Beginner CPM Expectation

Some great advice I got in this forum before I got started was to avoid limiting your options, i.e. get your endorsements and if you can test out on a manual, even better.

I'm seeing why, now that I'm coming off a year of OTR and looking to go local...more options out there.

 

Do you want to run OTR or regional or local.
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CDL A Local Driver
YRC Inc./YRC Freight Hires new cdl school grads.
Vested for a Teamsters Union pension at 5 years.
This is local work, so if you want to run the roads, then keep looking.
There's a terminal near you.

 

Here is the current (as of this writing, anyway) list of approved schools for Davis Express:

Davis Express

-- Lual

 

At Swift you can take the truck home as long as it is not in a high risk area.

Atlanta is a high risk area, but Valdosta might be far enough away to fall outside that area.
When I started with them I lived in San Diego, which is also high risk. But I was allowed to bobtail home, even so.
I guess I lived in a better part of San Diego?

 

Transportation and Logistics Services | Paper Transport

• Passenger ride along program
• Pet rider program
• Recent CDL A Grads Welcome; those who have graduated within 100-days!
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Here's a good one that hires new cdl school grads.
Nearest terminal is Jacksonville, FL
Do you have somewhere to park the truck at home?
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HOME | tidewater-transit
Professional driving school graduates considered.

 

As of the time of this writing--it looks like Swift is hiring in your area:

Class A Dedicated Driver - Valdosta, GA 31601 - Indeed.com

At least 2 Forum members here have reported good long-term experiences with Swift.

I would recommend their training over that with Schneider, based on my own experience.

Earlier here, DOT foods was suggested.

That's a good suggestion--but since you're more than 100 miles away from their facility in Vidalia--getting in with them looks like a long shot to me.

Still....you could try.....but don't hold your breath....it's a great gig, if you can get it:

Driver Training & Orientation | Drive For Dot | Dot Transportation, Inc. (drivefordti.com)

--Lual

 

Most companies let you take the truck home.

 

Swift Refrigerated is good. Can take the truck home. Hires new cdl school grads. Ask for refrigerated division.