hmmm..they say its no money in a class B

There is if you drive construction trucks, dump, mixers, delivery, etc

 

The same goes for a class A. I ran all over the eastern part of the good ole USA pulling a 53' dry van.

Class B dump companies will not give me the time of day. NO EXPERIENCE.
Class A tri-axle dumps....same story.

 

Our company starts Class B drivers out at $15 hour plus outrageous benefits. All local job - easy as pie. I'm talking about our Plumbing division, not the division I'm in, which is much more physically demanding -but that's what I like.
The bennies are: 6 paid holidays; 2 floating holidays; 5 sick days per year starting after 90 days; Cigna healthcare coverage with NO maximum lifetime limit; 3 personal days; 1 week's paid vacation which starts accruing I think 30 days after full-time employment, 2 week's paid vacation after 1 year's full-time employment; 401k - about the same as everywhere else in terms of company match; bonuses; no weekend work; 40-hour work-week; home every day, of course; etc etc etc.
I am NOT a recruiter - in fact, our company doesn't USE recruiters. They just use temporary agencies to bring in new drivers - and usually go through several of them before finding someone that has a good work ethic, shows up to work on time, works hard and doesn't play games.

There ARE good paying Class B jobs out there - I'm not saying $15 an hour is great pay, but that's the starting point - it goes up from there - all kinds of delivery services use Class B drivers. Some pay quite well, others just plain suck. The same holds true for Class A local drivers, though, too. I had a company that wanted me to work 7 hours a day and pay me $13 an hour - I have 20 plus years of experience. I literally laughed at them. But, a company hauling material - sand/gravel/dirt - offered me $19 hour to start with frequent pay advancement opportunities. But - I didn't like the bennies and there were times when drivers would be out of town for extended periods working on highway projects out in the middle of nowhere.
The point is - search it out. I know it's a pain in the rear to go to all kinds of places and post application after application, or go through a temp service and get sent to all kinds of places that really, REALLY suck, but sooner or later, you are bound to find a GOOD paying local job!
Good luck. ​

 

You've got alot to learn if you think a straight truck is the same as a trator trailer.

 

Thats true. Straight Truck is nothing like a tractor trailer.

 

my husband is in Atlanta....we've been trying for 9 months to find him another job. he's currently a school bus driver (we're thankful he was able to get his B with passenger and air brake endorsements) but he's miserable. He's going back to school in a month to get his A and hazmat/tanker endorsement. We're going to go through the WIA program (hopefully). Can anyone tell me if it will be difficult for him get a hazmat job after he's done in school with no experience?..Thanks

 

It should not be a problem as long as his license is clean and a clean background.

Chances are he will have to go OTR or maybe regional. The local jobs are very difficult to get.

 

Sorry ATL driver but that's just not true. Most companies that haul hazmat all the time want a couple of years OTR experience. You'll have to really dig to find the companies that will hire you. Maybe the lorse 10 will hire you but what future is that?

 

Tanker/hazmat your right. I just went through that. I should have been more clear in my response. Just Hazmat, there are regional jobs available
with little to no experience.

Thanks for setting me straight.

 

so there is a chance he'll find something after he gets the hazmat endorsement even with a CDL B? do you know any company that hire with no experience? thanks