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Regional CDL A Driver, Home Weekends

CDL Hunter
Elgin, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 7/17/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/14/2026
Job Description:
Solo Company Driver – Home Weekends – Dry Van – High Mileage Pay
This position offers strong mileage pay, consistent weekend home time, quarterly safety bonuses, and full truckload dry van freight. Drivers run 100 percent no-touch freight with no NYC, Canada, or Mexico. Assigned tractors are late-model and fully equipped, and drivers earn practical mileage pay with additional band pay for short hauls.
Pay and Experience Levels
  • 8–29 months experience: $0.70 per mile (no hazmat) or $0.72 (with hazmat)
  • 30 months experience: $0.72 per mile (no hazmat) or $0.74 (with hazmat)
  • Home time: 48 hours every weekend
  • Freight: Full truckload, dry van, 100 percent no touch

Safety-Based Bonus Opportunities
  • CSA Safety Bonus every 90 days:
    • $925 with hazmat
    • $750 plus 8 hours PTO without hazmat

  • On Road Safety Bonus: $650 every 90 days

Hiring Bonus Options (limited time)
Option 1 – With a qualifying safety record
  • Initial transition bonus: $1,575 with hazmat or $1,400
  • Paid Time Off
  • Orientation pay
  • Additional $650 available after 30 days with a qualifying safety record

Option 2
  • Initial transition bonus: $1,125
  • Orientation pay

Additional Pay and Raises
  • Band pay on short hauls:
    • 0–100 miles: $35
    • 101–400 miles: $25

  • Anniversary bonus: $100 per year of continuous service
  • Detention pay: after 1 hour
  • Safety-based raises at mileage intervals
  • Premium hazmat pay on placarded loads (less than 2 percent of freight)
  • Referral program
  • Other accessorial pay when applicable

Primary Running Area
  • Regional dry van lanes
  • No NYC

Tractor Information
  • Late model Freightliner Cascadia and Kenworth T680
  • Automatic transmissions
  • 1500-watt inverters
  • Refrigerators
  • Flat screen TVs
  • Microwaves
  • 65 MPH trucks (PasSmart up to 68 MPH)
  • Air release fifth wheels
  • Free SiriusXM
  • Bluetooth radios
  • Double bunk high rise
  • Dual curtains
  • Dual tires
  • Dual air-ride seats
  • Bunk heaters

Trailer Information
  • 53-foot Wabash trailers
  • SkyBitz tracking with cargo sensors
  • Aerodynamic blades
  • Spring suspensions

Job Requirements:
Call or text Mike at 678.646.7936 to discuss this job!!
Qualifications:
  • Valid Class A CDL
  • 8 months of tractor-trailer experience (6 months if teaming with an experienced partner)
  • No DWIs in the past 5 years
  • No more than 3 moving violations in the past 3 years
  • No preventable DOT reportable accidents in the past 3 years
  • Must pass DOT physical, drug screen, and HPE
  • No drug test refusals or failures

Wage Range: 0.70 - 0.74 per mile
General Description of Benefits: Benefits:
Practical mileage pay
Paid weekly
Earn PTO every 60,000 miles
401k match
Free rider program
Blue Cross Blue Shield health and dental
Cafeteria plan for tax free medical and daycare
$10,000 company paid life insurance
No NYC, Canada, or Mexico
Newer trailers with tracking and cargo sensors
Late model assigned tractors
Prepass Plus
Smartphone load management and paperwork tools

Salary : $100

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