Becoming Discouraged

Well, I've been trying to decide where I want to work. Seems that my age is a problem. I'll be turning 21 March 1st, and I'm trying to get geared up and ready to go trucking.

I don't seem to qualify for any of the decent companies. I know I gotta start somewhere, and it seems like Schneider is the only company that I could POSSIBLY get on with that isn't, in the opinion of most, an absolute crap outfit.

The companies I've looked into and don't qualify for are listed below:

Knight - Too young - must be 23
Marten - Too young - must be 22
Crete - Too young - must be 22
Roehl - I'm about 40 miles outside their hiring area
Maverick - Too young - don't remember the age but 22 or 23
May - Too young - must be 22

So I guess Schneider is my only reasonable choice.
I have a friend who is an O/O for Stevens, and he says they're a decent place to start, but does admit that there's alot of BS going on in that company, but it's better than it used to be. He says I could learn how things work and be in control more, but I know a company driver doesn't have the same control an O/O has.

So what do y'all think? Any advice?

 

I never really picked up on Watkins Shepherd and Arrow being good companies. Melton website says it wants atleast 3 months OTR experience. I'm going to check into Prime.

BigPapa, The Millis website says you have to live east of the Mississippi River. I live about 200 miles west of it.

 

I really wouldn't want to move. That's alot of trouble.

 

I thought most local companies were harder to get hired on?
What company do you work for now?