About Our Truck Driving Company
Brakebush Transportation is an industry leader in Brakebush poultry product delivery nationwide. We're a privately-owned company with no obligations to shareholders, so we pass the savings on to you. See more reasons why you might be a great fit with us including our full pay structures and benefits below. Apply now or contact us with questions—we'd love to hear from you.
Additional Reasons to Drive for Brakebush
- Private fleet with newer trucks
- Driver-friendly amenities including sleeper cabs, scale & toll bypass, and more
- Top-rated logistics support
- Offered regular time home of at least 36 hours
- Rider and pet policies
- & more!
Brakebush is hiring in all Illinois counties including:
Cook County | DuPage County | Lake County | Will County | Kane County | McHenry County | Winnebago County | Madison County
Pay Rate:
- Base Rate: $.60 per Practical Mile
- Team Base Rate: $.33 per Practical Mile
- Plus Performance Incentive: $.05 per Practical Mile
- Plus Per Diem: $.05 per Practical Mile
- East Coast Premium: $.10 per Practical Mile
- Team East Coast Premium: $.05 per Practical Mile
- Paid Weekly
+ Bonuses:
- $15 per hour detention pay after two hours
- $12.50 per hour layover pay with a 24 - hour maximum of $165
- Quarterly Safety Bonus: up to $.01 per Practical Miles
- Quarterly Fuel Mileage Bonus: top achievers generally earn more than $500.00 per quarter
- PC Miles Bonus: up to $.01 per Practical Mile
- Annual Safety Bonus: After driving 250,000 safely, drivers can receive an additional $.001 per mile for all safe driving miles driven in their career at the company.
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Benefits:
Brakebush received National Health Care Award for 2019 by the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
Health Insurance Health Saving plan & FLEX plan available
Life Insurance Basic term - company will provide coverage of $10,000 with option to purchase more
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
DOT Physical Reimbursement
Wellness Center for employees and family on medical plan
Paid Benefit Time (Vacation/Sick Days) 0 - 2 years: 13 days/yr
2 - 10 years: 18 days/yr
10 - 18 years: 23 days/yr
18+ years: 28 days/yr
401k - Company match
Holiday Pay Eight paid holiday per calendar year
Optional add-ons: Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
Short Term Disability & Illness Plan
Long Term Disability & Illness Plan
Illinois Trucking Facts
Now is a great time to be a truck driver, especially at Brakebush Transportation. Many of our team members average well above annual earnings for Illinois truck drivers. And with a growing inventory, we're continuing to hire more qualified drivers from across the state.
- $73,065 average truck driver salary (2022)
- +5% projected job growth of heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (2018-2028)
- 70,240 estimated heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (2020)
Driving Distance to our Nearest HQ for Reefer Trucking Careers in Illinois
| Reefer driving jobs (starting location) | Distance to our closest HQ (Wisconsin) | Driving distance in hours |
| Chicago | 197 miles | 3 hours |
| Aurora | 197 miles | 2.6 hours |
| Naperville | 197 miles | 3 hours |
| Joliet | 212 miles | 3.1 hours |
| Rockford | 123 miles | 1.9 hours |
| Springfield | 316 miles | 4.6 hours |
| Elgin | 161 miles | 2.1 hours |
| Peoria | 251 miles | 3.9 hours |
| Champaign | 301 miles | 4.1 hours |
| Waukegan | 175 miles | 2.5 hours |
| Cicero | 198 miles | 3 hours |
| Bloomington | 248 miles | 3.6 hours |
| Arlington Heights | 176 miles | 2.5 hours |
| Bolingbrook | 202 miles | 2.9 hours |
| Evanston | 194 miles | 3 hours |
| Schaumburg | 171 miles | 2.5 hours |
| Decatur | 296 miles | 4.4 hours |
| Palatine | 175 miles | 2.5 hours |
| Skokie | 199 miles | 2.9 hours |
| Des Plaines | 184 miles | 2.6 hours |