yes is possible to get a local job with little or no experience.

I have found it pays to be wary of a local home-every-night trucking job that is willing to hire a newbie. Those kind of jobs are often considered "plum" positions, so the competition can be fierce. If there is little to no competition for that job, maybe it's not such a good job. Something to think about.

 

I find everything is completely ### backwards in the states compared to how it is up here. Up here they'll give any monkey with a heart beat a yard truck job. Normally they don't even have a class 1, just a dock worker. Then whenever you do get your class 1 regardless of where you go you can almost bet you'll be stuck in the city for 2 years or so. Then after that you can finally hit the highway and make the good money.

 

I made $17/hour when I only had 5 or 6 months experience driving local.

To the OP, glad to hear you found a driving job that worked for you. Never know what you may find unless you try.

 

Thank you.
Yeah i was giving up hope for a little while there, but i kept to an i had the crazy idea to look in the paper and tada.....there it was hahaha.

 

I don't know. Each situation is different. You would have to talk to the current drivers working where you are wanting to work. They would know better than anyone else what it is like working there.