Team Driver Dry Van Over the Road

**CDL-A Company Teams in Fort Smith, AR**

**Top Pay: $85-100K per Driver**

**Western Distributing was established after prohibition and has been family-owned and operated since. In 1977 our CEO purchased 6 brand new Peterbilts of the prettiest blue, highest horsepower, and with the most driver luxuries to deliver our liquor, wine, and beer. One day he decided to haul beans on an empty outbound Reefer truck and the rest is history. We have since grown adding Armored and Towing to our offerings.**

****Armored Driver Benefits****

* Above Average Pay: $85-100K PER DRIVER

* Home one day for every week out

* Medical, Dental, & Vision (90% company backed coverage for employee)

* Prescription (Preventative with $0 Co-pay)

* 401k with company-match up to 6%

* Company Sponsored Life Insurance

* Tuition Reimbursement

* Scholarship program for Employees Children

* Paid Time Off (Sick & Vacation)

* Safety Bonus paid quarterly

* Driver Referral Bonus

* Peterbilt trucks

****Driver Requirements****

* Class A CDL

* Must be a ready-made Team

* 3 years of experience

* You have or can obtain a concealed carry license

**Team Drivers**

The information below provides insight into how working as a Team Driver may meet your expected lifestyle, work into your long-term career plans, and provide the working environment you seek.

A team driver is a driver operating with a partner who shares driving duties and other tasks with the other partner. Delivery is much faster than utilizing a single driver, as Hours of Service regulations can be met for one driver while the other is resting. Team drivers often consist of spouses driving together or partners in an owner-operator situation. Likewise, an owner-operator may hire on another driver for the sole purpose of serving as part of a two-man team.

In some cases, a team can be formed by two individuals who may own a truck together or when one works for the other driver. But more frequently team drivers are the result of carrier or company programs that pair up drivers to provide the benefits a team arrangement offers. Of course, these teams must be carefully selected and monitored. People do not get along for a variety of reasons. A team that gets along well, communicates, and has similar goals and expectations of the job is going to be far more efficient and productive than a team that does not like driving together.

There is nothing as important to team driving as the personal relationships built between the partners. Aside from the personal characteristics needed to be a good truck driver, a Team Driver must be able to work day-in and day-out with a partner. Youll likely recognize that a team driving arrangement complicates and trumps any other issue you may run into in terms of personal characteristics.

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Different types of materials require different types of trailers, and each type of trailer offers drivers its own challenges. Therefore, it is important to understand what is required to not only drive your truck and your freight, but the trailer you are pulling as well.

Dry vans are likely the most basic type of trailer in the industry and the type beginning drivers are likely haul upon gaining their first jobs. A dry van is normally a 53-foot box-like trailers loaded with non-perishable good (think of the historical term of dry goods store, and the type of products they sold).

Typically, dry vans can be hauled by anyone holding the appropriate classification of CDL.

If the cargo is considered hazardous or includes hazardous materials, an (H), Hazardous Materials, or (X), Hazardous Materials/Tanker endorsement is needed.

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Truck driving route type vary within the industry and are dependent on several factors including interstate trucking requirements, route planning, type of cargo hauled, frequency, hazardous materials restrictions, driver experience, etc.

**Over the Road (OTR) Routes** are likely those that most people with minimal knowledge of the trucking industry envision drivers working. OTR routes can be regional with occasional outside of region assignments or they may be cross-country to make one delivery or several along the way. OTR drivers are generally paid by the mile and are on the road for much of the year with limited home time.

Driving experience* Trailer Experience* Job Overview Team Driver

Dry Van

Over the Road

Fort Smith, AR

$85-100K

Required endorsement:

None

Required experience:

3-4 years

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A commercial driver's license (CDL) is a driver's license required to operate large, heavy, or placarded hazardous material vehicles in commerce in the US. The type or class of CDL a truck driver needs depends on the type of commercial motor vehicle operated. A truck driver may hold a CDL in one of three classes: Class A, Class B, and Class C.

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* **Company Driver**: Drivers employed by a specific company that maintains its own fleet of trucks. Companies can be (1) trucking carriers that exist for the sole purpose of transporting freight of others, or (2) companies that carry its own freight to support its own companys product or service.

* **Lease-Purchase**: Drivers hired by carriers where the truck is leased to the driver for a fee until the truck is paid off and the driver assumes ownership of the truck.

* **Owner Operator (OO)**: Drivers who own the truck he or she operates as an independent business. Owner operators can also be referred to as "independent contractors."

* **Team Driver**: Drivers operating with a partner who shares driving duties and other tasks with the other partner.

Driver Type refers to employment situations or driving arrangements in which a truck driver operates. The most common truck driver arrangements include:

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