Trying to help a friend

CDL Training & Truck Driving School | Stevens Transport
9757 Military Parkway, Dallas, TX
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Stevens Transport is one of the few companies that still has APU's in the trucks.
Runs 48 states. Trucks set up for driver comfort.
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Thermo King TriPac Auxiliary Power Unit (APU)

• Reduce unnecessary fuel consumption by over 85% while allowing the driver to rest in comfort
• Comply with anti-idle laws and reduce pollution outputs
• Allow drivers to run the A/C, heater, and small electronic appliances without borrowing energy from the truck – keeping drivers comfortable in climate changes year around
• Reduce fuel expenses for the company and assist in helping all drivers earn their monthly Energy Bonus

 

Tell your friend--STOP WORRYING about finding a CDL job after he graduates.

See Chinatown's suggestion in post #5 above (for WDT)--I see ads where those guys are hiring pretty much ALL THE TIME.

They gladly take/train new CDL grads.

-- Lual

 

Here are a few posts for newbies.
Money for CDL Training
Every new CDL driver needs Tanker endorsement.
Passing your CLP/CDL Endorsement Tests - HowTo
Check Company Score - SAFER WEB

 

OK this isn't an issue, seriously.

When you apply for the work, the 'carrier' has to attempt to investigate the previous employment, seeing he was a driver of a CMV, he needs to provide all the information about the job, the contact (or last contact) info and that's it.

If the company is out of business, then the Carrier has to document their attempt to indicate they didn't get any confirmation and put it in the driver's jacket. It isn't the applicant's problem, the carrier followed the regs, and that's it. I have had to deal with this issue a bunch of times and it is always the same process, I don't ask for tax records, pay stubs or anything else, I accept it at face value as most carriers do.

 

Does your friend have internet access?
If so, tell him / her to ask for themselves.

 

See posts #5 and #23--in this same Forum thread, above....

Given the current freight market...and also your friend's location--he will be hard-pressed to do much better than that (starting out, that is).

-- Lual

 

Your buddy sounds a lot like me.
Military background and a few years of vanlife are perfect prerequisites for becoming a trucker.
Tell him to keep his van and station it at terminals where he would like to take hometime. This is what I did and it was a blast.
I based out of Denver so when I was not in the truck, I could grab my van and camp in the mountains till I felt like getting back in the truck again.
I think I might have been the most stress free trucker at my company.