Trying to start a career in trucking

Yeah pretty much.. usually its more than 2 preventable accidents where you run into problems.. get that ticket dismissed and the accident I don't think will hurt you too much.

 

If that is all you have, yes. I had 2 accidents on my record, but neither were preventable. One I was rear ended sitting at a stop light. The other a car behind pulled out, hit another car, spun that car and they hit my pickup while I was sitting at a red light.

I also had a 15 mph over speeding thicket.

 

They can help, but I did it on my own. I just went to different companies website and applied when the call I did the phone interview. They said they would love to have me. Explained to them I needed a prehire and they either mailed them or faxed it to the school.

Only thing going aganist you, right now, is age. Most otr companies want you to be 23. But by time you get this all set up you will probablybe close enough to your birthday that they will let it slide.

 

I got my class A right at 21 and was pre-hired to Central Refrigerated.. although I never went, 21 is definitely not out of the question for long haul.. Don't know if its changed since then.

 

Age isn't necessarily a deal breaker, but they do consider it.

 

Start with Swift, Werner, maybe Western Express. They generally will hire anyone. No offense, but your goal right now is just get prehires. Also, maybe USA Truck.