Just got my CDL but my misdemeanor

I'm guessing it will be hard to get a company to trust you with $50,000 - $100,000 in equipment and maybe more in a load when you have a fresh theft conviction.

Why would you go after a CDL without doing research and even knowing if you could get a job? Why would you not have a plan of action before trying a new career? I'm not trying to be hard on you but I read a post like this several times a week on here. I just can't imagine executing on an idea without any knowledge of an industry or a plan.

I'm guessing in the absence of a plan you know little about the industry either. I would suggest you spend a week or two reading all the the posts on this fine forum. Read posts about good and bad trucking companies. You will figure out what to expect. Read posts about trucking jobs and seek employment. You will see what is available and what others in tough situations have done.

At this point if you still think this is what you wish to do, then start going to trucking companies in your area and sell yourself. It won't be easy and you had better have a great plan and a good sales pitch. Please be sure to use proper english in your encounters with prospective employers. You might get a chance. If you really want something, don't give up.

IMHO, the only chance you have is convincing someone face to face to take a chance on you. The phone or the Internet are going to yield alot of no answers.

 

He could buy a truck !!

Put it on a credit card !!

anythings possible...........

 

Answer all the ads listed on craigs !!!!!

Hire a headhunter.

just use caution !!!

 

as soon as i can decipher your message (s), i will respond...all this "code speak" from some of you is getting out of hand..why can't people talk like real people..?? that is of course, if you want REAL ANSWERS....

 

I am am always floored when someone who has no experience and can't find a job thinks the answer is to purchase a truck. I guess some may have an extra $25,000 for down payments, license, insurance, fuel and repair reserves laying around, but I doubt it. And with no experience they will most likely fail with twice that much on hand.

That was the reason I made so many assumptions about lack of plan, lack of knowledge of the industry and such. I'm guessing this person has no idea that they still have three months of training during which they'll probably not see home. They'll probably work for $400 a week for a month and then $500-550 a week for two more months. That is why I wanted them to research.

I am amazed at how many people see dollar signs and nothing else when they dream about trucks. It is a way of life not a job. If you like it there is nothing better. You can usually make a better than average living at it. It is possible as an owner/operator to do well if you are savvy and the economy cooperates with you. It is also possible to lose your ###. Driver or owner/operator you pay a price for the lifestyle and it takes a toll.

 

I don't mean to be a jerk, but unless you can work in real english I don't think most of us can help. We honestly can't understand half of what you write. I also firmly believe gangsta/ghetto talk with a theft conviction will not take you down a better road.

 

Do you have at least $20,000 to get into a truck? If not forget it. And even then without experience, even with old equipment and local work, I'd expect a 10% chance of success. In addition, you would need to do a lot more research and come here with more refined questions to even make us think you are serious. You won't find what you need asking questions. You will only find it through reading and research. Trucking is a business. Driving is the simplest part of the business and is not easy without experience.

Read all the docked threads on "ask an owner/operator", then if you still think ownership is for you, you will have some good questions to ask and we will all give you good answers. Right now I think your heart wants to be a trucker but your mind has no idea what it takes or costs. Without experience and having a hard time getting hired is not the time to think buying a truck is the answer.

Buying a truck and running a business is 5 - 10 times harder than being a driver. I would say far less than half the owner/operators survive. If you can't and/or haven't made it as a driver it would be foolish to try to own. I did just that with my first truck and failed. Lost a wife and a son in the deal. I assume you are younger, slow down, overcome your mistakes, make a plan and make something of your life.

 

OK, what is done cannot be undone. So you are going to have to take your lumps for it. You say this was Sept of last year. Have you gone to court yet, and if so how did you come out of it. Did you get probation? Did you serve time? Did you pay a fine?

I'm not just being nosy here, and I really don't care what your answers are, but these are questions that a prospective employer is probably going to ask you. It may be tougher for you to get a job if you are still on probation. If in fact, your court proceedings are not done yet, it may be impossible for you to get a job in trucking.

Whatever your answers are, I think your best bet is going to be with an aggregate hauler/construction company.

I'm also curious as to your age. It may be very tough to find a job, with a fresh record of theft. Here is where your age may make a difference.

Are you a US Citizen or at least legal to work here. Your post screams that you are either an English as (barely) second language, or lacking in education. Neither one of which, by itself will make you any less employable in the construction industry. But you will need to show that you have the legal authority to work in this country.

I'm not putting you down here. There are many folks who are #### good employees that don't have a good grasp of the English Language. But man, your posts are really hard to understand.