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CDL-A OTR Truck Driver — $94,000+/Year, Home Every 1-2 Weeks

Lexington, KY Posted Jul 11, 2026

  • Hazmat
  • OTR

Pay

$1,900/wk

Location
Lexington, KY
Equipment
Hazmat
Route
OTR · USA only
Experience
1+ year

About this job

Our company Transport needs CDL-A drivers to run freight east of the Mississippi River, including Texas, hauling forklifts, batteries, tow motors and related parts. You'll be out for 1-2 weeks at a stretch between home stays, driving newer equipment with no slip seating.

Pay

  • Earn $94,000+ per year, paid weekly by direct deposit
  • $5,000 referral bonus
  • Quarterly safety bonus and service awards
  • Extra pay per mile when you run outside OH, IN, SC and NC
  • Pay for every customer stop
  • Paid quarterly safety training

Home time

  • Home every 1 to 2 weeks

What you'll haul

  • Forklifts, batteries, tow motors and their parts
  • Freight secured with wooden blocks and a nail gun
  • Routes cover areas east of the Mississippi (Texas included), with regular stops in places like Greencastle, New Castle and Fort Wayne, IN; Fort Recovery, Mansfield, Troy and Cleveland, OH; Charlotte and Kinston, NC; Bloomsburg and DuBois, PA; Wheeling, WV; Atlanta, GA; and Greer, SC

Equipment

  • Newer International and Freightliner trucks with automatic transmission
  • Late-model sleeper cabs
  • Top speed governed at 70 mph
  • Samsara ELDs, APU, inverters and an outward-facing camera

Requirements

  • At least 21 years old with a CDL-A
  • 6 months of recent driving experience
  • Hazmat and tanker endorsements, or willing to get them within 60 days of starting
  • No felony conviction in the past 7 years
  • No alcohol-related offense in the past 5 years
  • Able to meet DOT physical and testing standards and pass a pre-employment drug screen

Benefits

  • Medical, dental and vision coverage starting the first of the month after 60 days
  • Company-paid life insurance and short-term disability
  • Optional long-term disability, voluntary life, AD&D, accident and critical illness coverage
  • 401k with company match after 60 days on the job
  • Paid holidays plus 5 days of PTO
  • PrePass, WEX card and uniforms provided

Our company is actively recruiting drivers based in Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Georgia.

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