Starting a Trucking Career in Winter

No reason to wait.

Go ahead and pull the trigger.

You're gonna end up in the winter weather anyway...might as well eat your spinach first.

 

I started trucking in Jan 2001. Winter isn t as bad as it may seem. You just have to take your time and allow additional timing in winter. Up North, they know how to treat and clear the roads after a big snow. Out west, you may have to learn how to put on chains to climb mountains west of I 25. Sometimes they even shut roads down for a few days if it gets too bad. Best advice is snow go slow, ice no dice. There is no load worth endangering your life or someone else s. If you were to go to trucking school in September, you wouldn t face any real winter challenges to maybe Jan or Feb

 

I deliberately made sure to get started in the winter... figured I would rather be trained in winter conditions and I am glad I did.. I was use to driving in the snow in my car...

So I would say go for it...

 

I think that if you start now you'll get a few miles in before the worst of it. I started in July and ended up in a foot of snow my second week. The worst of winter didn't usually come until after new year's day, and if you stay away from the great plains and the great lakes, you'll miss most of the snow and ice.

 

I started in December of last year after two weeks with a trainer pulling a tanker out of Houston. It was here's a Hazmat load to PA. Be safe. I spent 90% of the winter months up north. Actually the worst ice storm I drove through was on I10. I crawled to the nearest truck stop and sat for a day. Interestingly our company has had more wrecks in dry sunny weather. Seems drivers were being cautious in bad weather.

 

I started in winter. Got my license in December and started driving for a company in January. Winter started a bit late here that year. The 1st couple of driving days with the school there was no snow which gave me a little time to get comfortable with the size of the vehicle in good weather. After that the snow was here.

Sooner or later you will drive in snow. What better time to start than when you have a trainer with you?