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chralb--If you lived a little closer, I could keep a close eye on you and that would make all the difference...we can take bigger risks if you are parking the truck in our lot every weekend for us to see what you are doing. Bite the bullet and get a year under your belt...try Maverick or TMC. Both would provide training, run nice equipment, get you good home time, be a decent place to spend a year, and open up a world of opportunities once you have 100K miles under your belt. Best of luck...you sound like the type that will succeed in trucking. If you ever find yourself living in IA or the northern half of IL, IN or OH, let me know.

 

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Cyclo--if you read an earlier post I made to Lurch, I indicated the same thing to him. He was doing local Denver Metro driving & I told him that could make up for his lack of OTR experience. Chralb is a recent graduate. I took that to mean he has little to know experience operating in a congested metro. In addition to city driving, there is also winter driving, and being out of your comfort zone. It is far easier to make a bad decision when you are nervous and out of your element. There is also the idea of being on the road and experiencing what it is all about. If you take out the new drivers that are under contract because of company paid schooling, I bet there is a large percentage of new drivers that wash out of the industry because they realize that is not the glamorous lifestyle they envisioned. I have had 2 drivers this year that made it less than three months because of the stress OTR put on their home lives. These are drivers that were home 48 hours every weekend, and usually once during the week. I don't really like wasting my time and money nurturing a new driver just to have them realize that OTR is not for them. Sticking it out at a big company also shows that you can keep your chin up and make the best of a bad situation. I am sure any experienced driver can understand the value of learning this lesson early. There are exceptions to every rule and we make exceptions to our rules. However, there are plenty of reasons that requiring one year experience makes a whole lot of sense.