Training

Whoa there guys, I don't know about you but I know what it is like to work with people with Crohns and it begs the question - why would anyone even consider trucking with it. This guy had to run to the bathroom every time he hit his stop, it was a nightmare for him and I felt bad about it, but his case was rather unpleasant.

 

Unless you fall into a wood chipper or get put in the Iron Bull or something. Then it's on the same straight edge I guess.

As for the OP: just another person that got through school but wants a 9-5 job right out of the gate.

 

I understand what you mean. I was told nothing about what would be required in trucking after CDL school. Had no idea I'd be sleeping in the truck with a trainer until near the end of the CDL school. All my classmates kept talking about what company would have the shortest training once they found out. Unfortunately, no way around it unless you know someone locally who can get you a local job. Shortest training I know of is going with Schneider who do three weeks orientation with an average 4-7 days OTR training portion for the second week. Otherwise most other companies will do the full OTR training for up to two months in some cases. Even if you did land a cola delivery job locally or tanker delivering gas and decided you wanted to go OTR. You will still have to sleep in the truck with trainer despite having experience because it's all different types of hauling equipment. So if you did flatbed and wanted to go reefer. They would put you with a trainer for about a week to understand how reefer delivery works. Good luck.

 

They probably knew him or was a friend of a friend.

 

Florida Beauty Express might have a box truck job running around south Florida.

 

Comcar has local jobs; try that company.

 

could be

 

You need to be VERY upfront about it with whoever is training you - even if you find a local, home every night training situation.

I've had guys with similar issues come thru my truck and I can work around it - PROVIDED YOU TELL ME EARLY. I can plan in more frequent stops and let you know which options are available. However if you don't let me know what's going on and that's it a medical issue then we've got problems. I've planned our start time using standard parameters, if we need extra stops that's fine, just means we have to start earlier and run efficiently in between stops.

 

Double post

 

Isn't Watkins Shepard the one that advertised you don't ride with a trainer? Solo right after training?