Passed my Class-A CDL road test! Looking to start my new trucking career off right!

Congrats on getting your CDL!

 

Congrats on your cdl.You have a lot of endorsements you should be able to find a good company.Tanker does very well.Watch those craigslist ads.I would drive for a company not one person.I do see ads for drivers in the oil field so maybe its starting to pick back up again.With all your endorsemnets make van and reefer you very last resort.Try and stay away from the mega carriers.See if you can find a company with a low turnover rate.I say thins because you want your first company to be a long and successful exp and I very much doubt that will happen with a mega carrier.I wish you the best of luck in your upcoming career and many yrs to come.

 

Move to Houston if you want tanker. Lots of companies down there. If you can't get on with one of the top outfits and you very well may not as a rookie then go Schneider Bulk. Do a year then pick up a rock and throw it, whatever tanker you hit, yeah they are probably hiring.

 

Congrats on passing! Good luck !

 

Congrats that sounds like alot of extra endorsements. Can you obtain those in school as well?

 

Congrats from me too... Hoping to pass my skills tests here soon too.

About the endorsements, that sounds like a long list and several I have never heard of. Are there different kinds that the normal ones offered at the State level like doubles/triples, tanker, HazMat, Passenger, etc? I know HazMat takes more take and money as there is a Federal background check involved but thought that was all the endorsements. Obviously still learning here too.

 

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Good advice right there.
Move to Texas; no personal income taxes in Texas.
Here's some companies to contact & tell them you're willing to relocate. That 166 hr. school and all those endorsements, you won't have any problems finding a high paying job.

Trimac Transportation
Groendyke Transport
A&R Logistics
SVTN
Superior Carriers
Tidewater Transit
CTL Transportation
Schneider Bulk

 

i would personally avoid Craig's list, I would talk to as many recruiters as possible, ask as many questions as you can, starting pay, average miles per week, home time (how many days off per week out), benefits, ext ext,
from what I've been hearing, oil field in Texas is slowing, but N. Dakota is doing fine, tankers is a good place to start, try Schneider, I hear they have a good starting pay for tankers,
best of luck with you new career