Have not driven in three years

Welcome to the forum.
Do a bit of looking around and you'll discover your situation isn't unique at all. The key words are "refresher course".

 

IWX they would probably put you on team relay for a time, to get your experience back up. I think there closest yard to you is in Taylorsville or at least over that way. I would look till I found someone to put me on, I would not go back to school with your experience. They may put you on as a regional driver in that general area, running the mid west and east.

 

Surely in Indiana there must be a farmer you could haul grain for OTR,sure would beat a refresher course IMO.

 

MBI gargage haulers, acually make decent money. I think they might be union. Not sure.

 

BigHands: Might find myself in the situation you've described further on down the road (ugh).
Anyway; I know of a driver w/ approx 35 yrs exp. He dropped out for 3 years, then found himself in the "retrain requirement" situation.
He ended up making a request to someone (in safety I believe). The request was; if his trainer approves him early to drive solo, the company would ok him a truck. I think he got the agreement w/ a 2 week re training minimum out of a potential 2 full months.
Needless to say, after 2 weeks the trainer recommended he drive solo, ... & he drove solo.
Also, he has a lot of years exp, impeccable driving record, well spoken & is a very likeable person.
He's based out of Columbus Ohio, & he got on w/ Crete Carrier Corp w/ the 2 weeks re training. He drove for Crete for 1 year. He wasn't happy w/ them (too many stories to list here), & now he's been w/ A.D. Transport Express (Canton MI) for approx 1/2 year. AD Transport requires that a driver been driving for at least 2 years w/o a long break. However; once again, he struck up a deal & got in w/ 1 year "re experience" w/ Crete.
I can contact him & find out more info if you'd like. "Hope this helps".