Holding class A 3 years and nothing

I live in NJ to.I would suggest going ltl local driving.ODFL,Estes,ABF,McClane food service,Sysco food service..........

 

You may have to go back to school for a refresher course. you should have gone on the road asap from graduating.

Good luck in finding a job with no experience for the past 3 years.

 

Contact Schneider Bulk (tankers) and ask if they will take you after a refresher course. You can make over $60K driving tankers and it's good trucking. There's some drivers out there making over $100K after a couple yrs. tanker experience.

 

What would you rather do? Go OTR and make $700 working 70 hours a week and spending 3 to 4 weeks away from home or make $1,200 in 55 hours a week and be home every day and have the weekends off? This attitude that everyone needs to go OTR right after school to pay their dues is BS.

There are opportunities out there for staying local but most drivers don't put forth the effort to knock on doors and hustle up a good job.

If the OP is lacking experience with trailers there are companies out there that will offer a two or three week refresher then he can either stay local or go regional and still be near family. OP check out Schneider, they have a lot of options but also check out CDL class a jobs on Craigslist and Indeed job boards. Lots of small companies hiring right now even in my Podunk area and I would think you should have more options up in the Northeast.

Good luck!

 

No, it is NOT BS. To have gone to a trucking school but stay at the old job made no sense. Opportunities exist for a short span of time after graduation. It would have been better to go OTR right out of the box. Had he done so, 3 years ago? He certainly could write his own ticket. Now he has to get that ticket, "stamped again".