Schilli Transportation has used some of those savings to increase drivers' wages. Working conditions also make it difficult to find drivers. With full employment in the U.S., drivers can find other jobs with steadier hours and better working conditions. Drivers for Schilli Transportation spend about two weeknights and only five percent of their weekends away from home. It uses this information to attract drivers.
Drivers enjoy the site-lines when hauling steel.
Lumber and drywall can move. But accidents can happen. Integrated and mini mills are using the 39-foot trailers. The challenge for steel companies is getting the shipping and scrap-purchasing departments to work together so that the vehicles are used optimally. Moving drivers along Steel companies can make life easier on drivers by getting them in and out of their facilities quickly.