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SPONSORED INFORMATION SECTION Top Fleet News Drive for Catch the OVERSIZE load rebound at Daily Express! We need trucks! Daily Express has immediate need to add trucks! There are many freight opportunities for owner operators to take advantage of right now including plentiful agricultural machinery, construction equipment, mining equipment, and windmills. Daily Express expects a fantastic season of wind energy freight including tower sections, cells, blades, and components. Your fuel surcharge will increase with the weight of your load. We also provide an empty mile fuel surcharge as protection against rising fuel costs. Save money on truck insurance, fuel purchases, tires and parts. Pull our trailer or yours: We provide stepdeck, RGN Lowboy, and multi-axle heavy haul trailers for no cost or rental fee. Maverick announces pay increase Maverick Transportation, LLC announced another pay raise for current and potential drivers, eff ective June 6, 2010. This equates to an overall $.06/mile pay increase over the last 30 days for incoming, experienced Maverick drivers. In addition, a new $500 sign on bonus was also announced. “A lot of very exciting things are happening for drivers at Maverick,” said Brad Vaughn, director of recruiting. “We have multiple opportunities in several divisions including our new temp control division, an expanded hiring area, dedicated positions, higher pay and a sign-on bonus. There has never been a better time to join the Maverick fl eet.” To learn more about the driving opportunities available with Maverick Transportation call the recruiting department at 800-289-1100 or visit the website at www.drivemaverick.com. Opportunities abound at Swift At Swift, we accept the challenge of supporting drivers uniquely. We have immediate needs for company drivers, haz-mat teams and students throughout the country. We have a variety of OTR, regional and dedicated positions open within the U.S. We’re on a journey to become a best-in- class carrier, and we’re looking for drivers who share that goal. Call now to talk to a recruiter and join our team. If home is East call: 866-308-5954; if home is West call: 866-308-6317, or visit our website: www.joinswift.com Your experience is worth its weight in orange Experienced drivers deserve more perks. That’s where we come in. Experienced drivers don’t have to jump through hoops to get the things they deserve at Schneider. They just have to be great at what they do. And our drivers are. Don’t you deserve more? Get what you need as a Schneider Driver: • We’re hiring 2,000 drivers RIGHT NOW • New business wins are providing top miles • Sign-on bonuses may apply • Better home time – 75% of our drivers get home weekly To learn more about driving opportunities with Schneider National, please visit www.schneiderjobs. com or call 1-800-44-PRIDE. Quality Based in Tampa, Fla., Quality Carriers remains the largest and most technologically advanced bulk transportation company in North America. They maintain a fl eet of more than 7,500 stainless steel and customized trailers and have added pneumatic tanks in strategic areas as well as day cabs for company positions. Quality Carriers has a nationwide network of state of the art full-service terminals. To become a professional driver for Quality Carriers or one of our Affi liate Partners, or to learn more about becoming an owner-operator, visit us online at www.Work4QC. com or call a recruiter at 866-250-3390. Join the Bulkmatic team! Looking for a challenge? Want to be more than a driver? For more than 30 years, Bulkmatic Transport Company has built its business by developing solid relationships with its customers and professional drivers and by providing solutions to customer and product challenges. Consider joining our team of dedicated transporta- tion services specialists. We don’t see it as merely another delivery, but an opportunity. Contact Bulkmatic Transport Company today at 800-956-0014, or www.bulkmatic.com, to learn more about becoming part of the Bulkmatic team. Transport America rewards success At Transport America, we’re working harder than ever for you. We have a number of opportunities with our OTR Division, our Dedicated Fleets and Lifestyle Fleets. With an emphasis on safety, pay, career advancement and miles, we off er company drivers and owner-operators a chance to drive for a carrier that rewards success. Build your career at Transport America, today. Contact us at 800-447-1211 or visit www.transportamerica.com for more information. Sammons off ers owner-operator sign-on bonus Sammons Trucking, Missoula, Mont., is looking for quality owner operators to join its team. Whether you own your own truck or are looking for a lease-purchase program, we’d appreciate the opportunity to show you what Sammons Trucking can do for you. We are a 100 percent owner-operator company and are currently off ering a $2,000 owner-operator sign-on bonus. Sammons has specialized in fl atbed and specialized hauling since 1962. We serve the entire U.S. and some parts of Canada. We have expanded our trailer capacity to include steps, double drops and RGNs, in addition to our base of fl atbeds. For information on becoming part of the Sammons team, call our recruiting department at (888) 252-2931, or e-mail us at sammons@sammonstrucking.com. 2 TOP FLEETS AUGUST 2010 Starting driver pay increased at Crete Crete Carrier Corporation is pleased to announce a $.03 pay increase for new national drivers at Crete Carrier, Shaff er Trucking, and Hunt Transportation, Inc., eff ective July 1, 2010. As many other carriers were cutting driver pay, reducing benefi ts and cutting back in other areas, we did not reduce existing driver pay. Crete Carrier maintained the benefi ts important to our drivers and their families, continued to make profi t-sharing contributions, and invested in new tractors, trailers and facilities. We made no across the board driver lay-off s and continued to pay our drivers based on practical route miles. However, over the past two years, we did lower the starting driver pay rate. Eff ective July 1, 2010, we are restoring $.03 of the starting driver pay reduction for new national drivers and $.01 of the pay reduction for new regional drivers. Additionally, for our existing drivers, we are increasing the maximum pay cap for national drivers to $.47 for Crete drivers and $.48 for Shaff er drivers. All three divisions have also starting leasing on owner-operators again as well as hiring team drivers. With the increase in demand for truckload capacity from our customers, we need drivers immediately for all three divisions: Crete Carrier in the dry van segment; Shaff er Trucking in temperature controlled; and Hunt Transportation in fl atbed and specialized.