Need a little help here in N.California....am I STUCK driving a van?

Here's the situation: just got back my CDL with all endorsements and even grabbed a twic also....but haven't been driving since 09...... MVR is spotless for last 5 years........Would like to drive tankers, since I have to do a "refresher" (am I right?) is my only option Schneider? Never done OTR either.... But I know that HAS to be done now (right?).....

my thought process now is if I have to go to a "starter" company it might as well be driving tanks (if possible or am I dreaming?)

my question is do I HAVE to pull a dry van or reffer OTR for a year at a starter company to get the required exp back before I can go pull a tank?

thanks for the help...... This wasn't the plan, I thought I'd go back to my old job for 6 months (large moving company) and then start applying for tank jobs... But insurance won't cover me....so here I am with a nice new CDL (came in mail yesterday) and no recent driving exp.

 

thanks powder joints..... but at 150 miles each way (im in berkeley) the gas would kill me

 

I honestly Don't know what you mean by "magical 5 year mark" ......... If you have some useful information (besides the sarcastic "hmmmm") in regards to my question -then i'd be more than happy to explain (although if you read some of my post in other threads its clear as day why I "got it back")

 

straight shooter about what? all i read was sarcasm and assumptions still havent figured out what you were "straight shooting" about..... im guessing you had no intentions on answering my original question