Commercial Wrecker Industry Advise?

Darkbloodmon said:
Fair. But I'll let my work speak for itself.
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I hear ya man, and I ain’t knocking you.
To a business owner if you run a call perfectly and collect his money you have done the bare minimum. You have met code.
Focus on how you can increase his profitability and that will increase your pay
 
Darkbloodmon said:
They worked kinda...... back story is the guy bought them for the tires which I do all the time but..... iirc some Nissan wheels use a protrusion style lug nut that centers the wheel instead of a conical seat like the Tahoe has. He had a shop put them on and they essentially said "ok OJ", slammed the wheels on there using the hub bore to center the wheel and impacted the conical lugs on. The Infinity wheels have a flat face seat for the lug nuts.
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Wait they put lug centric wheels on a hub centric vehicle? regardless of the type of lug nuts that’s gonna vibrate like crazy
 
Ron said:
I hear ya man, and I ain’t knocking you.
To a business owner if you run a call perfectly and collect his money you have done the bare minimum. You have met code.
Focus on how you can increase his profitability and that will increase your pay
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Noted
 
Ron said:
Wait they put lug centric wheels on a hub centric vehicle? regardless of the type of lug nuts that’s gonna vibrate like crazy
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He didn't get very far down the road to notice a vibration, hit a nail dead center in tread on the RR. The tires were pretty meaty for a used set albeit on the older side of rubber pliability.
 
Figured I'd just tack this on to this existing thread. Got my unrestricted CDL A this past March, if you're interested in the details of the program for the school I went to just DM me, I would recommend it.

I've been sending out a lot of apps to local Commercial Wrecker companies in my area and phone calling offices for follow/ups but I'm not sure if its just HR that's bottle necking the process or my lack of experience. Gonna follow up call again on Monday, but at this point I'm ready to leave AAA.

My backup plan if I couldn't stay with towing was getting some OTR experience. One of the companies I was looking at was TMC trucking (To Much Chrome), Flat bed only and regional. I see so many of these trucks running daily back and forth while on shift driving for AAA. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with them. They have some Charlotte postings available and I'm very familiar with Charlotte and majority of SC in my day to day with AAA. They have manual trucks which is a plus for me at least.

Thoughts? Advise?
 
Darkbloodmon said:
Figured I'd just tack this on to this existing thread. Got my unrestricted CDL A this past March, if you're interested in the details of the program for the school I went to just DM me, I would recommend it.

I've been sending out a lot of apps to local Commercial Wrecker companies in my area and phone calling offices for follow/ups but I'm not sure if its just HR that's bottle necking the process or my lack of experience. Gonna follow up call again on Monday, but at this point I'm ready to leave AAA.

My backup plan if I couldn't stay with towing was getting some OTR experience. One of the companies I was looking at was TMC trucking (To Much Chrome), Flat bed only and regional. I see so many of these trucks running daily back and forth while on shift driving for AAA. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with them. They have some Charlotte postings available and I'm very familiar with Charlotte and majority of SC in my day to day with AAA. They have manual trucks which is a plus for me at least.

Thoughts? Advise?
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If you want to make money but stay “local”/ regional. TMC isn’t for you. I’d expound but it doesn’t need it. They spend all thier money on their trucks and big accounts not you the driver.
 
skyhighZJ said:
If you want to make money but stay “local”/ regional. TMC isn’t for you. I’d expound but it doesn’t need it. They spend all thier money on their trucks and big accounts not you the driver.
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Local/Regional isn't a deal breaker. Making money is. I was interested in TMC and their driver training program, I heard they had quite alot of testing and not many graduates compared to the starting orientation class size. For me at least I translated that to "We have standards, and are willing to apply them" everything being relative that spoke volumes more about their company compared to the place holders AAA is hiring. The testing/training isn't a buzz kill for me.

Almost every time I have a day or weekend off and someone drives my truck it comes back with damage, The deff and fuel tanks are empty, and its filled with trash and crumbs.

