Thinking about getting back out there....

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I understand that going out with a trainer is a necessary evil. I can understand that they want to pay me a starvation "training wage" while I'm with a trainer.

What I can't abide is the companies that want to sent me through their CDL mill at my own expense, before I get in the truck.

End of rant. Now please excuse me, I have three more applications to finish.......

 

quatto,
61 well seasoned years here. I have kept my CDL in good stead for ten years . Haven't used it since acquiring it ,except to do 8 weeks otr with my Mentor/trainer ..
Life is never static as we know....
What a great post Sir.
One gets tired of all the negativity ..Thanks for the "POSITIVE" thought..

 

You have experience and even though it isn't recent it you still have it..
One thing you may want to try, just to give yourself some time in the seat and recent experience is to go to a staffing agency that provides recruiting and staffing for some trucking companies....
They are often in need of drivers willing to work temporary assignments, also often do temp to hire for companies.

They may be able to get you in the seat behind the wheel so you can get some recent experience.

 

Thank you and I totally agree about the prevalence of negativity. Seems the world is filled with people that either feed your soul or suck away life force like a black hole. I do my best to be the former.

Oh and just FYI... I did overlook your post at first because you didn't either quote my post or put the "@" sign before my name. If you do one of those things it alerts me that someone has either quoted me or has thanked me. It's customary to write @XKI to, for example, draw that person's attention for whatever reason. The most common use is when there is a known expert on this forum in a particular subject and you want that person to enter the thread and respond.

Sorry if that was a bit long-winded.

 

Man that is quite ok..
We'll try to be more attentive to how the board should be utilized..
But I do come from the Party-line / rotary dial generation....HaHa