What are my options?? (long)

Bob in Atlanta, ya need an inner tube, life vest or anything??? Seriously, read other post on this site. There are thousands in your exact same shoes, kinda screwed....Either start over again as a newbie, or find a small company that will give you a break. Good Luck Bob, it's tough for drivers right now, as you will see. Jim

 

I had the same issue, the only interest i got was from CR england, you had to pay to go to their refresher school (wasnt super expensive), then be teamed with someone for a loooooong time (torture).

Have any contacts locally? that would be it.
I went and got my own authority. I am six months in to it and doing well. the only drawback was insurance its expensensive and was limited to 500 mile radius (as the crow flies).

 

and you think you'll find that in trucking? you haven't done much reading on here, have you? to answer your question, your best bet would be to find an O/O to team with, if their insurance will cover you. otherwise, go to trucking school, and get in line with the millions of graduates/experienced out of work drivers who are also looking for work.

 

Any o/o with a sense for business would not hire him, because the insurance would be twice, sometimes even three times, than what they pay for themselves. Insurance is the main reason a trucking company wont hire you unless they train you or you go to a legitimate trucking school. If you are going to go to school, find a company that will train you (and charge your for school) that can be paid back by working for them for a certain time. That is likely your only option.

Either that or find someone that will verify you drove a truck for the last 2 years. In the "old" days the would just call and ask your previous employer if you drove a class a vehicle and that was it. Now its all forms and background checks and its all computerized.

 

It absolutely disgusts me that holding a CDL isn't good enough to get someone in with a trainer. The supposed purpose of the Federally standardized CDL was to have a license that had the same qualifications in all 50 states. Having to attend school when you hold a valid federal document that qualifies you is simply absurd.

It may be time to start writing to insurance commissioners. Find out who insures the companies with this rule (it always seems to be coming from them) and write to the insurance commissioner of the state where the ins. co. is based, and the state that the truck co. is based.

/rant.

 

that'll work

 

No one will touch with you with out attending a certifed school, and as a newbie, that school certificate is good for 90 days to 6 months depending on the company.......in other words you need to get started with a training company ASAP! If you leave that company before 6 months, you start all over. These training companies are changing their training requirements everyday. I guy I graduated with 3 years ago, worked for a company for 6 months and then took a job in a unrelated field. That company has now closed, his only option is go back to a training company because of his limited time on the road. 2 of the 3 companies he called, told him just a refreser was no good and he needed to take the complete course over before they would hire him. That floored me! He had been on his own for 6 months, both companies told them they are self insured, but also belong to some insurance coop, that many training companies belong to, and they have change many rules since the first of the year.