About our Truck Driving Company
Brakebush Transportation is a private, family-owned trucking company delivering industry-leading chicken to customers throughout the continental U.S. since 1925. With no obligations to shareholders, we pass the added benefits onto our OTR drivers. See below our pay structures and benefits. Apply now or contact us if you have any questions. We look forward to hearing from you.
Available Team Driving Jobs
Brakebush Transportation hires team drivers including husbands and wives out of Montana. Enjoy a base pay rate of $.33 per practical mile with added east coast premiums of $.05 per practical mile as a team. Whether for couples, family members, friends, or even pets, ask about our driver rider policy for added comfort on the road.
Brakebush is hiring in all Montana counties including:
Yellowstone County | Missoula County | Gallatin County | Flathead County | Cascade County | Lewis and Clark County | Ravalli County | Silver Bow 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
Montana Trucking Facts
Now is a great time to be a truck driver, especially at Brakebush Transportation. Many of our team members average well above average annual earnings for truck drivers in Montana. And with a growing inventory, we're continuing to hire more qualified drivers from across the state.
- $85,569 average truck driver salary (2022)
- +7% projected job growth of heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (2018-2028)
- 6,380 estimated heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (2020)
Driving Distance to our Nearest HQ for Reefer Trucking Careers in Montana
| Reefer driving jobs (starting location) | Distance to our closest HQ (Minnesota) | Driving distance in hours |
| Billings | 814 miles | 11.9 hours |
| Missoula | 1157 miles | 17.2 hours |
| Great Falls | 1032 miles | 15.8 hours |
| Bozeman | 956 miles | 14.3 hours |
| Butte-Silver Bow | 1040 miles | 15.7 hours |
| Helena | 1053 miles | 15.9 hours |
| Kalispell | 1246 miles | 19.1 hours |
| Havre | 1000 miles | 15.4 hours |
| Anaconda-Deer Lodge County | 1063 miles | 15.8 hours |
| Belgrade | 965 miles | 14.5 hours |
| Miles City | 726 miles | 10.5 hours |
| Helena Valley Southeast | 1049 miles | 16 hours |
| Helena Valley West Central | 1058 miles | 15.5 hours |
| Lockwood | 809 miles | 11.8 hours |
| Evergreen | 1248 miles | 19.1 hours |
| Whitefish | 1253 miles | 19.4 hours |
| Livingston | 929 miles | 13.7 hours |
| Laurel | 831 miles | 12.2 hours |
| Sidney | 729 miles | 11.3 hours |
| Lewistown | 937 miles | 14 hours |