Greetings All

New guy here, about to start school on Monday hopefully. 28 yrs old and tired of minimum wage jobs and temp agencies so thought I would try a career in trucking. Not exactly new to driving as I did it for 3 years in the military (including 11 months in Kuwait where stop lights and road signs are just a suggestion not to mention speed limits) but I haven`t been in a truck in over 6 yrs so I figured I would give it a try.... I loved driving when I was in the military and that was in California where my trainer had his Cali CDL and he taught us like we were taking the Cali test and I`ve heard that`s one of the hardest states to get one. I`ll be going to a school in northern Ohio and hopefully my previous experience will come back to me and I`ll be ok. I`m going to my admissions review tomorrow and I guess I just wanted to get acquainted with some people on here before I start badgering for information but I do have one question to start off with....how do you like trucking in the civilian life? Thanks to all those who read and greater thanks to those who respond

 

Thank you very much....I actually found this site while looking for trucking companies in Ohio, and I`ve been on a few "4-wheeler" sites (new term I just picked up lol) and found them to be a great wealth of knowledge. I know it may not be the greatest career move now but even at the lowest level it`ll pay 3 times more a year than what I`m used to...and I love to drive and be out on the road.

 

Lol....well I jumped from Honda forums to this so what does that say about me ? Go from the tiniest cars to the biggest of vehicles.

 

Well it`s official now...all signed up, financial aid approved, and start school on monday...5 weeks class, 5 weeks school driving, 5 weeks training with a company I get placed in. By the time it`s all said and done I`ll have a class A with Hazmat, Doubles/Triples, and Tanker endorsements.