6 months - Year Experiance

They will for a price. Progressive you'll need to stay squeaky clean or won't renew you. Obviously that's best anyway. You have own truck and trailer?

 

It's depressing the way so many carriers have things set up. Almost everyone local wants a year minimum within the last three. I was doing my own thing for 9 months recently, before that drove a mixer for 3 years. Spotless record. No one will count the mixer time towards pay or experience. And driving one of those is ten times more hazardous than your standard T&T. Only the super powers will go back further than three years, and count all my T&T experience, it's just depressing. Just gotta get - r - done though.

 

OP - believe it or not you are talking about two different insurance things. Let me explain.

Most Mega's are self-insured and can set all the rules with respect to insurability and hiring. Now they can hire you and count you prior driving experience, but they won't because they want to get you at a cheaper price. They do not want to pay you any more then the have to.

Smaller companies that buy their insurance often have limits who they can hire based on the insurer and the policy. Some, if not most policies will count any truck driving experience as legitimate for hiring purposes. Others will specify as specific type of truck experience, however most of the time that is at the trucking companies discretion. And if it isn't, it is usually a matter of the company paying more for a policy with more freedom allowed.

It is common that it is easier to get yourself and your company insured then it is to meet some mega-crap companies hiring specifications.

 

Since you're going to be an 0/0 then join www.OOIDA.com the business website for the owner-operator.