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happy fathers day! Don't give up!

 

Thanks right back to you & you be safe out there!!!

 

You know,,, I used to be a 'hack' in NYC. Nobody WANTS that job, but if you do it, it puts you in an elite few who have ever done it. Also the pay on good nights was better than what I make now with my vaunted CDL-A.

I can't imagine being an airline pilot for under $20k a year though. I mean the training alone must be a $10k outlay. Unless you were ex-military, of course.

 

Can you be a hack in NYC & speak english?? I don't believe it is in the job description in Atlanta!!

 

it helps if you understand spanish too. French and Japanese could also pay bennifits.

(Don't know why in a 1st world country with so much spent on education only white kids are only taught one language)

 

who knows.....

 

i guess helping a fellow american is hard to do now adays, and with all the schools half way traineing these poor guys to be truckdrivers is pathetic,!!!!the schools are getting there kick back from the goverment just like the trucking companys!!!its about money not teaching,cause they figuer if they pay these guys next to nothing and take advantage of a guy that just came out of school hopeing to support his family,now this tranee is scared half to death to do something wrong ,and now you have a scared nervouse trainee on the road,,,,,,,and when the economy gets better from mr obama stimuious package(lmao) alot of these rookies are gona go back to the offices and the schools are pumping them out

 

In order for you to run with an O/O, the O/O has to get you on his insurance. With no experience, the rate will be high, if the insurer will do it at all. And then, with no driving experience, you wouldn't be able to run as a team, so now you have the O/O sitting there watching you drive---it just doesn't pay for someone to do it. You have the right attitude, just the wrong approach.

I got my start hauling containers. It's lousy work, paid on percentage. You can spend hours at a terminal looking for a chasis and then getting a box, plus when the computers go down you are just stuck. You would drive lousy equipment and on a good day maybe make $10.00/hr. But, it's a start, if you don't mind having a boss wearing a turban and an accent that's impossible to understand. Good luck though, it can be done and is being done everyday. You sound like you have what it takes to make a go of it. It's discouraging; but, we all had to do it. For every driver you see behind the wheel of a semi there are twenty that gave up. Just see that you're not one of them.

Also, look for work as a yard man at a trucking company. You work the dock, do trailer washouts, and jockey trailers around the yard. Occasionally, they'll find themselves short-handed and need a driver to cover a pickup or delivery. Maybe they'll just need you to run a trailer to an account to load for another driver. But, do a good job and they would be foolish not to give you a shot when they have an opening. Or, join the teamsters and work out of a hiring hall. When a company calls for a temp, they get what the Teamster's Hall send which is 'next man on the list'. DUI's? Felonies? They don't care. You just have to have a valid CDL and be on time with your union dues payments. Initiation fees can run about $500; but, some locals give you a few months to pay it off. Be resourceful!

 

Thank You dynasaur, being as green as I'am I failed to take the insurance thing into question. As far as the O/O having to watch me drive I just figured that he would observe my skill level for awhile then maybe let me get some interstate highway miles under my belt then show me how he wants it done otr & in the yard.You just never know if you don't ask. I really appreciate all of your good advice and am trying to implement it here in my neck of the wood's. Have you ever worked out of a union hall & if so any other advice on that situation will be helpful. I don't know how that works,but there is a teamster hall about 75 miles from my home.Everyone around here keeps telling me it's all about the economy & slow freight & that's the reason it's so hard for a rookie now. Again many Thanks !!