21 yrs old cdl-a

It is getting to be an epidemic.
People from my region all looking for flatbed jobs when I am laid off from mine.
21 will be hard.
You may have to do a few more years in state.
Will any of the regional fuel hauling companys take you? I know most are slip seat and you will start out running nights, but there are allot in the area.

 

Personally, if your still working, stick with it.
You have experience at your present employer, they already know they can count on you. They may be able to move you into OTR if they do it themselves, so IMHO, stay where you are for now, get some more years of experience in, let the economy come back to a better level, and then get a job OTR.
By that time you will have several more years of experience, be at an age where many of the big outfits and more of the small and medium one's as well would likely be happy to have you.

 

He is in Bradford. Right south of the NY line.
So it is not a stretch for him to go out of state. Allot of oil in the area. Several refinerys. I would do as you are saying and stay put for now. Allot of layoffs in the area though, so don't know if he is still working.

 

Coming to a bad time of year for local.
Try Hanson or maybe that other concrete company, cannot remember the name lol. I was contracted to them a few times too, when I ran mixer.
Problem there is they will probably be laying off for the winter in the next month. Spring time there are always openings at concrete plants and gravel pits.
Crossett is a not a bad tank company, it is just the age thing there. Good to be known by them though. Plus most of there guys are home daily, they are the ones I was referring too.
Check lumber yards, saw mills and check the phone books for logging company's. I know there are several of those in the area. Hard work, but they normally pay well and try to cut all winter. Also maybe a local residential heating oil or gas delivery company, if you have hazmat. This will be straight truck and maybe they will take people under 23.
If there is a temp agency in the area sign on with them also, some local company's will hire drivers from them, it allows them to check them out before making the plunge.

That is all I can think of off the top of my head. I have done several of these in the past and had some luck.
Go to the locations and talk to the people in person as much as you can. When hireing many of these types of companys would rather see you than talk to you on the phone.

 

CR England is 21 years old from what the job boards say.. Gonna be OTR, but you may want to give them a call and see what they can do for you.

 

looks like TriState out of NJ (never heard of them personally) is another who will take students 21 years old..

 

Good luck man. I was in your shoes a few years ago and wish you luck. My advice is real simple - keep a clean record. The better jobs tend to be seniority based and if you can land one at 22 like I did, you can be established like I am now at 28 when most of you co-workers did not reach that point till their late 30's.

Even if you don't take the route I did, by starting so young you'll have a great deal of knowledge about the industry and be well ahead of the curve for the rest of your career.

I like to hear a 21 year old say he has a strong work ethic - reminds me of how I was when I started. Just keep you head on straight and keep a clean record.

I wish you the best of luck man.