Sanitation driver

By sanitation, do you mean garbage trucks?

 

I would skip the otr and apply for the local stuff,...

Some local companies will even train newbies,....

 

It's good to get your class A's and see the country. Then find a local job like you said. No matter how bad the economy get's, there's always a job in food and garbage.

I ran a rolloff for a couple years and was one of the funnest jobs I had. There's all kinds of fringe benefits to them jobs. People throw away good things everyday. I worked 7-3 M-F for the county gov't. Those jobs are who you know, but private companies pretty much hire anyone. Waste Management has a big corner of the market and is probably where you are at. I had several friends that worked for them and they seemed to be happy. (www.wm.com). There are many smaller companies too. You just need to find out what runs into your local landfill.

Places like Sygma, Coke, Pepsi are mainly for younger drivers because you have to hustle 2-wheeling everything with multiple stops. But a young person can make decent money and move up within the company.

UPS or other LTL companies you can make real good living as they pay well.

 

no way walleye.....you need atleast 30 years otr before local companies will even look at you...

 

there will ALWAYS be a need for garbage hauling..wither the local residential routes, roll off's, transfer stations..the thing here though, is many companies now have a set up where the trucks have "arms" that reach for the garbage cans, pick them up and dump them, requiring LESS manpower these days.

as for OTR, once you get your license, i'd still recommend you got OTR if only for a mere 6 months. just about any garbage hauling job i have seen is advertised in the papers. from there, if you want to do a different type of hauling, they promote of transfer from with-in....

it's regular work, regular pay, benefits....the downside is the holidays....you GIT to work the day before and day after holidays....

try getting a 3 or 4 day thanksgiving day weekend.....or christmas eve, off as well....get it...???

6 days, a week you will probably work in most instances, as the garbage never stops....

but then again, maybe some will say "it's job security"...????

 

Lol,................

It's your story, Tell it any way yous want!!,..............

 

Yep, that 30 years experience is stretching it a bit isn't it?

 

I think Freebird is being a bit sarcastic,....

Being as he started at UPS Freight at the age of 20,.....

 

Sarcastic? A trucker? Never!