North Carolina
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North Carolina
I think I'm moving to NC this fall/winter. Any ideas on Companies down that way?
#2
Depends what kind of company your looking for. Flatbed, Van, Tanker? OTR, Regional, Local?
Food Lion(Regional/Local Reefer) has a decent thing, based out of Salisbury, NC Maverick(OTR Flatbed) has their Specialized based out of Laurinburg, NC. That is just 2 of many down there.
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Re: North Carolina
Originally Posted by jonp
I think I'm moving to NC this fall/winter. Any ideas on Companies down that way?
If you're sick of all the stupid New England liberals and their stupid tricks, might as well stay put...down here in western NC we've been overrun with them over the last 10 years. To answer your original question, here's a couple from the Hickory area: Sain & Heavner (actually in Vail, still Catawba county) Harold Shull Caldwell Motor Lines CommScope (private carrier) Merchants Distributors Inc (commonly referred to as MDI) Thomas and Howard (restocks convenient stores) There are more...the first four are OTR, the bottom two are regional/local.
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Originally Posted by JeffTheTerrible
Where in NC are you moving to? This state isn't exactly small, after all.
Also, if cost of living is a problem I would avoid the west where I live in the mountains. If you like housing that *starts* at $275,000 come to the Asheville area. East of Raleigh is cheaper living but HOT in the summer, boring and flat. Central NC is mostly the Piedmont lots of counties where all the plants have closed and unemployment is high, but hey cost of living is low! Hickory is my old home ground LOTS of trucking companies used to be based in Hickory, miss seeing the old ones like Tallant and Dietz motor lines, don't know if Gaines is still around but I will say if you can't score a trucking job in Hickory either your driving record sucks, you have a criminal history or you just ain't trying.
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lol, we know all about new england liberals here in vermont, we are also overrun with flatlanders from conneticut/mass/new york who moved up here for the way of life and changed it into the shithole they just left.
No, my girlfriend and I are looking to move south so we can ride our motorcycles year round. Thinking of the Charlottle area
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almost forgot: tanker/flatbed/box dosnt really matter to me. However, I dont want to go over the road for weeks at a time anymore. 16years of that is enough. Thinking of day-runs or something with weekends off.
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Originally Posted by jonp
No, my girlfriend and I are looking to move south so we can ride our motorcycles year round. Thinking of the Charlottle area
I recommend Person County, Roxboro area. Small town stuff, but close enough to the triad for good employment and higher end night life. Good flatbed area with all the lumber mills nearby.
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I grew up in Charlotte. Unless you just like cities or your wife needs one for work I would look towards the central part of the state.
Old Dominion is based in Thomasville and run nothing but day cabs pulling doubles Superior Carriers have terminals in both Charlotte and High Point for Tankers. You could have 95% of your weekends off with them.
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Originally Posted by jonp
lol, we know all about new england liberals here in vermont, we are also overrun with flatlanders from conneticut/mass/new york who moved up here for the way of life and changed it into the shithole they just left.
No, my girlfriend and I are looking to move south so we can ride our motorcycles year round. Thinking of the Charlottle area Hickory is 1 hour northwest of Charlotte, between Charlotte, Hickory and Gastonia you should be able to find something that suits your needs. |
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