No Recent Experience

I've been driving B all of those yrs so I'm a newbie to big rigs. With this economy I'm thinking of just laying low. I did real good in real estate and stock market before the crash so maybe i'll just go fishing.

 

yeah but i don't have the money for a refresher course, so now what do i do? i haven't worked for over a yr now so i know they are wanting a refresher course. and i am waiting to find out what old employers put on my dac. i tell anyone if a place called specialized express calls, hang up!
they wanted me to run illegal and then when i got caught for a mudflap, i ended up paying the price 6 times more than what the ticket was. they kept telling me it was paid and found out almost a year later that it wasn't. colorado of all places.
i have seen so many places that wants teams now, but i am sceptical about teaming. i have had trainers, and team partners that have made it difficult for me to feel comfortable to go team. it is really hard when you are a woman to try to get someone you feel comfortable to be in a truck with for 2-3 wks at a time.

 

wow, wish i had found this thread before i started mine.my story,im 53, 24 years experience,drove over the road first 5 years,been driving large dumps intrastate ever since,hold current class A with hazmat and doubles endorsement.gotten the same runaround from the big carriers,"no current experience,need to go back to school"it,s still a racket.still have my dumptruck business [talk about a cut throat business] but it,s dead as the economy.everybody's looking for the bottom,they dont see it yet.me im gonna go bang on these small cos doors,hang in there guys springs coming.might go into the repo business!

 

That's right... If you look a man in the eye and tell him you can do the job.... He'll give you a chance...if he believes you.

 

been thru the ringer to!!! i have been running heavey equipment for the last 10 yrs and drive for the same company(lowboy) and running cranes ,hell nobody want to give you a break,i took a differnt road, where i studyed the book to the test, paid my 360 bucks^#%$#^%# to do a pretrip and road test, past on the first try and nobody would talk to me cause i didnt get granfatherd in 10 yrs ago,now heres the kicker,all the kids here in south fla that are going to these schools are getting hired ??????no none what so ever new what a truck was and what its capable of ,have never been on black ice and or even driven in the snow,or delt with 80,000 on slick wet roads.even tho they wouldnt think about all that friction from the rubber to the ashphalt that the rain cools the tires somewhat,but yet nobody want to talk about??????so the question of the day so how dos it feel to be a minority!!!!!!!

 

I am in the same boat............................ REVOLUTION !

 

mavrick i feel for you.im going thru the same crap,what ever happened to filling out and application,get a test drive and go to work?????????hmmmmm if your in south fla the cubans have it locked up hauling containers out of the prot and if your not latin your pretty much not getting in and most asphalt companys like apac and or community or jasons trucking only pay 10 bucks an hour (cheap labor)so to make any real money money either you have to go otr but hey i just thought of something mavrick look on criegs list under transportation and theres normaly local guys hireing for otr giv it a shot cant hurt dino

 

Maverick, I'm in the same boat as you, Have exp but none recently within the last year. I took whatever work I could find. Now that I want back into trucking they all say no. I even went and got my " X " endorsement, still say NO. I live in FLL

 

I found that LCT and Swift are my only choices in FL so far. For the FLL guy try Armellini.

KH

 

How can one find out of your name has been "black-balled" through the industry? Thank you