Rollover

Im new to the industry and I was recently involved in a rollover driving a dump truck. I wasn’t given a citation or ticket but I was terminated by my company. They said after reviewing the footage they determined I was speeding and that was the cause of the rollover. I have a Class A license with a hazmat, doubles & trips along with a tanker endorsement. I have no OTR or regional experience am I employable or should I just start looking to invest my time into something else? Keep in mind that I have a family to provide for children and a wife so my time, like most is valuable.

Thanks in advance.

 

I'll be honest. It's going to be difficult, perhaps impossible for you to get another driving job over the next 3 years. That's how long you'll have that rollover on your license. It's a bad driver's market right now, especially for newer drivers. You may be able to work as a yard dog in the mean time, but OTR companies have tightened up hiring over the last couple of years. All I can suggest is just start applying to any and every company. If one says yes, you can count your blessings and everything I say is negated.

 

How in the heck did you roll that over? Oh wait I read it again. You’re speeding.

 

You don't tell us where you are (a zip code would be just great) -- & without knowing that, we couldn't help you much, anyway.

Unfortunately, Bryan (above) is pretty much spot on -- the current CDL job market is a tough nut to crack -- even for CDL holders with clean records.

Having said that -- one cool thing about being a CDL holder is....there are other ways to use it.

As suggested above -- you might put in for some local positions as a yard jockey. It's local work (so home every day), & lots & lots of practice backing -- which would be good for you to have for later.

You might also look into what's involved in being a crane operator. Many of those gigs require a CDL -- & the pay there is pretty good, usually.

As you know, driving a big rig is very different from driving a dump truck.

With that said -- you might apply to this carrier -- & see what happens (they may have an opening in your area); if you don't have enough big rig experience, they have training (in the listed requirements, they seem more forgiving of recent issues):

National Carriers -- "2nd chance" carrier -- offers training if you don't have enough experience

-- L

 

More details are needed. What kind of dump truck?

No citation, did you apply anywhere?

 

A standard alloy body dump truck. I didn’t receive any citations and yes I’ve applied to a couple of place so far and haven’t heard back from any yet. Just trying to gauge my possibilities of getting hired in the near future (located in the Tri-State area.)

 

Yea I was going a little too fast for the turn. Regardless of the

Located in the Tri-State area

 

I appreciate the feedback and that’ll have to be my next move. Thanks.

 

"tri state area" covers a lot of different areas.

"The Tri-State Area is the name of the metropolitan area surrounding California, Florida, Louisiana, Illinois, Alabama, New Jersey, Utah, New York, Ohio, Washington, Colorado, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. In real life, a tri-state area need not encompass whole states in our country."