CDL with no exp, is it possible to start off driving local?

You do realize your local question is answered about every 6 hours here right?

And as for Schneider, they have their contracts on their website you can read thru, I doubt you will so here is the summary. They agree to loan you $4000 for the schooling, work for them for a year and they will forgive the loan.

 

The local jobs can really vary depending on what part of the country that you are in. Look around in the classifieds, and not just under trucking jobs. Lots of small companies need drivers for local work, class B stuff.

 

I just posted the following response to a similar query in the Trucking Jobs section:

This question comes up pretty often. The general consensus is that it is very difficult to get a local delivery job with no experience. To get started you can try checking local excavating / construction companies or gravel pits. Some will hire newbies to drive dump trucks, truck and pups, side/end/belly dumps, etc.. Likewise you could try lumber yards. Food service or soft drink / beer delivery jobs are often another option if you have no experience. There are drawbacks to all of the above but you will be getting experience and will be home every night. My school instructors always said just because an employer says it 'requires' 1 - 2 years OTR in their ad doesn't mean they won't consider you as long as you have practical behind the wheel experience, even if it's not OTR.

Whether or not this would lead to a tanker job, I couldn't say.

 

Calling Schneider National is probally your best bet for geting some expiernce under your belt. Yes, this means going OTR for awhile, but it will greatly improve your chances of reaching your goal. Most companies want you to have expierence because tankers are more likely to roll over than dry vans.

 

Everyone has to pay their dues (OTR time) I'm not so much as bashing it but I am againest the fact of rookies getting good local job's straight out of school without paying thier dues of OTR experiance when the experianced deserve an offer on those local positions first.

 

That doesn't make any sense.

 

I am a rookie and i drive local,i may not make six figures but i make pretty good money.
I had this job in my sites for 2 years and would-not let it go,i worked a full time job while i went to school.
Lots of people told me i couldn't do it ,but i did.
If this didn't come open i would have went otr,but local was my goal.

Something may very well happen,but it will not be because of me.

 

1. This thread is over 3 years old. Chances are better than not the person who originally asked the question has either found a driving job they're happy with or are out of the industry completely by now.

2. Going OTR is not paying dues, its going OTR. And no, everyone does NOT have to do it. The only people who go OTR are those who want to and those who aren't savy enough to find other opportunities.

3. There is no such thing as deserving a job simply because you've driven x amount of time OTR. In fact there is no such thing as deserving a job period. Nobody owes you anything in this world.

The employer, and often the employers insurance company, set the minimum requirements for the job. In addition, the employer sets his or her own personal criteria that they look for in potential new hires. As an applicant, you either meet both of those or you do not. But I can assure you, there are local jobs out there where having OTR experience or even a certain amount of driving experience is not on the list of criteria for getting hired. There aren't very many of those jobs, but they do exist none the less.