My truck Driving school journey starts tomorrow!!! i have an interview with people at Roadmaster tomorrow... Hopefully they help me get my class A and get me a job.....
Agreed, I have 20 Years in the industry. Stay away from the romance of the "open road" unless you want to make your truck number your zip code. It gets old right off the bat. Go to a local company that has over the road units and work a dock untill you can get into a truck. Again, dont go to the big outfits, too many bad stories of abuse.
being a trucker we all been there and it is a way of reflecting from the past. As you gain experience you will look back and realize how far ahead you have come to.
My brother used to drive trucks for Budweiser and retired about a decade ago in his 40's, now he's back in the business and happier than ever...he went through Roadmaster Truckdriving School, and he said he's never been a part of any CDL training that was so seamless as Roadmaster , he said it was very fluid, the trainers were awesome in taking pride in EVERYONE being on the same page, and once he graduated, he was immediately hired and 100% of his tuition has been paid back by his employer!
after after working over 2+ years in the industry, I had my good days and bad days of backing. In the real world you take as many pull ups as you need to and get out and look as many times as you have to.
yeah go with a local company and stay there. Local delivery drivers make the most money and are home every night. The bigger general freight outfits are all the same. Swift, Schneider, JB Hunt, and others will screw you. Better to join up with a local company and stay local. The only advantage to working OTR for a general freight company is seeing more of the countr, but I wouldn't give any big general front outfit two years any more. Good luck to you.
per federal motor carrier safety regs u must be 22yrs old. go to a company school website like u s xpress schneider covenant transport pam transport etc. they will train you for free if you agree to drive for them for a year check it out. good luck...
Yeah your right As of September 2007, the minimum age to drive a Class C or C+E HGV is 21 years old. Check with Direct Gov as there are some exclusions to this rule. I googled it Maybe in some states its 18 idk
