$45K/yr local and home every night...

b1rcyu76 is right. I talked with a pepsi driver and they are desperate for drivers. They will pre-hire you as soon as you get yr permit. No exp. needed. He said you get some extra money for every case you deliver.

 

Coke is the exact same way, desperate for drivers

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A friend of mind got hired at Coca Cola with a B license. They helped him get his A, and he makes in the $45,000 range now. He gets a lot of hours during the summer months, a little less in the winter.

 

yes, i actually get MORE than that a year, but i also have 25+ years in this crap as well, and i only work (my route, not even a 40 hour work week...!)

as an out of the box student..??

maybe so, but you will have to work the docks for a bit at a local LTL company, maybe as little as a few months before they even give you the keys to a class B truck to show them you can handle that first.

it is doable, but not as easy as some say, so beware of the all too positives you get here.

my company for instance, specializes in DEDICATED accounts, and they DO NOT HIRE anyone with LESS THAN 5 years experience.....

you may want to do the OTR thing for a minimum of 1 year to get as much 4 seasons driving that you can, then look around for something where you are home daily, or nightly.

 

Pepsi, Coke, US Foods, Sysco. Walk in and apply after you get your CDL from a school. Even if an ad says must have one year experience, a lot them prefer to train you themselves. The last company I was with, for nine years, had a strict two year experience policy. Just found out that last month they dropped that and started taking drivers right out of school. Most of their accounts are local or regional, with regional being gone one or two nights a week.

 

Sysco is much like Agar here..(and a few other food service companies) yeah....right out of school and into the grave..

for as long as i have known Agar...the "CDL Drivers" help wanted sign, has never been taken down....

talk about a revolving door company, in fact, thier door revolved so much, they took it down permanently...so as to allow the mass exodus of worn out drivers.

 

Where I live all the local driving requires exp.I would suggest a yr over the road.There are many local jobs that pays much better then OTR.One company here pays $25.00 an hr and off weekends.You drive your hrs out every day.So imagine what they make every week.

 

Right time and place is true of just about everything!

First off, I've got to say that if she is this controlling, guess what? Your JOB, (whatever it may turn out to be, is NOT your MAJOR PROBLEM.) Remember that nobody, can make someone else "happy." At least not for very long. However, since you are already married, you will have to figure out how to deal with the situation. OK, now that I have thoroughly pissed you off:

Local jobs ARE OUT THERE. There is a lot of good advice in this thread. But it depends on where you are, and what you are willing to do. Obviously, if you live in a rural area, ALL jobs are harder to come by. If you are not set as to where you will be living, then your options are really wide open.

It will take a bit of hard work on your part, and a bit of luck, but you should be able to scope out something suitable somewhere. Just beware of salary vs cost of living where you decide to settle. And there are outfits out there that will be glad to see your driving experience. In fact, that is what is likely to get you in the door at some of these distributors.

Be prepared to work 60+ hours a week.

 

i got a job like that--40 hrs a week and right now it pays $49,700 a year.
a good job to me but i got blasted by some prime drivers on another thread and i was informed that that is not making good money even with zero road expenses and staying within 40 miles of home on monday thru friday and all the home time i want.
it is possible and good luck in your search.

 

Try a septic company. Job stinks but the pay doesn't.