Health again blah

Forgot to mention that now whenever I see an old friend, they always ask me when my due date is! LoL

 

Let your physical expire. Get your health issue sorted out, get a new DOT physical & file it with your state. This will reinstate your CDL if it is not downgraded for too long. Each state may be different. In my state, if your CDL isn't lapsed for maybe 5 years (4 years & 364 days), a new DOT card reinstates it. Call you driver license office and ask. Dont give them all the gory details and evety twist & turn. Just tell them your CDL/DOT physical expired how long do I have to submit another one before my CDL disappears permanently. I would probably do all of this before your DL needs to be renewed just to reduce the chance of falling into some bureacratic black hole.

 

Chicago actually has more good companies than any other state in this country. Just because you heard some hillbillies ##### about being screwed over since they abandoned a truck and didn’t want to go to NY or cali doesn’t mean you don’t have options.

 

I get you but you didn't say what's wrong.

By the way, try that when you are 69, you can find a way to work, there are always jobs to be done.

 

I see where you’re coming from. There’s definitely a decent amount of scammers. My story is way different. I worked for a pretty decent European outfit that had 150 Trucks, while it was 1099, they offered some good benefits for safe driving, the mileage as well
as winter driving pay increase. I’m sure you can find a local job going deliveries warehouse to warehouse or around the O’Hare airport.

 

I am not sure how far you live from O’Hare airport, but it would be a good idea to take a drive up to the airport warehouses most of them are on Irving park rd. and see what companies are on the day can trucks

 

Where in Illinois are ya? There are some solutions around me in mid Illinois…

good luck. There are options but I would do what ever it takes to keep your CDL… even if your not able /capable of using it right now…

 

What is the K restriction in Illinois?
CDL Intrastate Only Restriction (K)-No Interstate CMV driving (CDL/CLP) — If a driver certifies that their CDL medical status as Intrastate (NA or EA), a K restriction will be placed on their CDL/CLP, indicating that they are not permitted to operate a CMV in interstate commerce or in multiple states.

Change your driver status at the Illinois DMV, keep your CDL, change status back when and if you get a medical card. See Illinois DMV site under CDL Medical.

Add On : Do this BEFORE Your current Medical Card expires

 

By all means, keep your CDL. I quit in 2010 but I still have mine. Dropped the hazmat and didn't renew the TSA port clearance thing because it was just too much money. But you don't have to have a current medical card when renewing. If it was me, I'd definitely keep it.