Recent Grad - Local - Middle TN

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Evo66, Apr 14, 2023.

  1. Evo66

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    Hello I am a recent grad looking for local, I can find OTR easily but thought I would see if I can find local class A before I take a local class b cement mixer driver job and try to work up into their tanker division

    Middle TN area, I live in Spring Hill (furthest I would like to drive is hour max, depending on the job I may consider driving further)
    Graduated March 6th, 160 hours of school time (4weeks) - 45 hours of drive time (includes driving on back city roads and interstate freeway)
    Unrestricted Class A
    I have doubles and triples, tanker and hazmat (X endorsement)
    I also have TWIC.

    Background is spotless
    MVR is spotless.
    Drug screen will be spotless everytime. I am straight edge as they come.
     
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  3. lual

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    XPO -- home daily -- Nashville -- has their own CDL school for new drivers :confused:

    Again -- you have to be at least 21 years old.

    Some footnotes for you:

    • Avoid any job or account that requires you to service any of the so-called "dollar" stores: Dollar General, Family Dollar, etc. Those jobs are murder for a new CDL holder; leave those gigs to the drivers with A LOT more experience.
    • Avoid jobs that are tanker hazmat duty until you get some real experience under your belt. Those jobs are just too risky to do for a beginner.

    -- Lual
     
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    Look to see names on doors of daycabs going in the Saturan auto plant. It will be CWS MTS or even someone else. You start seeing who is sending multiple day cabs in and that would be back and forth to manufacturing plant to assembly
     
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  10. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    Check on Nashville Craigslist. There are a few home daily and regional jobs in Spring Hill and TONS in Nashville, although a daily commute from SH to Nashville is likely to be just too much trouble. There are several jobs on Nashville Craigslist in Murfreesboro, Smyrna, La Vergne which would be a shorter daily commute. I think Maverick has a dedicated flatbed opening in Lawrenceberg. There are some yard truck/switcher jobs in the area. You would have a steady schedule, be home daily but they don't pay much more than $1k per week. There are some decent jobs, I just don't remember what they are. I'm in the area.
     
  11. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    Great call @Dennixx Averitt is a great company ( i worked for them for 18 years). Averitt has a home daily flatbed job based someone in the Spring Hill, Lawrenceburg area. If you can't find an Averitt job near Spring Hill their main terminal is South of Nashville near Briley Parkway exit off I-24. IMO, commuting to Nashville proper would bee too much if te OP was looking for home daily.
     
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