Is yard hostling a good job for someone that can't find a driving job?

Hello, a while ago I left a company called Dhaliwal Brothers out of Stockton CA and left because of alot of issues and they are saying I abondened the truck and stole fuel from them, a people net tablet that my truck didn't even have since it was an older truck etc and it has made finding another driving job impossible. I tried to dispute the false claims but was unsuccessful and it has prevented me from getting a job driving any type of CMV that would fit my schedule as i am engaged with a kid and need to have hometime which most second chance type companies like Western Express dont allow. I had about almost 2 years of experience when I left the industry and planned on leaving soon to become a correctional officer since my fiance and I just had a son but the application process takes about a year and I need steady income in that time. Ling story short when job hunting I came across an LTL company looking for a yard dog, the pay isn't great like $16 an hour and in between trailer moves I would br spending time working on the docks but I need the money right now and it would be nice to stay relevant in the industry until I hopefully start my new career as a correctional officer. Has anyone on here ever been a yard dog before? Do they require an employment verification that would hinder my chances of getting hired like a regular truck driving job would?

 

As far as the abandonment goes, I guess what happened could be considered abandonment. I was already on my last load with them, my truck went in to derate in Delano and the owners brother who handles breakdowns called a wrecker to have it towed the dealership in Bakersfield. The boss was away in India when this happened, the dealership was short on techs and it was going to be possibly a few days before the DPF filter was going to be replaced so ny fiance came and picked me up, I spoke to the owners brother asking if he needed me to go pick the truck back up when it was done and either deliver the load or bring it back to the yard and he said no since it was only a couple hours away right off the 99 they could easily send someone out to recover the truck. Long story short fast forward a week later I am in orientation with Legend Transportation and right after completing the road test we are shuffled back to the classroom for some orientation style death by PowerPoint when someone from the safety department comes in to the classroom pulls me out and informs me that he was informed by who ever was doing the verifications that they were told I had a truck abandonment and that they were going to have to send me home. I called Jassi the owner of the company abd after a heated argument he told me if I didn't shut up ablut it he would make sure I never found another driving job. Fast forward a week or so later I am at orientation with heartland express who I had made aware of the abandonment and they said they could overlook it as false abandonment claims are common especially with small carrowrs. Next thing you know the same thing happens, but this time they won't tell me why. I end up calling my recruiter who goes in to my file and is able to access the letter Dhaliwal sent them with all the false claims saying I did all this crazy stuff. She said I would need 6 months of experience with another carrier and then they could work with me but it's not like I was really stoked to go to Heartland Express in the first place lol.

 

It's not on my DAC report, I don't think that a cheap ### company like them even uses DAC its a letter being sent during the verification process. My Mom works at a law office in the paralegal field, she told her boss about what happened and he sent a cease and desist letter which they responded by sending the exact same letter they sent to heartland express, he sent another cease desist letter but he said in his opinion I didn't have enough evidence to prove what they were saying was a lie and it wouldn't be worth taking it court.

 

I don't want to go to another crap company, I am pretty picky about who I will drive for because of how shady this industry is. I also have negative remarks from 2 carriers on my DAC, one being Coldliner Express out of Columbus Ohio which I left because my recruiter lied to me about the guaranteed pay and hometime saying I would be home.every 2 weeks then my dispatcher told me I would only be home at most once every 2-3 months, the other one was pigeon freight, a piece of crap Chicagoland Russian Carrier who I walked out on during orientation when I was informed that I would be paying an escrow as a company driver. To me that sounded ridiculous so I called a cab and took my happy ### over the O'hare airport and flew home. I am very glad because after doing some more thorough research they seemed like a trap.

 

Yeah it seems pretty slow over there too, when I called over the phone about the job the guy said I would be doing alot of dock work in between trailer moves.