Looking to get into trucking. Any advice helps.

You'll have to get the sleep apnea and blood pressure under control. DOT doctors treat sleep apnea on an equal level as showing up to work with a hypodermic needle hanging out of your arm with herion dripping out.

www.rpmhst.com is a website for people with sleep apnea. Most companies want a 90 day readout from the sleep apnea machine to show you're using it and it's working.

Some foodservice companies hire "driver helpers" that only have a CDL Permit. Then they give you 90 days to get the hard copy CDL. I see their ads all the time for these jobs.
Reinhart Foodservice
McLane Foodservice
Sygma Network
XPO Logistics
Why do you want foodservice? It's a horrible, back breaking, job.

 

6'6" 380lbs in a Prius. Trucking is a tough way to make a poor living. Obtaining a trade would be a better option for a young man of 29. Trucking isn't what it used to be. If it sounds like I'm discouraging you I am. To do it again for myself if I knew what I know now about this industry I'd wave the magic wand and go back and get a trade ticket. Electrician to be exact. Either way good luck to you.

 

Millis Transfer has their own cdl school. It's kinda like foodservice; they haul beer and beer is made from grain. You need $500.00 for tuition and then they furnish meals and lodging at the school.

 

That would vary based on their needs, sometimes those companies hire CDL students off the street. I doubt that Averitt would put you in a local truck from the dock, since they probably have OTR drivers waiting to go local.

 

Some CVS Pharmacy's give a cheap DOT physical. Try to get a physical so you know exactly what you need to do; can't really get started until you have that DOT Physical Card.