Frustrated experienced driver

Politics mostly. You are lucky. Some states now are requiring a current DOT medi card in order to renew your license. I know Minnesota is one.

 

same thing happened to my buddy was out of trucking for a few years. and when he applied for jobs companys told him to long out have to go with a trainer. the trainer learned a lot in those 30 days. that guy drove one of my trucks back in the 70s. go out with a trainer what had been driving for 3 months, thats a joke. b careful

 

Hmm. Maybe. I don't think that's what the insurance companies told me but every company is different. IIRC, they told me that the driver must have been "continuously insured". By that they mean if he was uninsured for more than 12 months, he is toast. But there is a loophole here. Many companies do not remove the drivers names from the list of insured drivers after they leave the company. I was able to insure a driver because his previous employer still had him listed as a driver and the insurance company never knew otherwise. Maybe contact your old employer from 10 years ago and see if you are still listed.

 

The insurance companies have their own courses that (if you pay the many thousand dollar tuition) will get you 2 years experience. Does it all make sense now?

 

I went through the same thing Steve. Had another business that i sold and had to work for that company as part of a 5 year contract. Kept 1 truck and sold the others during this period. I voluntarily suspended my authority know at the end of the 5 years knowing i would get back into it it. After the 5-6 years away i thought i might get back into it and drive for somebody. Boy was that a mistake, i heard the same as you and just laughed, really, ride with a trainer? Been trucking since 76, i probably have more miles in reverse bumping docks then the trainer has going forward lol. Long story short, reinstated my authority and put my truck back on the road. Took a little bit to get back in the swing of things but i'm glad i did it.
Balye hit the nail on the head, it's all Bulls**t politics. Good luck!!!!!

 

Happened to me. Quit driving in 2000 and started my own construction company. The housing market went to hell back in 07 and the only way I knew to make money and not lose everything I own was in a semi. NO ONE would hire me. Worlds of experience and no one would even touch me. Couldnt get back into a skateboard to save my life. So, when Swift offered me a flatbed job, I took it. Had to bite my tongue and bide my time. Sounds unfair and unreasonable? Well, if the only way I could ever get back into a skateboard was Swift, then so be it.

Actually, kind of glad I did. Everything changed between 2000 and 2007. Learned alot from Swift.

 

i took a few months off some years back, called Barr-Nunn, they told me (i quote) if you have not been driving within the past 37DAYS, we cannot hire you

37 days

i figured that was a cue to leave these clown companies and their ridiculous rules