Possibly leaving local job.....any suggestions?

My prayers to you and your family.

 

Only thing you can do really, is start knocking on doors and filling out applications.
Try finding a company that doesn't use DAC. With 15 months, you SHOULD be able to find something decent. Good luck, man.

 

Go to a powder company, cement you will make as much as running otr, andd get to be home. or fuel.

 

You don't give enough information for us to help; "Backwoods" is not in the atlas. What's the nearest reasonably large town or city near you.

 

Have you looked into tankers? If I read it correctly an outfit like Superior will run you somewhere and quite often back. I think they have local drivers out of Savannah or regional.

 

Look for a small company. The big carriers will snub your experience.. doesn't matter if you pulled much heavier loads than their drivers, ran on terrain that their drivers will never see, etc. You'll be told you're not an experienced driver, they'll feed you a BS song and dance, etc. In the end, the Roehl recruiter did me a huge favor by turning me away, and I called back later to thank him for it. He must've been really moved, because he just went silent.