Distilling down who to drive for

Distilling... lol, that’s as good a word as any!

 

Any freight terminals in your area? You go on somewhere as a dock worker, get paid just as much as a new P&D driver if you have your CDL. Let them train you to drive. Grocery warehouses sometimes do the same. Try searching local companies that have fleets. Start inside, move to the truck from there. I wish I had done it that way.

 

For what its worth, whichever company you choose your time there is exactly what you make of it. Are you the type that can roll with changes? Can you let the small things roll off your skin? If yes then you can do well wherever you choose.

 

Not saying that there will not be folks who just want to be stumbling blocks esp when they see you got your poop in a group. Most drivers negative experiences are of their own doing with either lack of work ethic or an attitude of some sort.

 

Bottom line is the this. For the first year to 18 months it really does not matter who you work for.
Why. You need some time behind the wheel. You need to see things. You need to do things. You need to get working on your 10,000 hours. You want to run boarder to boarder, coast to coast. Get a perspective on the wide world of trucking.

The one and only one thing that is of any importance is your start in training. It needs to be training, actual real hands on training. Not some bogus team type you’ll get training my way, but were gonna run and make me some money training.

It is very different out on the road. School gets you the absolute basics, the goal is get you knowledgeable and skilled enough to pass the tests with reasonable confidence. The rest come from time and learning.

So the choice is actually a lot easier than you are making it.
What company that you can reasonably expect to meet the goals. Thats the one you choose.