Becoming a new driver

The problem is more like what slave wages are you willing to work at?
How about instead you post your location and @Chinatown will help you with the rest

CR England in 2007 only paid 250 a week starting pay. I am sure it has gone up since then
Western Express didnt pay me anything (market was imploding in 2008) for the time I worked for them

 

You probably will gross 300 a week as a trainee. While your trainer sleeps, snores etc.

Are you sure you want out of that nice Payroll situation into something that is a step down for a while?

We always need steel. The problem is the importers or rather exporters flood our country with cheap steel that may or may not be inferior.

 

As a new driver here is what you should expect to make in the first year after training:

Truckload Sector Dry Van ( Schneider, USA Truck, Werner) - $41,000 to to $50,000

LTL ( Less than Truckload ABF, Old Dominion, UPS Freight) - $52,000 to $55,000

Food Service Delivery (Sysco, Maines, PFG) - $55,000 to $58,000

 

If you make $50K your first year you will be light years ahead of the pack. Your options in trucking are extremely limited until you have 1 year verifiable experience under your belt. Until then, you're basically dog meat.

You're not a low experienced driver, you're a no experienced driver. It's like any trade. Figure coming in green you'll make about half what a journeyman driver makes $60K or so. So my guess is you'd be between 30 and 40 thousand your first year.

 

Where is your location? Maybe some high paying trucking jobs available.
If you smoke weed, better quit now, because you'll be tested.

 

Here's a local job that hires new cdl school grads; are you near this town? Providence/Cumberland
Old Dominion Freight Line > click here > Apply On Company Site
Be a graduate of a State Certified, Licensed and Safety Department approved driving school, and/or have satisfactorily completed the Old Dominion Truck Driver Training school.

 

Here's a union job for local work.
YRC > click here > Apply On Company Site