How many jobs is too many to get hired

Depending on your locale scott...try the local beverage companies , as well as food distributing companies like those that deliver fast food....GSF(McDonald's) , or MBM ( Hardee's/Burger King) or if you are able to get the Haz-Mat and tanker endorsements hit the fuel hualers in your area..some hire directly out of school.....then you have those LTL folks...all of these will give you more and better pay/benefits than any of those mega outfits.....Good Luck. Oh...BTW you could probably send Chinatown a pm and he can hook you up with company names, and maybe some links...he is much better at that stuff than I.

 

Yes he did. I signed one of them lol. He had to get two.

 

Actally as per the fmcsa, if you never had a DOT driving job before, you only need to put a 3 year history. Once you get your first trucking job, then you need to disclose 10 yr

 

Exactly what is the letter supposed to say to get notarized I'm in the same situation with work history in the last 4 years the only time I worked was Xmas holidays.

 

scott, are you a certified mechanic? if you want to go to driving school. many companies care about that. and spend a couple of years keeping your nose clean. then you can combine the 2 and get on with a company that uses trucking as a part to the business. but it's not their main stay of business. and they do look for people that have the best of both in a lot of different industries. you just have to know where to look.

 

honestly, your friend that has some of his own trucks. I would go help him. because he will look out for you. and he won't pull any of the dirt ball crap that 90% of the trucking companies pull these days. plus you should also remember that many of the drivers on here only have a few years experience in the scope of things. I have 38 real years in trucking. and i have only had 5 jobs in that time. first job I worked from 1976 to 1995. then i had 15 of my own trucks until the crash of late 2008. closed the doors due to no freight from the crash. after that I worked for 4 different major fleets until spring of 2012. then got out of it. so I am speaking from the heart. trucking doesn't pay very well now. plus there are too many restriction on drivers. that makes it hard too make a half way decant check. so your friend knows this. and he probably figures it won't be long before you go back to mechanicing. plus if you go for what i suggested in my last post. he will be more likely to give a good dependable reference. do what you want. I just thought i would give you some real life advice. your not going to get many truckers that will do that.

you should also watch out. drivers have a bad habit of telling the gross income the hope to make. and not what they really make. solo drivers make the most of $43k a year after about 10 years of driving. starting drivers make about $23k to $28k a year. this is before the basic expenses,taxes and insurance. after about 25 years driver hit $50 to 60K. and there as old as me. 5 years doesn't make up for 25 years of struggling in trucking. so think about what you are really wanting. and the future.

 

Just tells what you were doing basicly. It's a government requirement the companies have to do.

 

You can save yourself some headaches by going to a formal CDL school. That carries much weight on job applications for new CDL holders & most high quality companies will require it. After CDL school, go for the flatbed or tanker companies for the best pay annually. With that CDL diploma, you don't have to settle for $25K or $30K per year, because that diploma will get you in with well established flatbed or tanker companies where you can make over $50K plus a full benefits package, your first 12 months after all the orientation/training is behind you and you're on your own as a solo. Many drivers will tell you, you can't make that kind of money as a new driver, but they are wrong and are probably pulling a dry van or reefer doing general freight. New drivers doing Schneider dry bulk or liquid tanker are making over a grand a week. Same with the top flatbed companies such as Maverick, System Transport, Melton Truck Lines. So, if you're going to do this trucking thing, plan prepare, do it right. Get your endorsements, passport, TWIC so you can start out with good pay and not live on pay advances for ramen noodles.

 

Does anyone have a copy of the letter they would care to share?