Can't find a job

Try a temp agency. There are some transportation specific ones. I have no idea what they require experience wise but it can't hurt to try.

 

You ever consider that you may be looking into the wrong professions? Even local CDL gigs can keep you away from home for up to 12 to 14 hours a day depending on what you are hauling.You may have to work weekends, nights, rotating shifts, etc... You want the nine to five type of job, trucking may not be the best choice.

 

Try logging companies, dump truck, agregate companies, garbage co's, road work, local pepsi or coke ( they will probably want experience though) Try some JB Hunt they are outa Arkansas, might have a deadicated or local, never know.

You might have to bite the bullet for 6 months to a yr and do OTR, till you have the "experience" someone local Would want. Just be aware that some of the local truck companies) logging, construction, garbage) you will still, probably, work 14 hr days 5-7 days a week.

My husband did logging and chip truck to get experience in tractor trailer, he had cdl A but had driven concrete and dump mostly.

Good luck, just keep looking and think outside the box.

 

The longer u wait the harder it will be for you to get a cdl job.

 

then you are going into the wrong buisness
even local work isnt 9-5
the pizza place will look easy after a while

drive for sysco 14 hour days starting at midnite
34 hours off reset your hours
local isnt a cakewalk either

 

You might try getting on with a trucking outfit as a yard jockey. This way you will go home every night, while getting PLENTY of backing up and turning around experience. Eventually, you may be able to work your way into a full time local LTL truck driving job. You may want to try places as ABF, Conway, FedEx, J.B. Hunt, UPS, YRC, U.S. Food Service, Tyson Foods, or any of the local trucking companies in your area.

NOTE:
When you are not working as a yard jockey, perhaps you can double as a warehouseman or as a ware houseman's helper. This way, you are more apt to have job security, as well as get a feel for what the inside of a trailer is like, (in reference to loading and unloading one). There is a lot to learn from all angles of the trucking industry.

Good luck!

God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.!

 

But I heard from a friend who knows this guy who has a cousin who knows someone who lives next door to the best friend of a guy who drives a truck from 9 - 5 M -F off every weekend, gets 3,000 miles per week and is paid $1.25 per.mile as a company driver.

That is the job I expect to land straight out of CDL school!

 

you said it correctly KMAC! Look before you leap! You can't expect to start out at the top of the food chain! Sometimes you have to sacrifice a little to get to where you want to be.

 

Have you looked into what it takes to get your own authority? If you found an insurance company that will insure you with no driving experience, I would love to know about them.