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If you are a company driver, then yes, it is forced dispatch. If you go lease, however, you can deny any load. So, as a company driver, I doubt you would be able to refuse meat loads, unless you're able to get onto a specific account, like Kraft. I believe they haul mostly cheese and stuff like that.

Good morning. I never heard of Pam. Unfortunately, most, if not all OTR (Over The Road) companies will require you to work all 7 days. I keep the Sabbath, but as a trucker I still have to drive during, unless I'm on home time. If having the sabbath off is a necessity, I would look into a local company or a company like TMC. They are a flatbed company, however. But they work 5 days and off on the weekends. That's a company I've been considering going with. I hope this helps. You can reach out for further details or more questions. Sorry for the late response.

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Thank you so much, I try to be as informative as possible

No problem bro

Yea, I've definitely gotten better over time. However, I hear negative things from folks with years of experience. To date, this is still the tightest spot I've been to. I've never seen anyone get in quickly. Definitely a tough spot for new and experienced drivers, even locals that go weekly.

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I would say it's 50/50. Just depends on how you drive your clock to be honest. There's usually no specific night or day drive. Some choose to drive at night and some like me choose to drive during the day. When I was solo, I rarely drove at night. And I believe it's like 90% reefer here, we don't even carry dry van, our sometimes dry loads are still on a reefer trailer.

We do mostly food grade like candy and produce

Okay, yeah I hate driving at night. I’ll drive into the night but don’t wanna start up at night. Have a hard time staying awake lol. And okay that’s good. Being that the economy is so bad sounds like KLLM isn’t having any trouble being that y’all haul that kind of freight. I just put in my application but probably won’t hear from them until Monday. Preciate you commenting back pretty fast. Ik it’s tiring answering the same questions on different videos lol I had my own channel at one point

@Jeremiah-uh5lq It's all good, bro, lol. But yea. I haven't seen much of a change since I started

Unfortunately no I will be training a new student this sunday. I appreciate you for reaching out, however.

Tell me about it, lol. I still don't know what it's for.

@@bigsmoothtruckin it’s for a person to be able to lay in the sleeper and not fly out of it while another is driving! Like a seatbelt….a sleeper belt. The buckles are on the edge of the bed.

That's so dope and smart!! I'm glad you told me that.

A sleeper belt

Eh. So far, I'm liking it, but it's a little early to say whether or not I recommend it, still feeling it out. So far, good and bad weeks have arrived. That's kinda why I haven't made a video yet.

Honestly it's some of the best. One of the best companies starting out in my opinion

Oh wow! That's insane!

You just go to a blue beacon and they'll see you're a kllm driver and that's it. They just ask for your truck and trailer number and they don't need a check or card or anything. KLLM has an account with them.

Tru but sometimes I'm not around a bb I'm asking how do you do the proper steps so you it won't come out your check you get what I'm askin

Bc last few trailer washout its been takin out my check I do macro 19 an 56

Oh. You can ask if they accept EFS checks. If yes, you can do it that way. Otherwise, you, unfortunately, would have to do it the way you have been.

Only 3 cents short of 60cpm. Where are you coming from?

@@bigsmoothtruckin bro let’s not act like them 3 cents don’t matter now lol I’m coming from Jacksonville fl tho

Lmao, in trucking, every cent counts. I'm just an optimistic person, so I always talk on the good side of things, lol. It's still higher than a lot of starter companies, from what I see. It sucks that it changed, though. What company did you start with?

I agree 100%

I believe so when I did the math myself. Not bad at all.

I believe so when I did the math myself. Not bad at all

@@bigsmoothtruckin I plan on getting my 15 months done with KLLM and then coming back and doing dump trucks. The companies out here pay $32 an hour with 0 experience dumping asphalt. I just gotta get some $$$ saved up for bills during the training portion of KLLM.

Most definitely! Bro, that's a solid plan! Why 15 months if they higher with 0 experience, though? Your contract would be up after 12 months.

It has to be through their academy or have at least 3 months of experience

I would, but unfortunately, I don't train women. I have a fiancée and out of respect, I wouldn't unless it was someone we knew personally.

@@bigsmoothtruckin got it completely understandable

That's pretty odd. I'm not sure how that happened

Right, and they suck. Especially as a new driver.

Oh wow! That's a blessing. I would be careful with that, though. Don't tell the wrong person, or they'd change it. Blessings, bro!

I'd put it like this, I word certain things certain ways because I do RUclips, and KLLM actually watch my videos. But I would rather lose my job than my life. And I feel you on the speed, lol. Even going 70 now, a lot of people go 68mph, and it kills me because it takes a minute to pass them only going 2 miles faster.

DEFINITELY get it through KLLM. They pay you to get it and then you're hired immediately. If you get it yourself, you'll need 3 months of experience before starting with KLLM.

@@bigsmoothtruckin how long is the the process with them as far as getting CDL? And what’s the pay while you’re getting them? Just wondering cause I have a house I still have to pay rent on …

21 days in school (I can't remember the pay, but either 250 or 500) and 6 weeks of training on the road, and that's 800 a week, no taxes if you have a MS drivers license.

