Dakota Carriers INC

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Drivers be careful when you have a pet, they take a pet deposit and they don't pay it back no matter what condition you give the truck back. They say the truck going to detail cleaning shop and the shop will say what is cost and they clean the truck no matter how clean the truck is. Also your per have no entrance to the company. They pay 54 cpm $25 for extra stop and you have often to beg for more miles as 2000 a week. When you haul reefer you have often consignee waiting 6 or more hrs, they say send a email how long you stand but not paying detention. Don't waste your time. Oh and the restrooms driver lounge its less water that you can't do even a #### on toilet and shower it take a hour to get the soap rinsed off. You can also haul cabinets you get for every stop $45 but you unload by your self . They give you loads 900 miles unload in 4 days or 1200 miles 3 days. After 10 days you will be mostly back on the yard. They check your truck but after they do that you can clean the complete floor inside your truck. And when yourself cancel your Job, they telling lies over you at the next employer. Be careful with the shop Manager he is always in a bad mood and not friendly.

Awesome company. Plenty of loads. If you want miles and money, this is the place to be.

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Best company in the Sioux Falls and surrounding area. I have worked for others that say that but Dakota Carriers shows that they are family oriented. New trucks and great equipment all around

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We drive late model, very well equipped Volvo VNL860's. They are meticulously cared for and serviced by our on-site dedicated mechanic shop! Our tractors and trailers, both dry vans and reefers are washed every time they are in the yard/terminal, and the trailers are all inspected every time they roll through the yard/terminal. The tractors get every maintenance item the manufacturer specifies and even more. Things that are considered industry best practices, Dakota's best practices do those and go over and above. It is very refreshing. We rarely have mechanical issues on the road, and any issue is IMMEDIATELY RESOLVED, and I never sweat getting pulled in for any DOT inspection! Dispatch is incredible, both the outbound team and the inbound team totally and always work with you to run the way you want to run (as an aside, both my fiancé and I drive for Dakota and we drive our two tractors, not team, almost always together on the same route, to the same destination, that takes incredible effort and coordination by everyone in dispatch and it DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED), our safety director is an amazing individual, a GREAT TEACHER, and someone that anyone would love to drive for. Accounting/payroll/settlements almost always get it right and when that rare time an issue arises it is always corrected the next week! It all starts with the man at the top, the Owner Tim Schenk! I absolutely love driving for Tim and Dakota, and I'd never consider driving anywhere else! ***My salary shown is my actual average weekly gross since hiring - It continues to trend up - since 01/01/2023 it's closer to $1,200***

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Worked for them almost a year and a half. The best growing company around. Top notch equipment,dispatchers,office staff,mechanics,the best owner you could work for in this business. I been doing this almost 30 years.