buren, Arkansas, which sits right in the middle of USA Truck’s freight area. However, drivers for USA Truck can expect to see the entire country: the company does business in all 48 states and even the southern part of Canada.

USA Truck is an over-the-road medium haul trucking company, which means that its truck drivers remain on the road for up to 2 weeks at a time and drive about 900 miles per load. The company specializes in hauling general commodities and merchandise, so the type of freight that a driver hauls can be anything from toasters to glass to clothing. USA Truck’s customer list includes several Fortune 500 companies located all over the United States, so it’s no surprise that this trucking company has become stable and profitable in a constantly changing industry.

Although USA Truck may be a large corporation, it runs like a small office. Everyone at USA Truck knows that without their CDL licensed truck drivers, the company would never be able to operate, so their truckers are treated with great respect and admiration. Company driver Ray Gordon has nothing but positive things to say to anyone who’s considering a career with his company. “USA Truck is the best place to begin your career. I checked out several companies when I was ready to start my trucking career. USA Truck has the best offer overall – great pay, benefits, great people, and a paid CDL truck driver training program that helped me get my CDL. I couldn’t have asked for a better situation.”

Since its beginning, USA Truck has been committed to being the type of trucking company that any driver would love to work for. With a great pay scale, excellent benefits, and a truck driver training program that helps drivers earn their CDL, it’s no mystery why this profitable carrier is USA Truck Driving School’s first Featured Trucking Company for 2008!

USA Truck is a proud member of the Driver Solutions Network. Through its partnership with Driver Solutions, USA Truck offers a company-sponsored CDL training program with no upfront costs for entry level truck drivers. For more information on the Driver Solutions Network’s company-sponsored truck driver training program, click here.

Established in 1971 by current President and CEO Gary Sasser, Averitt Express has grown into a leading provider of freight transportation and supply chain management in over 100 countries around the world. Averitt is a privately owned company with its headquarters in Cookeville, Tennessee.

Averitt operates many different service divisions, including Truckload, Less Than Truckload, Time-Critical, Importing/Exporting, and Supply Chain Management. The company’s main service business, Truckload is the division where all newly hired drivers begin their trucking careers with Averitt. Roughly 70 percent of Averitt’s freight comes from the automotive industry and its client base includes several large Fortune 500 companies.

Averitt runs short to medium haul routes that are primarily in the Southeast and Midwest, which allows them to offer one of the best home time programs in the industry. On average, Averitt’s drivers spend 5 days on the road and are routed home every weekend! This is almost unheard of for over-the-road drivers, especially for entry-level truckers who are just getting started. Besides its great home time, Averitt also prides itself in having limited touch freight that prevents drivers from having to load or unload their trucks for deliveries.

Averitt’s truck fleet consists of over 4,000 tractors and 11,000 trailers that travel to over 100 company-operated service centers around the country. Their largest division, Truckload, operates around 1,200 tractors with a fleet of Volvo, Freightliner, and Peterbilt machines that are an average of 3 years old or newer. Averitt also offers a company-sponsored CDL training program for those without any truck driving experience who wants to get started in the industry. The company will even pay any upfront tuition costs for its students!

For the past several years, P.A.M. Transport has been recognized as one of America's most successful and profitable truckload carriers. P.A.M. Transport is currently looking to hire more drivers along their major freight lanes.  The trucking company continues to lead the industry with it's well-known, high quality CDL training program.  Folks looking to begin a careers as professional truck drivers owe to themselves to consider the truck driving job options available with PAM Transport.  Their company-sponsored CDL training program is a hassle-free method to getting started in a great trucking career. 

P.A.M. Transport is a publicly-traded trucking company based in Tontitown, AR. The company operates six divisions – the flagship P.A.M. Transport, P.A.M. Dedicated, Allen Freight, Choctaw Express, McNeil Express and Decker Transport - with a combined 1,800 trucks and drivers.

The company is an irregular route, common carrier, which means they haul just about anything anyone wants to ship on a truck - except refrigerated products. While the company is authorized to operate in the 48 contiguous states and portions of southern Canada, their primary routes are in the Midwest, Southeast and East Coast.

P.A.M. Transport’s customers include several Fortune 500 companies. About 85% of the loads are "drop and hook" and don't require drivers to assist in the loading/unloading of the trailer.

Currently, new drivers that completed the company-sponsored CDL training program are eligible for a $500 student sign-on bonus.  See the P.A.M. Transport website for more details.

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