Attention all rookies and wannabes: Local Jobs for New Drivers

I wanted it so bad, I cleaned trucks, washed them, drove a pickup for a year, they let me get my CDL in a straight body truck. Moved trailers short distance, went up, & up! Single & 21 they let me loose with a 50 mile run of roofing supplys. I have seen the entire U.S.A. & most of Canada. Not a bad life.

 

Harvey, do you know how much flatbed ltl work is out there? Would love ltl but love skateboarding too.

 

Harvey, this may be the most useful thing ever posted on TTR. Well done, sir!!

Part of me wishes I'd started out that way instead of the usual school-to-OTR, but there's one advantage to my history: I know how good I have it.

I'll tell you a little story to illustrate what I'm talking about. There was a guy--call him Bob--who started at ABC LTL about five minutes after the Red Sea parted. He was at the top of the board. (For those of you who don't know, that's where you get first pick of runs, first pick of days off and vacation, not to mention being at the top of the pay scale. It's the closest a truck driver will ever get to calling his own shots.)

Well, ABC LTL was bought out by XYZ LTL, and decided to close down Bob's yard. Bob decided he'd rather quit than drive 20 more miles to the other yard. Everyone told him, "Dude, what are you thinking? You go in there as a displaced driver, you bump EVERYBODY. You'll be on top of the board for the rest of your career. Don't be a fool, man!"

Nope, Bob wasn't gonna do it. So he quit. Last I heard, he still hadn't found another job, and he and his wife were having health issues...I bet that 20 miles is looking a lot shorter now.

Bob screwed himself because he was spoiled. He forgot how good he had it. Having done far worse jobs for far less money, I thank God every day for what I have, and ask Him to help me never lose my perspective.

 

I called the local UPS Freight, and can't find a # to a UPS facility, but the guy at the UPS Freight # told me to go to the website. I told him I tried, and it stopped me right in my tracks at not having experience. He said thats all he knows..

 

Good thread. Great info. Only thing that would make it better would be a link to some questionable p0rn.

 

Not to mention putting out contracts on folks who DON'T thank your posts occasionally!