Wanna be OTR Hazmat/ Tanker driver...

Idaho Milk Transport INC
www.idahomilktransport.com
Website has 2 yrs. exp. required. Try anyway.
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Submit an application to Western Dairy Transport. There's an app on the website.
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Dairy Farmers of America in Greeley only hires from Sage.

 

Call the phone number and ask if they are still requiring the experience listed on the web site. I would Google the phone number for one of their locations near you and then call the "local" phone number, ask for Safety or Risk Management, or whatever they call it in modern biz speak and tell them a friend (Mike Jackson) worked there previously and said you would really like the place. How much experience do they REQUIRE. Ignore any comment about how much experience they PREFER.

 

In the current labor market, you would be amazed at how many companies have lowered their experience requirements in order to keep the trucks rolling along. Gone are the days of 1-2 years being crushed by a mega. Our website showed 2 years up until last month, when the IT guy was finally told to grant me access to edit the site as there was a coming change in advertising via google and that would result in people seeing our website instead of going straight to the application. In reality, the experience requirement was dropped to 1 year and then 9 months quite a while ago, but the website still had 2 years minimum listed.

 

You forgot your old standby, Trimac.

 

I think Trimac quit hiring new cdl school grads.
Give it a try anyway:
Trimac – Service with Safety

 

Talk to them directly.
They might change their mind and train you.
They need to ask their insurer for permission, though.

 

@Vision.....there is an alternate "school of thought" (and it isn't popular) that says basically....pull boxes for a year or two--then go tanker.

That's what I did (now I haul fuel).

One advantage to this approach is....when you finally do switch over to tanker--because your experience base is wider, you will appreciate tanker's advantages A WHOLE LOT MORE.

--Lual

 

Several companies will take you on straight out of school. Yes there website has the minimum hiring criteria. But some of these companies will hire you.

Western International Gas has a yard in Pueblo, CO. And they will hire you despite what the website says. My thing about finding a company is, will they pay a decent wage even though your new. No one wants to be gone for 2 weeks and only make $700 p/week.

So I only recommend companies that pay. Some people recommend training companies. But im here to tell you. No matter what stay far away from Schneider's tanker program. It is very unorganized and pure garbage!!!

 

Maybe we should start a bad trucking company post about Schneider bulk. Thoughts?