Age 56, have CDL but minimal training and experience

If you have a cdl you do not need a cdl school again....many companies will accept you as a trainee and have you ride with a trainer for a few weeks... all this for free and you will be paid trainee pay

 

Hey bigjay, don't look too good. Apparently taken over by Swift. I read about 5 reviews and sounds bad.
http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Central-Refrigerated-Service-Reviews-E15084.htm

 

In the end, which ever company you're hired by will talk you in and out your plans.. no need for anyone to do it here

 

Even town jobs wont hire since i dont have recent driving

 

You're going to have to suck it up for a year with one of these crap companies. Suck it up butter cup

 

i think im going to central refrigrated on monday to recollect my experience they might screw me il find out

 

Not sure where you live but Maverick only requires you have a valid cdl. No refresher needed. I got my cdl 2 1/2 years ago and was hired last month by Maverick. It's a great company. If in their hiring area I would definitely check it out.

 

Trucker mania i live in wichita ks heard good things bout maverick gonna send in app thanks bud

 

All of you guys have been really nice and helpful i appreciate all of your advice. If i knew it was that hard to get back truckin i mighta not left

 

True that.

In my case I got back into driving early last year, had to regain my CDL after letting it lapse. I was fortunate to have a brother who was an O/O. Using his truck I passed the CDL test, then was approved to hire on with my brother as a codriver (small company) with a fresh CDL and no school. Drove 3 months with him (before figuring out that my brother was making less money with me on the truck with nothing but live loads/unloads).

Swift (and I think Central Refrigerated) accepted 3 months recent OTR in lieu of school. However, they required I do the full training program.

Now with a year and a half I'm looking at options as I play "work up" within Swift. Paying the dues and looking for the next step.