J&R Schugel Trucking here I come...I hope.

In two weeks I will be on my way to either Minnesota or Ohio for orientation and truck assignment, so I hope.

Many years ago I was stupid, caught a few felonies, and have been limping ever since trying to land that one regular trucking job with a major or semi-major company.

For the last 2 years I've had my CDL I've been working in the Carnival Amusement industry; the last 10 months of that I've been putting in major miles for one carnival outfit, learning tons, and doing my "time" so-to-speak.

Accomplishment-wise, J&R Schugel seems fairly impressed

-I've driven doubles
-I've driven permitted, over-weight loads
-I've put in roughly 40k-60k accident-free miles in this carnival season (we do a lot of doubling back, and we only drive)
-I recently applied and was approved and recieved my TWIC card this year.
-1 moving violation in every trucker's favorite state (California) for driving in the third lane

I think I have this job. Recruiting tells me I do, but I don't believe it till they hand me the keys to the truck. Been at this point before with two majors (Covenant and Ryder Dedicated in Louisiana). I gave my company a whole months notice, and was fairly frank with the J&R Schugel recruiter to please make sure ALL background checks, driver verification and driving history comes back and is approved by the powers that be. I gave them one whole month to do this. I call them every week, and they say they got all my verification's back, and my felonies are irrelevant as they were over 7 years ago.

Anyone currently working for (or very recently seperated from) J&R Schugel that can offer any input at all, would be greatly appreciated

 

I hope this will work out, to be honest. I've stayed out of trouble, kept my license relatively clean (minor moving violations), and got a TWIC card for Christ's sake. Next move is Hazmat, even though it's redundant. I got the TWIC Card to prove companies I'm at least 7 years from my convictions and 5 years from my incarceration (it's more than that, but that's the minimum for most).

I'm tired of working for Carnvials. They have taught me tons. I've learned how to maneuver a truck so well in the last 2 years it's not funny, but it's time to move on and go do the driving I want to be doing: OTR, and LEGAL 11/14/10.

What I don't want is to end up with a company that runs you illegally.