CDL training and pet friendly

This is how it'll be folded

The test is literally just pick up the tarp and set it on top of one of their trailers.

 

Just a warning as a driver that carried my dog with me for some years. Not every report by non-employees of Company A saying "I think or know Company A allows pets" is accurate. Some or many of those reports may come from the reporting person seeing a Company A truck and driver with a dog that Company A doesn't allow. I worked at a great company. They, under no circumstance, allowed any pets in trucks. A few teams at the company were sneaking dogs into trucks without authorization. Drivers for other companies would see those trucks or talk to those team drivers and hear enough good info about Company A they would start talking to a recruiter and pass along the name/truck number of the team driver with a pet so the recruiting bonus would get to the right person. Later they would ask for details about the company pet policy since he was bringing a pet. The recruiter would say we don't allow any pets. Whether the prospective driver ever said "but Bob Smith in truck 4605 has his dog, when did this policy change" or not Company A now has some drivers to fire and a truck to recover.

What I'm saying is, if a trucking company website says they allows pets, they do. If the recruiter says they allow pets, they might. Info from anyone else should be verified by the company employees. I always asked the Safety Dept, Risk Management, or whatever they call that function in modern businesses these days. Companies that prohibit pets consider sneaking a pet the same as sneaking an unauthorized hitch-hiker. It means immediate termination or next time you reach ANY company property you are out of the truck permanently NO. MATTER. WHAT.

Big dogs really limit your employers. Also, smaller companies are more likely than big companies to allow pets. Small companies don't have a lot of online info. I recommend you open Google Maps and enter your city, and search for trucking company, transportation company, logistics, express company, transfer company any of the words associated with trucking. And then start contacting those companies by phone or email to verify they hire newbies, and ask about pets and limitations. Lots of employers are not online but newbies seem afraid to do anything but a Google search. Phone calls with voice and everything are in your future, or you will miss a lot of employers. Good luck, it's great having your dog with you.

 

PICK THE EMPLOYER BEFORE YOU MAKE A DECISION ABOUT SCHOOL. You wouldn't buy a wedding package then then start looking for a wife. You find the woman who will criticize you about everything first and then eventually start shopping for a wedding package. Employer first, then make a decision about CDL school.

 

Some trucking companies have their own CDL school or only hire from certain schools, or hire from CDL schools that meet conditions A, B, C, etc. I used to recommend against signing a contract to get a "free" CDL from a trucking company, but I changed. If the company that knows everything about your record and fits all the important needs you have has a contract for "free" CDL I would sign it. IMO, you simply MUST stay at that 1st employer for 12 months unless they are dangerous, grossly illegal. Almost anything else you are doing 12 months even if they never get you home on time, or anything else. New drivers need 12 months of experience to ALMOST seem reliable. A newbie with a few months of experience is still suspicious to the good companies. The good companies are where you have much less chance of being required to do shady stuff that risks your life and career. It's easier NOW than in the past to change companies with less than a year experience, but you aren't getting into the good companies, or only a few of the almost good companies until you have the year experience as a rule. Anyone can get lucky and accidentally find the exception, but you shouldn't bet on being the exception especially if you have a big dog, or any other requirement. A little or a lot of research NOW can keep you away from the common shady stuff that may cause you to have a big ticket or accident and be looking for a job as a newbie with almost no experience and bad marks on record and a big dog. I'm the opposite of a "ah heck, roll the dice, you might get lucky" kind of person. There are others here that think that's how you get the best jobs. I'm just explaining my view. You do you.

 

BTW, if you have speeding tickets less than 5 years old, any speeding tickets 15 or more MPH over the limit, accidents, felony criminal record, long gaps (30+ days) in employment history, DUI or similar, have used THC products less than 6 months ago, expect to ever have alcohol in the truck, those all make it more difficult to find a good employer. With some of those in my past I would not waste my time trying trucking.

A surprising number of newbies think some of those things are acceptable in trucking.

 

What could possibly go wrong with a job like this! 36 cpm on a 1099 job