Do you have any other suggestions? I'm interested in flat bed/low boy weather its odd ball materials, or heavy vehicle/equipment moving.
 
Darkbloodmon said:
Local/Regional isn't a deal breaker. Making money is. I was interested in TMC and their driver training program, I heard they had quite alot of testing and not many graduates compared to the starting orientation class size. For me at least I translated that to "We have standards, and are willing to apply them" everything being relative that spoke volumes more about their company compared to the place holders AAA is hiring. The testing/training isn't a buzz kill for me.

Almost every time I have a day or weekend off and someone drives my truck it comes back with damage, The deff and fuel tanks are empty, and its filled with trash and crumbs.

Do you have any other suggestions? I'm interested in flat bed/low boy weather its odd ball materials, or heavy vehicle/equipment moving.
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I’ll expound further tomorrow when I haven’t been enjoying the fruits (and grains) of the earth. Lol. Or shoot me a text tomorrow and we can talk. (304) 777-6888
 
skyhighZJ said:
I’ll expound further tomorrow when I haven’t been enjoying the fruits (and grains) of the earth. Lol. Or shoot me a text tomorrow and we can talk. (304) 777-6888
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Much appreciated, I'll send you a text tomorrow.
 
Try fedex or ups they have day trip semi drivers that daily routes from state to state. My brother works for fedex and he takes day run trips often to break up the daily city delivery's. Also check with csx they have trouble getting cdl drivers.
 
We get lumber from quite a few vendors who sub out their deliveries to Maverick and Averitt. The Averitt drivers speak very fondly of their pay rate and scale. More than the others do.
Weyerhauser Distribution is in Concord and uses Maverick FWIW
 
I've got an uncle and cousin that have a broker, one local runs has his own truck, the other he is gone for the week with company truck. They both make good money. Especially now with freight being so high. They got in with a broker that takes care of them, they get to cherry pick the loads.
If you want I might be able to help with a Fed Ex job. Neighbor is a manager and maybe could put in a word for you. Message me if you want me to ask.
 
No fries said:
I've got an uncle and cousin that have a broker, one local runs has his own truck, the other he is gone for the week with company truck. They both make good money. Especially now with freight being so high. They got in with a broker that takes care of them, they get to cherry pick the loads.
If you want I might be able to help with a Fed Ex job. Neighbor is a manager and maybe could put in a word for you. Message me if you want me to ask.
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Dry van otr Freight is actually barely profitable right now with trucking companies closing weekly, and if we don't get back to producing shit it will only get worse. After the next fuel spike you'll see a lot less trucks on the road for a few years.

That being said, as a green CDL holder you're most likely going to have to take a job with one of the majors making shit pay for a couple years.
 
They are not van, both are tractors with flat beds. Always have as much work as they want. Guess it's all in the broker that finds them work.
 
Your broker or handler is alway where you make it break it. Guy I went to school with went to work for a large flatbed company cause they promised big $$ if he ran for them. He is single /no attachments and loves being on the road. His pay fluctuated badly because he would get a good set of dispatches then get some shit loads/runs. He understood to a point being the greenhorn but when he would bring it up his dispatcher would blow it off or even let him set when he was burning his hrs. He finally went over their head to corporate and got under a different dispatcher and is now staying very consistent.
 
LT1JEEP said:
Try fedex or ups they have day trip semi drivers that daily routes from state to state. My brother works for fedex and he takes day run trips often to break up the daily city delivery's. Also check with csx they have trouble getting cdl drivers.
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@tobaccoroad4wd may know a thing or two about this topic
 
jeepinmatt said:
@tobaccoroad4wd may know a thing or two about this topic
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I do. The likelihood of you starting at UPS and immediately driving is slim to none. Even with a CDL and driving experience. Everything is based on seniority.

FedEx hires drivers, but they are independently owned in each area. (The tractors will say “operated by Joe Shmos Logistics” or something that that, and that’s who you want to contact.
 
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