Now hiring · Idaho
CDL truck driving jobs in Idaho
We hire CDL-A drivers and owner operators who live in Idaho — Boise, Twin Falls, Pocatello and anywhere else in the state. 48-state freight, run by a 12-year family carrier that pays honestly and answers the phone.
- Owner-op split
- 90%
- Company / mile
- $0.63
- Fuel surcharge
- 100% to you
- Pay cadence
- Weekly
Where you'll run in Idaho
Idaho freight moves on I-84 and I-15 and I-90, and our flatbed, reefer and dry van loads run all 48 states out of our Kent, WA home yard — so what you run depends on the week and on what you take. Regional drivers get home weekly; OTR runs 2-3 weeks with real route planning, not forced dispatch.
- Flatbed, Reefer, Dry Van — you pick what you're set up for
- Touch level stated on the load before you accept it
- Fuel card with fleet discounts at major stops
- Dispatch that answers — a direct line, not a call center
What we ask
- Valid CDL-A, 2+ years verifiable experience preferred
- Clean-enough MVR — we look at the whole picture, not one ding
- Owner operators: truck in roadworthy shape, we handle the rest
- Live anywhere in Idaho or along our lanes — the freight comes to you
Name, CDL, experience, the lanes you want. Or text us: (206) 765-6300
Know before you haul: the Idaho freight market
Notes from running these lanes ourselves — the markets, the seasons, and the details that change what a week in Idaho actually pays.
Treasure Valley (Boise–Nampa–Caldwell)
Idaho's population and distribution center, strung along I-84. Grocery and big-box DCs serve the whole state from here, and the food processors on the valley's west end (onions, dairy, frozen goods around Caldwell and Fruitland) generate the reefer freight we actually haul on this lane.
Magic Valley (Twin Falls–Jerome)
One of the densest dairy-processing clusters in the country — yogurt, cheese, and milk-powder plants drawing on southern Idaho's enormous dairy herds. Steady reefer in and out year-round, and barley/sugar-beet ag freight around it.
Eastern Idaho (Pocatello–Idaho Falls)
Potato country on I-15. The fresh pack sheds and the processing plants (fries, flakes, dehy) ship nationwide from a fairly small area, which makes it a dependable reefer origin from fall harvest deep into the storage season.
The Panhandle (I-90)
Our Spokane→Montana through-lane. Coeur d'Alene is the reload stop; Fourth of July Pass and Lookout Pass at the Montana line are the two winter chokepoints — see the chain notes below.
Season by season
- Potato harvest runs September into October, and the freight doesn't stop when digging does — Idaho spuds ship out of storage all winter, so eastern Idaho stays a live reefer market from fall through spring. Sugar-beet campaign trucks crowd the Magic Valley's rural roads in October.
- Winter on I-90: Fourth of July Pass and Lookout Pass both carry chain-up areas, and Idaho requires trucks to chain when conditions trigger the posted requirement. Lookout, at the Montana line, is the one that closes hardest — we treat November-to-March crossings as weather-window planning, same as Snoqualmie.
Worth knowing
- Idaho's rural interstates post 80 mph for cars but hold trucks to 70 — like Oregon, plan your trip math on the truck limit.
- No ports of entry surprises: Idaho runs conventional weigh stations on I-84 and I-90, and a truck running heavy out of the ag valleys during harvest season should expect them open.
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Driving out of Idaho?
Tell us your experience and the lanes you want, or call the Kent, WA office and ask first.