Been out of drving for 4yrs. And want back in, best options to do so?

You can go back 7 years on filling out a application. You might as well write whole time on the road which will put you back 13 years from today. That is ok.

End dump is wonderful, flatbed really good but dry van? Eh not so much. I tend to get kind of sloppy with dry van, it's a box... see? Think about tankers too. Good luck!

If I had to fill a app out, Im off since 2001 over the road so I will have nothing for the recruiter. Half the 40 or so companies going back 31 years from 2009 that I last worked with truckers as a foreman and trucks do not exist anymore. Im blacklisted from two segments of the industry such as steel flatbedding, possibly illegally. Im looking into that. But the limitations etc will be all done so.. shrugs.

What I wrote in the first two sentances is solid for you. Don't worry about me. Good luck!

 

Have you kept your med card up to date and reported to the dmv? If not your license is no longer a cdl and you would have to go back to school for a refresher

 

Schneider for 6 months then anyone you want with in reason. Schneider allows any experienced driver to return to the road when last turned mile was with in 10 years. No trainer required.

 

That's good, if u just need to get a medcard to reinstated your cdl, then do it, u might have to do it out of your pocket then. If you leave near chicago, u can try schneider intermodal for a few months. Go regional then local, or go out otr

 

If all depends on the company.Most want recent otr exp or like 12 months exp within it that two yrs and you pass that time frame so I would be looking for smaller companies with like twenty trks or less.They may be more lenient.

 

now a days a lot of companies offer a refreshers course that wont cost anything but time I had to do it last year went to kllm did the course went out with a trainer only cost me a year of employment still here as a company driver on a dedicated account...