About Our OTR Trucking Company
Brakebush Transportation has been delivering industry-leading chicken to customers throughout the lower 48 states since 1925. We're a family and privately owned trucking company with no obligations to shareholders, and we pass the savings on to our drivers. See more reasons to drive for Brakebush, including our superior pay and competitive benefits below. Apply online 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 Michigan counties including:
Wayne County | Oakland County | Macomb County | Kent County | Genesee County | Washtenaw County | Ingham County | Ottawa 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
Michigan Trucking Facts
Now is a great time to be a truck driver, especially at Brakebush Transportation. Many of our team members make well above average annual earnings for Michigan truck drivers. And with a growing inventory, we're continuing to hire more qualified drivers from across the state.
- $82,401 average truck driver salary (2022)
- +2% projected job growth of heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (2018-2028)
- 55,630 estimated heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (2020)
Driving Distance to our Nearest HQ for Reefer Trucking Careers in Michigan
| Reefer driving jobs (starting location) | Distance to our closest HQ (Wisconsin) | Driving distance in hours |
| Detroit | 486 miles | 7.8 hours |
| Grand Rapids | 382 miles | 6.3 hours |
| Warren | 495 miles | 8 hours |
| Sterling Heights | 499 miles | 8 hours |
| Ann Arbor | 383 miles | 7.4 hours |
| Lansing | 422 miles | 6.9 hours |
| Clinton Charter Township | 503 miles | 8.2 hours |
| Flint | 477 miles | 7.7 hours |
| Dearborn | 488 miles | 8 hours |
| Livonia | 395 miles | 7.5 hours |
| Canton | 468 miles | 7.8 hours |
| Macomb | 511 miles | 8.4 hours |
| Troy | 499 miles | 8.2 hours |
| Westland | 396 miles | 7.6 hours |
| Farmington Hills | 474 miles | 7.7 hours |
| Shelby | 418 miles | 7 hours |
| Kalamazoo | 350 miles | 6 hours |
| Wyoming | 258 miles | 5.6 hours |
| Rochester Hills | 405 miles | 7.7 hours |
| Southfield | 393 miles | 7.5 hours |