Training Adventures with Sage in Cheyenne, WY

Here's what my ideal job would look like: Out anywhere from 2 - 7 days, home for a full day (perhaps a 34 reset?), with pay at 40k+/yr net, and health/dental/vision benefits (durn kids are expensive!) that don't cost an arm and a leg each paycheck! Hopefully that's not a pipe dream.
The girls up front seem to be really pushing the oilfields right now, but my wife said she'd rather I be out a few days at a time rather than come home, go straight to bed, then straight to work as soon as I wake up.
I have no preference on whether it's van, reefer, tanker, flatbed, etc., so long as I'm driving. I've only hauled reefer and tanker (hazmat, bulk and liquid), but would definitely be willing to learn anything else.

You got that right..

 

Well, right now my wife does carry the insurance (good stuff, too), but I'm hoping to be able to replace her income so she can be home with the kids (hence the income I'm looking for -- over $40k.. minimum).
Talked to Schneider today (I'd sent in an app over the weekend) -- they won't even look at me until 10 years have passed since my wreck (Nov. 2008 -- tipped over a pup.. dunno if I'd told yall that before or not). So that got me pretty durn discouraged today. Things gotta look up soon tho (hopefully)!

 

Only thing from the accident on my Motor Vehicle Record is the ticket I received with it (for "Erratic lane changes"). The accident is on my DAC record from HireRight, though.
On a side note, that IS the most recent thing on my record.

 

300/wk might be rough, but doable if the hometime is right..

 

You might want to try Prime for training. Going in with a CDL is $500 a week for the first month, then $600 or 12 cpm for all miles when you're over 5000 miles for the week until the end of training. Insurance is BCBS of MO after 180 days.

 

That's where I originally got my CDL back in '07! They're a good company IMO, and if I didn't have a family, I'd be back there in a heartbeat.
The only reason I left was because I had been told I'd be home at least every 2-3 weeks at the most, guaranteed. I was with them 5 months and got home 3 times. Had to either get home more often, or find something different. I talked to my FM about it, he said he'd get me home (which he did), then after that another month went by before I said enough was enough.