Local jobs with little experience

central refrigerated has a local in pasco ,WA they are looking for drivers. But you live like 3 hours from there i see. try knight they have stuff i think they can get you home regulary with their rail/port program they have.

 

Try the local LTL companies , the beverage/beer companies , the food service/grocery store distributors , the contruction/wood-yard palces , the intermodial companies, and if you have your tanker/haz-mat endorsement try the local gas/fuel haulers.....

 

If you want a local job the best thing to do is take a day off during the week and start knocking on doors .
Go to every trucking outfit in your town and talk to them in person .
Tell them about your experience and what you are looking for.

If you want to run dumps start looking at every dump in your area and go to them they are not going to come looking for you.
Talk to every driver you can in the area and find out if it pays what you need to run a dump first !

The thing about local jobs is that most just don't pay enough compared to other trucking jobs.
The thing to remember is just because you are home every day doesn't mean you have time to enjoy the family.

You and every other new guy wants to be there at home but the truth is you can't be at home and make the money needed in most cases.

Local is not all it is cracked up to be in most cases . If you start early you go to bed early . So if your day starts at 2 am then you are in bed the night before at 5 or 6 pm if you get off at 3 or 4 pm there aint much family time built in that schedule .

To each their own and I wish you luck just keep looking you will find what you want eventuality . Good luck

 

Well said, I went local last month, and although I like the "early shift" I leave the house between 1 and 3 AM most days. With a family its hard to go to bed at 6PM....the busiest time with kids and a wife on a "normal" schedule. My Uncle who has driven local for 25+ years once told me "it doesn't matter what your schedule is everyone elses stays the same". (shhhhh...don't tell anyone I took a pay cut for it).

 

I'm trying to find a local job as well. I know for a fact that there are different jobs that pay a bit better than others. The hard part is finding one that will match or beat what you're earning now. I'm making good money working for a towing company locally, but I ain't happy. I know I'm going to have to sacrifice a little, but as long as I am happy, i know everyone in my family will too.

Good luck on your search.

 

Although I am not in trucking at least not yet. One of the guys from our old church drove for Estes I think it was as a local doing LTL runs. He had a graveyard shift and started work around Midnight. I would think that kind of schedule would at least allow you to be starting your day when the family is getting home. Although forget sleeping in bed with your spouse during your week. I had the same issues as a charter bus driver working 14 hours a day and off for 10. When you factor in the commute, showering, eating, and decent sleep not much time is left for everything else.

 

Northern Refrigerated has a terminal in Portland. Thats a two hour commute to puyallup. They are LTL and take beginners. You run regional. Also try intermodal gigs in Seattle .. or hit up aggregate companies

 

I drove trucks on our family farm for quite a few years with no CDL, back in August of this year got CDL landed a great local job pulling hopper bottom. Being in WA doubt there's much grain hauling though......good luck to you. It can happen.

 

Go to the trans-system website and lood at James J. Williams Transport. They have regional and local jobs. If they will hire you it would give you good training for an excellent local tanker job in the future hauling chemicals or fuel. You will make tons more money running local with tanker/hazmat & probably get over $60K with fuel/chemicals. James J. Williams would be a good start to prepare you.