CA Recent CDL Grad - Looking for Trainee Position

Gillson Trucking Inc
teamgillson.com
1801 E Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Stockton, CA 95205

 

Swift will not hire him because the school he went to is on their not hire list...

 

Buy a 4 ft. step ladder. Probably can't take it with him while he's in training, but can when he gets his assigned truck.
He can probably store a 4 ft. ladder inside the sleeper compartment. This will keep it from getting filthy if stored outside the truck.

 

Does the cdl school have any job placement options?

 

Unfortunately not.

 

I'm 5 ft 2. Is he shorter than that? I don't remember having difficulty ever in 28 years of trucking from being short. I often used my 5th wheel pin puller to grab on the trailer door hinge and give me a hand hold to help so I could get in the trailer from the ground. He can also bring a fold-up step or 2 step ladder.

With one of the trailer doors closed, use the edge of that door as a hand hold and step up on the ICC bumper. Then throw your knee up onto the floor of the trailer. Then use your hand/arm to pull your body up/into the trailer.

Or with both trailer doors opened:
1. step on the ICC bumper near trailer door hinge.
2. Hook pin-puller over one of the door hinges.
3. pull on the pin-puller as you put your knee on the trailer floor
4. either grab next higher door hinge with pin-puller or roll into the trailer on your back.

I link to the items below just to show what items may help you, not that Amazon is the best price/place to buy them
Pin-puller on amazon
Folding step stool on amazon
Folding step ladder

 

Did you apply with Gillson?

 

Class A Jobs | American Trucking Group | United States

 

Trucking is dead for recent Grads