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issue with school I attended

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by abodyjohn88, Mar 17, 2015.

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  1. Mar 17, 2015 #1
    abodyjohn88

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    Hey guys, having an issue. I have my class A liscence I got it last august. The school I attended was only 30 hours of training but was still alot of money and I paid out of pocket. Either way the training was enough for me to pass my road test ina tractor trailer and I also have double/tripple and tank endorsement.

    I'm 25 years old and have a completely clean background and no tickets or accidents ever. When I got my license in august I didn't want to go otr for personal reasons so I got a job driving a tandem axle flat bed in Manhattan delivering scaffolding and I've been there eversince. But I really wanted to get back into a tractor trailer and I recently found out an old friend is a trainer for werner. Last week I put in an application to werner, but they called me back today saying I'm not eligible for employment because the school I went to is not an approved school. Even though I have my class A already and they would put me through 270 hours of training they still would not hire me.

    So Mt question is if a bottom feeder like werner won't hire me bc the school I went to is a non approved school am I totally screwed? Will any other otr company hire me? No local tractor trailor company will hire me because I have no verifiable experience. And I don't want to drive a straight truck for the restof my life. Just really pissed right now I spent 2500 dollars to get
    Go to the school and now I feel like I have a useless class A liscence. Any advice would help. Thanks.
     
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  3. Mar 17, 2015 #2
    Cranky Yankee

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    call trans am
     
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  4. Mar 17, 2015 #3
    frank_the_tank

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    there are places that will hire you, start knocking on doors. 30 hours for 2500 is cheap. I paid 2100 for 10 hours! thankfully I had a great trainer at my first job..
     
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  5. Mar 17, 2015 #4
    ethos

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    2500 is cheap, no reason to complain there. You can easily go OTR and with a much better company than Werner. Think outside the box, call up different companies, sell yourself. There is no way everybody will turn you down.
     
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  7. Mar 17, 2015 #5
    Salad

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    Werner is gunshy because of how much turn over they get. There are companies that will train you, as long as you have your Class A. I can't say for sure if they will hire you but:

    Con-Way Truckload / Con-Way Freight
    US Xpress
    Roehl

    These four come to mind first for me. I worked for Con-Way Truckload, and it was a fair outfit. If I had to go back OTR it would probably be with them.
     
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  8. Mar 18, 2015 #6
    Arielit0oo

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    #### Werner. Do your research, knock on doors and apply to other companies.
     
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    Chinatown

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    Earl Henderson Trucking will hire you. Might have to go thru their training program but worth it. They pull reefers coast to coast.
     
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    MidwestResident

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    You may want to check out MCT out of Sioux Falls South Dakota. I believe they run reefers to all 48 states.
     
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  11. Mar 18, 2015 #9
    TruckDuo

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    Start applying to everyone till someone will accept you. Even the mega carriers have dedicated accounts that get you home weekly that isn't Dollar General.
     
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  12. Mar 18, 2015 #10
    Pete jockey

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    Werner doesn't want you because you're probably over qualified
     
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