Looking For Employer

I have a perfect driving record going back over 10 years, no criminal record, no interest in substances including alcohol, able to drive long distances safely without issues (riding with me is boring, I just go),

I have run freight and passenger trains on grades, so I know what 17,000 tons feels like behind me on a hill.

I have taken the useful practice exams here and can pass the all CDL exams and endorsements in one day. Looking for a company that will give a modest amount of practical training, I believe I will learn best and fastest by doing the work. Training me will not take long, I like being alone so will be motivated.

I am interested in flatbed because it is more active. I like to climb and move heavy objects. I also like challenges, can drive through any weather that the truck is capable of, grew up driving in snow, took first driver test on an icy trooper parking lot. Have gear and attitude for all weather conditions.

I am looking for decent hometime (7/7, 14/7, even 21/7 if we're busy, I'm flexible if you are), no driver camera, no pointless corporate hassles. Give me the job, answer my questions if I have them and let me get on with it. Be a company that pays fairly and on time.

Currently in the southwest, but other areas are possible if everything else works.

Hope this post is okay with the forum, if not my apologies and please delete. I'm not interested in putting my info on one of those recruiting sites, too many data thefts going on, prefer a personal handshake arrangement with solid people.

 

Chinatown, I thought I read that Roehl had cameras. They have a program out of PHX that I thought about trying if they don't.

Appreciate the pointful humor Gashauler. But I've dealt with "trained" and "certified" corporate-branded drivers out there trying to kill me or others, and I've talked to recipients of that "training" from various places and it varies widely in quality and applicability. I'd much rather learn by doing the actual work I'm going to do, learning from someone who has years of experience and can cut right to the point.

I've taught and certified transportation operators myself, classroom has uses but the tests aren't what the students will actually be doing. Upper management thinks everything can be solved with classroom, that's how they got their education. But we're not figuring out new ways to cheat people with spreadsheets, we're operating equipment and wrassling with physics.

You want to explain tie-downs with a pile of words or should we just go do a bunch of them until I get it? How many hours of class would prepare a driver to know of an impending mechanical issue by sound or feel?

 

I remember a thread here sometime back... :^)

Worked in and around Chicago a bit, that was enough.