Shoot my IG Big_Smooth_Truckin bro

Yes sirrrrrr! I've been slacking but imma start working on those videos for yall bro!🙏🏽

They have Opti idle, for the Pete's I believe they can idle all night long (so I heard) And thanks brother!🙏🏽This is one of the hardest decisions I've made thus far

Absolutely, bro. You can hit my IG at Big_Smooth_Truckin, and we can set up a time to call. I don't mind talking and answering questions brother

In trucking, nothing is guaranteed, but I normally get more miles than that, I hit 3k miles pretty often. With you not having many bills and stuff, switching should be pretty easy. No driver facing cameras, but some that face the road. At one point, some had to wait, but when my student upgraded, they had one ready for him right away.

You can hit me on Instagram brother. I think I responded to you on there

Dang. That's what's up, we sure were at the terminal on Friday too. Lol. That's what's up. Hopefully I'll run into you one day when you aren't busy🙏🏽🙏🏽Stay safe out on the road bro🙏🏽

@@bigsmoothtruckin Come to find out that my room mate that i just met said he spoke to you about training him. His name is Ronnie. We are in the same class. We both tested out successfully.

Congratulations to the both of you!!🙏🏽💪🏽💪🏽I really good yall got some good trainers too!

Honestly, I'm not too sure what that is.

As far as taxes, that's on you so your responsibility. That's what I'm nervous about still. As far as permits, I believe they take care of all of that for use.

Absolutely! It's part of the trucking life. Gotta just accept it. But it's not too bad in my opinion. Just life

Absolutely!!

Dang, hoe long have you been with them. And are you OTR??

That's the reason KLLM has one of the best lease programs. At the end of the lease term I'll own the truck 100%

it's a lease purchase deal as you own the truck if you complete. walk away means that you can terminate the lease at anytime if you want to and won't be liable.

@@terrygamble986 EXACTLY!! Thank you for the simple breakdown, I couldn't have said it better!🙏🏽

​@@bigsmoothtruckinhow long is the lease terms?

I believe 5 years for solo drivers and 2 ½ for team or trainers

Yes sirrrr

I’m up there for orientation right now and saw u

@jacobymilsteed9456 Oh fr? Which one. I saw a lot of people today. Lol

I’m stay in Jackson Ms bro I’m kinda nervous for school. Was you ?

@@Btf.Damon1 nahh jus paying attention wat they teaching u and you good. I was nervous the day I had to take my actual pre trip test and backing test bc it’s jus u there they just watching and not gonna say if u mess up or not

I can find out pretty quickly. Shoot me a message on Instagram, and I can send you a picture of before and after taxes of the entirety of last year

@@bigsmoothtruckin I don't have instagram...was just wonder roughly what you made in a year (60k...70K at KLLM)..no picture needed.

@jl909-nr5vx oh okay. I made 72 before tax, and I believe around 10k in taxes? So about 60k after. I think I might have put it a pay video but I honestly don't remember if I did or not

Yea. I have the last pay check with all the info in the video titled "update: kllm pay/Yearly income"

@@bigsmoothtruckin That's about standard OTR annual pay. Would you say you took off a total of maybe 50-60 days through out the year last year...or did you work 365 days last year non stop?

Thanks bro! I appreciate that. I'm hoping for the best🙏🏽🙏🏽

How much did you take home after taxes in the last 11 months?

@@jl909-nr5vx i’m single with no dependents but right under 50000 after taxes, could’ve been more but i did training for 4 weeks so didn’t get paid as much as i would with my own truck and had to wait 3 additional weeks for a truck when i upgraded and they don’t pay you during that time

Most definitely, bro! I still gotta meet you, man. I remember you from day one, I believe you were actually my first subscriber man, I appreciate your support so much, man. And that one year mark gonna feel nice!

@@jl909-nr5vx i netted a little over 50000, could’ve been a bit more but i had 4 weeks with training pay and an additional 3 weeks of not getting paid while waiting for a truck once i finished otr training.

Congratulations. You have great content - very helpful for someone considering the industry, and KLLM. Looking forward to your next video. You really are helping people. You and Steve Sliff - good people. Thank you again.

I appreciate it brother🙏🏽💪🏽

@@bigsmoothtruckin Hey if you will say a prayer for my son he’s on a trainer truck with KLLM he has about two weeks left but he’s struggling being away from home

How has he been holding up?

Yes sirrrrrrr! Appreciate you big bro, always. I'm glad I recognized your name, lol

Yess sirrrr! Appreciate the love from the mother land, brother! Imma try and stay consistent with it!💪🏽🙏🏽

It depends on what you mean by 4×4. I haven't heard of many jobs offering 4 days on 4 days off. But honestly, in trucking, 2k a month is super easy, once you start with that local company, you'll find out that it's easily obtainable. 4k a month isn't too hard either. Now if you meant 2k a week. That'll be different

@@bigsmoothtruckin oh I meant 2k take home a week 😂 my bad lol

Most definitely! I do my best. And I believe they do hire out of east coast but I don't know if they do for the school. And they let you take the truck home if you live far enough from the terminal. So I do take my truck home each time.

Well my friend, if you did that, you'll make a whole lotta money. Because you still will get paid hometime so that will be an extra $1,400 every 7 weeks on top of the miles you ran

I made a video on how to do a 90° back, send that to him. That should help out quite a bit. And thank you brother🙏🏽