⚡ We're hiring company drivers and lease to own drivers.
If you'd rather not tarp in the snow, you can run reefer for the winter and go back to open deck in the spring.
This is an OTR position: you'll be out on the road 3-4 weeks at a time.
Company driver
✔️ Flatbed, stepdeck and conestoga: 32% of gross. Trucks gross $12,000-$16,000 a week, so you make $3,840-$5,120
✔️ Reefer and dry van: 30% of gross, $3,000-$4,500 a week
✔️ Or CPM from $0.80/mile
✔️ Team drivers: 32% of gross
✔️ Bonuses up to $500 for clean DOT inspections
Lease to own
✔️ Keep 88% of the gross. Trucks gross $10,000-$16,000 a week, so your 88% comes to $8,800-$14,080 before fuel, the truck payment and other expenses
✔️ You pick the trailer: flatbed, stepdeck, conestoga, reefer or dry van
✔️ Owner-operators with their own truck: 88% of gross
Either way
✔️ 2024-27 Cascadias with a fridge, microwave and inverter
✔️ Maintenance in our own shop in Illinois
✔️ Every dispatcher has 5+ years of experience, driver support 24/7
✔️ If you live in or near Illinois, you can be home every 2 weeks
✔️ Paid weekly, 1099
Requirements
✔️ Class A CDL and 2+ years of verifiable OTR experience, including 6+ months on the trailer type you'll run
✔️ Clean record, no SAP (minor violations OK; not-at-fault accidents OK with a police report)
📞 Call or text (815) 846-0980, or fill out the form at paladiumtrans.com.
Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.