You are not the tracking system
Samsara reports the position on its own. No check calls every two hours just to prove you are moving.
Cleveland, Ohio · hiring CDL-A drivers & owner-operators
One carrier.Every mile accounted for.
DJ Transfer runs 53-foot dry vans across the lower 48 out of Cleveland, Ohio. Five tractors, five drivers, and one dispatcher who picks up the phone — which is the whole reason the drivers here stay.
Who you would be driving for
Our trucks. Our people.
We own the tractors and we employ the drivers. There is no broker in the middle and no call centre between you and dispatch — the person who answered yesterday is the person who answers tonight.
That is the whole model. Small enough that you are a name rather than a truck number — and disciplined enough to keep a clean federal record, which is what keeps you rolling past the scales.
0Injury crashes, 24 months
0%Drivers out of service · 11 inspections
0States authorized
0Tractors in the fleet · 5 drivers
Source: FMCSA SAFER snapshot, 05/26/2026 · national driver OOS average 6.67%
Scene 01 · The dock
Loaded, sealed, and gone
Where the shipper allows it, the trailer is already spotted. You hook and go instead of burning four hours at a dock.
Load bars and straps are on the trailer already. You are not buying your own securement out of a settlement.
Doors close, you photograph the seal, dispatch logs the number. If anything is disputed later, the record is already there.
0/8Pallets loaded · seal photographed before departure
What you would be hauling
One service, done properly
Full truckload in 53-foot dry vans. That is the whole job. No reefer, no hazmat, no tanker endorsements to chase — one kind of freight you get good at, on equipment you know.
Dry van, general freight, lower 48. If that is the work you want, the rest of this page is worth reading.
No surprises about what the job actually isEquipment & service sheetDJ Transfer LLC
- Service
- Full truckload (FTL), dock to dockLive load or drop-and-hook where the trailer can be spotted
- Equipment
- 53' × 102" dry van trailersSwing doors, wood floor, load bars and straps on board
- Capacity
- Up to 26 standard pallets, single-stackedPayload up to ~44,000 lb depending on tractor and fuel
- Commodities
- General freight: palletized goods, packaged consumer products, industrial parts, paper and packaging
- Not accepted
- Hazmat · temperature-controlled · LTL · oversized · household goods
- Coverage
- Lower 48, out of Cleveland, OhioStrongest in the Midwest, Northeast corridor and Southeast
- Tracking
- Samsara GPS and ELD on every tractorLocation shared on request; dashcam footage available for claims
- Paperwork
- You photograph the signed POD and send itLogged the same day, so nothing holds up your settlement
Scene 02 · The road
Reliability at every mile
A person, around the clock
Breakdown at 2 a.m. rings a human who knows your load and starts solving it. No ticket queue, no waiting until morning.
Clean at the scales
11 driver inspections in 24 months, zero out of service. Our paperwork is what keeps you out of the inspection bay.
Why drive for a five-truck carrier
Small is the feature
At a mega-carrier you are a number in a system built for a thousand trucks. Here there are five, and the person planning your week knows where you live, what you drive and when you need to be home.
- No forced dispatchLoads are offered and discussed. Turning one down does not get you parked for a week as punishment.
- One number for everythingLoad, directions, a problem at the receiver, a question about your settlement — same person handles all of it.
- Pay talked about plainlyWeekly settlement by direct deposit, every line explainable. Detention and layover are agreed before you sit, not argued after.
- Cameras that work for youMany drivers dislike them. They are also the reason you win the argument when somebody cuts you off and calls it your fault.
- Equipment you are not fightingAutomatics with APUs, maintained on a schedule. You are not sleeping cold or limping to a shop on your own time.
Scene 03 · The details
Look closer. It holds up.
Anyone can say "compliant." The back of our trailer says it in a way an inspector can read from fifty feet.
F.A.Q.
Straight answers
The job
What are the requirements?
A valid CDL-A, two years of verifiable OTR experience, a clean MVR, a current DOT medical card and authorization to work in the United States.
What would I be hauling?
General commodities in 53-foot dry vans — palletized goods, packaged consumer products, industrial parts, paper and packaging. No hazmat, no reefer, no oversized freight.
Where do the lanes run?
Out of Cleveland across the lower 48, strongest in the Midwest, the Northeast corridor and the Southeast. Regional and long-haul positions both exist — tell us which you want.
Is dispatch forced?
No. Loads are offered and discussed. Turning one down does not get you parked.
How much home time?
It is an agreement, not a lottery. Regional runs get you home most weekends; OTR gets you the miles. We plan the week around what you told us you need.
What is the equipment?
Automatic tractors with APUs, Samsara ELD and road- and cab-facing cameras. Maintenance runs on a schedule, not after a breakdown on the shoulder.
Pay & getting hired
How and when am I paid?
Weekly settlement by direct deposit. Every line on the statement can be explained by a person you can call.
Why is there no pay rate on this page?
Because a number posted on a website is a bait number. We discuss pay plainly on the first call, against the lanes you would actually run.
What about detention and layover?
Agreed before you sit, not argued after. If a delay is on us, it is paid.
Do you take owner-operators?
Yes — percentage of the load, fuel cards and plating under our authority, with freight year round. Details on the first call.
How do I apply?
Use the form below. It reaches the recruiter directly and we answer every one. The full DOT driver application and your DQ file come after we have spoken.
What happens after I send the form?
A person calls the number you gave us, usually the same day. First the conversation, then the paperwork — never the other way round.
Driver application
Tell us about yourself
This goes straight to the dispatch desk. No call centre, no runaround — a person reads it and calls you back, usually the same day.
Recruiting & dispatch
- Call
- (770) 281-1776
- info@djtransfer.com
- Office
- 3030 Euclid Avenue, Ste 410B
Cleveland, OH 44115 - Hours
- Dispatch around the clock. Office Mon–Fri, 8am–6pm ET.
- Authority
- USDOT 3796654 · MC-1364887
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