Where to start when entering the trucking industry?

www.cfidrive.com is probably what you're looking for.
You're in the hiring area according to the map on the website.

Average annual income for solo drivers is $52,800 and for team drivers is $121,703 (per team). This pay rate includes base pay, safety bonus and a productivity bonus.
*Based on average 2016 W-2 income.

 

No problem. I like Prime. Even though I'm not going to work for them. Their training pay is being upped to $800 a week, Jan 1st. They have a north east 'division' of sorts.

Here's some food for thought...

 

Developing a plan. I like your attitude.
Family to support.
Do you want to see said family? I would look at trying, and you can get in green, to a union shop doing local, or local line haul.

 

No problem making 50 k after a year but don't plan on being home or having any kind of a real life.

 

Which city are you near? Newport or St. Johnsbury?
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Associate Driver - Lyndonville, VT
Job Description
Position Summary: . Reinhart will hire and train individuals with less than one year of experience and enter them into our Associate Driver training program. Driver Associates will perform driver duties that will allow them to gain the necessary experience to qualify for a Professional Driver position with Reinhart Foodservice after successfully completing the program.
Required Skills and Experience:

• Drivers must have a valid Class A CDL for interstate commerce with less than one year of current Class A CDL or equivalent military driving experience within the last year.
• We are an interstate carrier, by law you must be at least 21 years of age.

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Class A CDL Driver
McDermotts Inc.-Enosburgh, VT
We are seeking CDL-A Company Drivers for routes out of our Enosburg, Shoreham and Irasburg locations. This position offers excellent pay and competitive benefits.
Overview
Drivers transport milk, cream, condensed milk and ice cream mix via tanker. Runs throughout New England. All three shifts available. Company operates 24 hours a day. Schedule varies depending on shift and position. Drivers responsible for loading/unloading tankers. Home daily.
Requirements
CDL-A
“N”-Tanker endorsement required

 

Us Bohemians take offense to that. It's a real life. It's just the life of a Bohemian. That's all.

 

I don't consider working 70 hours every week as having a life..I call it slavery..

 

For me, a real life is having job satisfaction and being able to support my family with a good standard of living. Making sacrifices to do that are part of life.

 

Many drivers say that, but keep on trucking anyway. Trucking is voluntary.