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  1. Jan 29, 2010 #21
    rigwelderstaco

    rigwelderstaco Bobtail Member

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    thanks for the welcome. For all fo the things I dislike about Kalifornia, I do like the AV. I hunt, fish, offroad, prospect. All that kind of good stuff. Living here kind of puts me in the middle of everything. Drove thru AR one time. Too #### many mosquitoes!!! :) Spent a night in a hotel next to a truck stop, no seals around the door jamb. Got to the point I just went out and slept in my sleeper. Only nice thing abut the hotel was that it had a workng shower!!!
     
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  3. Jan 29, 2010 #22
    Donnyh

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    have you looked at prime or central to get some experience ?
     
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  4. Jan 29, 2010 #23
    rigwelderstaco

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    central refrigerated?? yes, they said no.

    prime. not yet. think ill check their site out right now. kinda forgot about them.
     
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  5. Jan 29, 2010 #24
    rigwelderstaco

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    ok, so the current "applied for" list is:

    crete - no
    schneider - no
    swift - havent heard
    watkins shephard - havent heard
    prime - just did
    werner - havent heard
    kllm - no
    cre - havent heard
    central refrigerated - no
    hunt transportation - no

    any others i should try??
     
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  7. Jan 29, 2010 #25
    Donnyh

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    do you know why their saying no ?
     
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  8. Jan 29, 2010 #26
    Logan76

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    you can try Eagle, they're out of AZ and are an O/O leased to Werner. My friend drives for them and has gotten pretty good mileage so far.
     
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  9. Jan 29, 2010 #27
    rigwelderstaco

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    yeah. not enough OTR or tractor/trailer experience. Ive got a ton of straight truck experience but they all want t/t.
     
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  10. Jan 29, 2010 #28
    Allow Me.

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    You're a lot better off than a married person attempting to get on board this industry. I'm just curious what your 2 grand a month obligation is? Try "TWT" out of Spokane, Wa., sister company to System transport. They take students, refer operation, mostly west coast freight (I-5). Yard in Bloomington, Ca. Try Ashley furniture out of Colton, Ca. You tailgate the loads delivering to retail stores regionally. Good pay/equipment. DOT Line out of Vernon, Ca. and Wolf Trucking out of Van Nuys, Ca. may be able to help you. Even look at Double Eagle and Apex (powder trains) out of Hesperia and Adelanto. (Ca.Nv.Az.) Get out there and mingle, nothing is going to fall into your lap.
     
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  11. Jan 29, 2010 #29
    rigwelderstaco

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    the 2k/month is to pay the bills that i have. thats what i need to pay the bills and still be able to eat.

    thanks for the co names. i know it dont fall into your lap. ive been lookin at craigslist, monster, cdljobs, caljobs...all over. i must have 50 friggin apps out right now to various companies.
     
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  12. Jan 30, 2010 #30
    Michelangelo

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    Well I know that Werner is indeed hiring inexperienced OTR. I have a close friend training there.(I get to hear all his strange stories!)

    I would hold my nose, stick it out w/Werner for as long as I could, and when I met the requirements, move as fast as possible to a Crete or Schneider--not that those would be perfect, by any means, but I'd say they are better than Werner.

    Werner (and others) have this huge scam going on where they collect government money to hire new guys, charge them for training, run students/trainers as teams, and mismanage them, so they quit with debt to Werner.

    But it IS POSSIBLE to get started OTR that way.
     
    Michelangelo, Jan 30, 2010
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