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Now hiring CDL-A regional drivers

Drive with us. Be home weekends.

Regional runs out of our Indianapolis yard, Monday to Friday. An assigned truck, a dispatcher who knows your name, and your weekends back.

Apply in 5 minutes Call (317) 958-4718

The job, in numbers

  • $0.64 to $0.70a mile, all miles, paid weekly by direct deposit
  • $1,250 to $1,550typical weekly gross with stop pay, first-year drivers
  • 1,800 to 2,200miles a week, most weeks
  • 55+ hrsat home every weekend

A normal week

What home weekly looks like here.

Lanes are built to come back loaded, so the week ends near the yard instead of 600 miles out.

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Home
  1. MonRoll out by 5 AM. Indy to Chicago, reload for Grand Rapids.
  2. TueGrand Rapids to Cleveland. Sleep near the next morning’s dock.
  3. WedCleveland to Columbus, reload a reefer for Louisville. Shower and park at a terminal we pay for.
  4. ThuLouisville to St. Louis, reload for Cincinnati.
  5. FriSt. Louis to Cincinnati, then home through the gate by evening.
  6. Sat & SunYours. We don't call unless you ask us to.

An example week. Your lanes depend on the account you're assigned to.

Pay and benefits

The pay, written down.

No sign-on bonus that disappears in the fine print. Here's what's on the offer letter.

Mileage
$0.64 to $0.70 a mile, all miles, by years of experience
Stop pay
$25 a stop after the first
Detention
$20 an hour after 2 hours
Layover
$150 a day, rare on our lanes
Insurance
Medical, dental and vision from day 30
Retirement
401(k) with a 4% match after 90 days
Time off
One week paid after year one, two after year three
Safety bonus
$500 a quarter, clean inspections and no preventable incidents

Your truck

Assigned to you. Kept up in our shop.

  • 2022 or newerAutomatic transmission, governed at 68 mph, 65 on cruise.
  • Built for sleepingAPU, inverter, fridge and a 72 in. sleeper with a real mattress.
  • Your unit, every weekYou park it Friday and it's waiting Monday, set up the way you left it.
  • Our own shopSix bays and seven techs at the yard. Something's wrong, it's fixed by people who know the truck.
Dale Kessler in the shop

Shop and safetyDale KesslerRuns the shop and the safety program. He holds a CDL too, so when you say the truck pulls left, he knows what you mean.

Who we're hiring

The short list.

  • Class A CDL, current medical card
  • 12 months of tractor-trailer experience in the last 3 years
  • 23 or older
  • Live within about 150 miles of Indianapolis
  • No more than 2 moving violations in 3 years
  • Hazmat endorsement is a plus, not a must
From a driver
My dispatcher has been the same person for four years. When I call, she already knows which load I'm on and what the dock is like.
CDL-A driver, four years with Switchback, Lebanon, IN

Quick apply

Five minutes now. A call within a day.

This isn't the full DOT application. It's enough for us to call you, answer your questions and send the rest if it's a fit.

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