Concrete truck to OTR am i crazy?

Just plain and simple "Go for it" if it doesn't pan out with that much cement experience jobs will come so you can go back !

 

China town...as in china town in Chicago by chance? If so I'm probably very familiar with the company you hauled the powder for. Thanks for the advice ive been down the no two week notice in my early days.gotta learn the hard way when your young I guess haha. Thanks again for the valuable info.
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Chinatown is this; I retired at age 66, 3 years ago, and moved to the Orient. Live a great life here and cost of living is so cheap it's unbelievable. Bought a beautiful 4 bedroom, 2 bath condo with two live-in housekeepers that cost $150.00 each per month. The little wife, 30 years my junior, keeps the eagle eye on me for some reason! I hauled powder for Schwerman, but usually OTR liquid Hazmat. Some Hazmat powder product to chemical plants in Texas. Best wishes to you and your better half. Take her with you on the road. My wife went with me during my reefer pulling days & really enjoyed it.

 

i made 38k my first year and on track to make in the high 40 range this year so yea you can make that

 

You live in Il try this equityinc.com call and talk to them they will work with you.

 

hey eli, i obtained my CDL A about a month ago. i live a few minutes north of chicago and am interested in driving a ready mix truck. since this is your are of expertise and you worked in chicago, i was wondering i you have any advice on who would hire a driver fresh out of school? i do have straight truck driving experience in the military. alot of companies i see are asking for 2yr+ experience (and same for well paying [local]tankers job). i understand that my pay isnt gona be all that upscale being also a newb but i wana start asap. if theres any advice you can give me, it will be much appreciated.

btw during cdl school a whole bunch of recruiters came in promising 32-37,500$$ range right out of school for otr positions. so im pretty sure you should be earning 40k+. two of the companies my instructor really liked was howe trucking and marvin keller, us express i hear (from an employee) is also a pretty good comapny to work for

 

Hope the Otr deal is working out for you Eli. If you've ever considered driving in the oil field..that's where the big money is...and abt the concrete trucks, I can move down to the southern part of the city or jus drive out there for the job. And I don't mind being unemployed for the winter because right now I wana stay around Chicago for a lil while cuz I jus got back from a deployment not to long ago. I really would like to get in with a company to grt experience and not waste the summer away. u kno? And ya u r defintely right abt that union deal, it's all abt the seniority with them. I went to apply for an electrical union for a driver n guy tells me, there isn't much work alot of workers are laid off. I went in there the very nxt day with the required paper work and talked to an actual worker there to pay his dues and according to him they "swamped with the work load".

 

And I did come across ozinga and prairie while I was researching a d didn't really come across any positions that they wana train people for...should I jus give them a ring?