Regional Dry Van · Joplin, MO · Est. 1994
Switchline runs the KC-to-Memphis corridor. We get our drivers home most weekends — because Ray Switzer was a driver first, and he never forgot what it's like to be away.
The Problem
Every carrier says it.
Then you take the job and you can't get your DM on the phone. Your truck is a slip seat — somebody else's setup in the cab, your settings reset every morning. They promised home weekends. You've been out 11 days straight.
Good drivers leave mega-carriers every day. Not because the money is bad. Because nobody knows who they are.
At a 34-truck regional carrier, we can't afford to lose you. We also can't afford to treat you like a unit. Those two things aren't unrelated.
"Six months from now, you could still be grinding OTR miles for a DM who can't remember your truck number. Or you could be running regional with Switchline — home most weekends, in an assigned truck that's yours."
What Switchline Offers
Your truck is your truck. Same cab, same settings, same bunk every run. No slip seating. Ever.
KC-to-Memphis corridor. You know where you're going. Home most weekends — not every third.
$0.58–$0.62 CPM based on experience — about $1,400–$1,550 a week at typical regional miles. Stated up front. No holdbacks. No bonus that vanishes in month three.
Ray's cell is in your contacts. Your dispatcher is a person with a name — not a ticket queue with a 48-hour response window.
Medical, dental, vision. 401(k) with company match. Not day 90. Not "after probation." Day 60.
If a load doesn't work for your schedule, we find another one. We don't threaten your score. We're not built that way.
No pressure · No gimmicks · Same-day callback
What Drivers Say
"I drove for one of the big guys for seven years. Hadn't talked to my DM in three months. First week at Switchline, Ray called me himself to see how the first run went. That doesn't happen at a 70,000-truck company."
"I was ready to go lease-purchase just to get my own truck. Ray talked me out of it. Two years later I'm glad he did. Assigned truck, home every weekend, and I'm not underwater on a payment."
The Difference
| What You Left Behind | What Switchline Offers |
|---|---|
| Slip seats — someone else's cab every run | Assigned truck. Yours, run after run. |
| DM you've never met | Direct line to Ray and your dispatcher |
| "Home weekends" that means every third weekend | Regional routes — home most Fridays |
| Pay structure you can't explain to your spouse | $0.58–$0.62 CPM — about $1,400–$1,550 a week — stated up front |
| Forced dispatch or your score suffers | We find another load. We don't threaten. |
Why It Works
That means Ray knows every driver. That means dispatch isn't a phone tree. That means when something goes wrong — and something always goes wrong — you're talking to a person in 20 minutes, not waiting on a ticket.
Switchline has been running this corridor since 1994. We know the lanes, we know the shippers, and we know how to keep a truck moving. We're not experimenting with your career.
Switchline is hiring for regional dry van out of Joplin, MO. One short email starts it. Same-day callback. No pressure.
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