A lot of information needed - KLLM

I dont know much about Klum personally, but I do like the fact that I went to school separately from my employer. Most employers that have schools require contracts, and if he hates the company hes rather stuck. My company pays tuition reimbursement of about 100 bucks a month.
If he qualifies, there is a govt retraining program usually run thru the unemployment office that pays to train as a truck driver, a full grant. These kind of options keep him from being an indentured servant, and make it easier to move to a different company if it sucks.
That's my two cents... good luck!

 

Call their safety dept.....better get it straight from the horse's mouth. 5 years seems reasonable though. How many years exactly hasn't been since the DUIs?

 

Everything sounded doable untill you mentioned "The DUI's. How many tickets does he have? Like Chinatown said, Alot of companies will take him if they are over 5 years. But having two of em' might be a deal breaker. If he has any recent speeding tickets that might screw him. First year streering wheel holder takes home maybe $500 - $700 week avg, second and third year about $1000. But........You work 70 hours a week for that money and put up with alot of crap.

 

When you're a company driver, they assign you loads. You are the piece of equipment that moves their equipment around to move their loads. You have a 70 hour clock you can use in 8 days. Yeah, the life is sedentary, but, that doesn't make it more laid back. You're tired after an 11 hour driving shift, especially if it takes 14 hours to drive it. It bounces your body around. Truckers frequently have back problems. Air ride does not overcome the stiff suspension needed to haul 80 thousand pounds around. There is more physical labor involved with flatbed, than with dry van drop and hook. It's always a long walk into the truck stop from the parking. Sedentary lifestyle means choosing carefully what to eat, or gaining weight and the health issues that come with it. Traffic can be stressful and dangerous.
Having said all that, i wouldn't trade it for anything. The views, the sunsets, the sunrises, the beauty of our country are an awesome way to spend your day. Hubby and I are paid tourists, enjoying every inch of the beauty and changes of season. Our pay is typically over $1000 a week at a year in. It was 7 to 900 before that. Counting mileage pay, detention pay, breakdown and layover pay, matching in my 401 k, the value of my health insurance, the tuition reimbursement, and a couple other random bonuses, it's not bad money.
What does he have to lose? His life in a fiery crash that may not be his fault or avoidable. What does he have to gain? Seeing things he might never see, and living a lifestyle of freedom and solitary peace.

 

Age 63 not a problem if he can pass the physical, and has no recent speeding tickets. There's a guy on here who is 68 and just starting. Keep in mind that not much hiring going on right now because of the virus. There's drivers in their 80's out there.

 

Before he jumps on with KLLM he should give Millis a call they have a school in Richfield Wisconsin.