so im in a delimma

Respectfully saying this. you read the contex wrong.not everyone wants local. which is true

 

Only thing different about local compared to otr is you're home every day.You get right back out and ready to roll soon as your 10 hr brk is over.But on the plus side you can do your reset home and many local companies don't work on the weekends.

 

The grass is always greener challenging yourself, Have a goal,reach it. Move on, Accomplish another goal move on. . Variety of equipment in CDL world to challenge yourself. The grass is always greener finding a great job with never a dull moment. Reward.

 

Specially the ones that get divorced to go otr, no kids, no house. smh when i see some otr guys decide to live in the truck what if you got fired.

 

Free mobile home MERRICUH !!! dislike to be the next driver some one called home.

 

I personally would not recommend signing a contract for schooling through a large carrier unless you are certain this is the career move that you want to make. If you can find a community college close by that offers CDL training you are able to write the cost off on your taxes. If you truly want to drive a truck for a living, you have to realize that you are giving up a large part of your life for a career. YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY QUALITY OF LIFE BEING AN OTR TRUCK DRIVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Basic terminology that a recruiter will spew at you has a totally different meaning once you get hired. Most people hear weekends off and you picture getting home Fri. and going out with family or friends and then on Sat. taking the kids to the ball game and then on Sun. relaxing all day and watching TV. Weekend off in reality is getting home long enough to fulfill your 34hr. restart. Period. This is how a weekend off really works in trucking, Your 14hr. clock runs out on Fri. evening as you are heading to pick up your Mon. morning load. So you sit somewhere for 8 or 10hrs. waiting while not getting paid. So you get home Sat. morning around 10 or 11 and sleep until evening. Then you wake up pissed off because you realize your weekend is over. Sun. will usually be spent doing house chores, laundry and packing your food for the week. I hear people on here say all the time that trucking is not a job, it's a lifestyle, the fact is you need to remove life from the style part, because you will have no life. I'm just trying to let people know the basic fundamental truth's in trucking.

 

Did you ever call any of them and ask what they are looking for in a driver?

 

Look to get your schooling at a community college. I would look to pay no more than $2-$3K. OTR experience only counts when applying for an OTR job. Plenty of drivers including myself have gone their whole career without ever running OTR.

Here these guys are $1k for NC residents

http://www.johnstoncc.edu/nctdttuitionandfees.aspx