What else can I do with a CDL?

Maybe it's the city that you are in?

You could try to get a job doing linehaul for an LTL company.

You just go from terminal to terminal and if traffic is a problem you can even try to find somewhere that's a night shift.

Don't know how hard that would be with a new CDL.

 

There is one in West Searcy Arkansas, the western part of the city. Back in 1999 I filled out a application for that work. They pretty much handled everything so the CDL will come in handy now and then.

The first page of the application is state employment generic.

The next 6 pages demanded 5 generations across the board of my family and their information which is considered private. The last page contained questions I found not quite appropriate for work. Who do they think they are? GRU or something?

A little bit of background, Searcy was founded back about 1830's when a Judge with a sufficient authority was sent here to this territory to put a halt to the thieving and so on. And if it is one place that has lots of stuff to steal... that would be it.

I handed the entire package back to him. His eyebrows raised up at the blank pages. I said I have just one family member here and that's the wife. Everything and everyone has been left behind back east. If he cannot live with that then he can jolly well find someone else to doormat for the job.

 

Many states are seeking Garbage Truck Drivers & this could very well be a state/city job (benE's/pension, etc) - look into that & you get the enjoyment of making some racket in the morning if you have a little monkey on your shoulder you want to entertain! You can be like these guys below! It's not a bad gig - I believe the hours are low also, there is a health hazard involved though...

 

V3 has an ad in North Carolina that says something like, "If you have someone you want to team with, and one of you has a cdl-A and the other only a cdl permit, they will hire you."

 

Works great as an ice scraper in the winter time
They do seem to be made slightly more robust than a Class C.

 

class b tanker?
Yes, propane, especially in rural areas

 

Sometimes I use mine to clear the frost from my windshield

 

Propane/home heating oil bobtail

Those NuCO2 trucks. They deliver bulk co2 to bars and restaurants. See their trucks all over. Check their website.

 

Bimbo Bakeries RSR (Route Sales Rep) is a pretty easy job, delivering bakery goods, like Entehmans, Sara Lee, Thomas's, Stroehman, etc.....



Non CDL...Union job with free healthcare, pension, and severance pay. You start around 12-4 am, delivering bakery goods to Supermarkets, Walmart, and convenience stores. Pay is based on commission...you get a base salary of around $200-250 and get a percentage of everything sold. First year...you'll make around $40k, and after that, over $80. I know a couple RSR drivers only working 8 hours a day and making around $120-130k a year. Routes are based on bid runs...and the junior guy will have the worst runs while the senior guy will have the best. LOOONG hours. 12-14 is the norm...unless you're the senior guy with the best runs...which is normally Supermarkets and Walmart. Just don't fall for the 1099 independent contractor scams that some of these bread companies have.

 

Don't forget, your 53' just turned in to a wonkey set of doubles that are now 70 or so feet long. You could weigh 110k+. Trucks break down in the city too. That is often the easy part.