CDL A, no experience with no certificate of training

Don't forget, on turns, swing wide.
Check the mirrors every few seconds.

 

Everyone takes a different path. You really need to figure out what kind of trucking you want & need to work in. Then see if the pay & conditions in that type of trucking are acceptable for you & your family. For example, Over-the-road OTR() trucking is lighting a fuse on a divorce bomb, IMO. LTL is good work, higher pay, but often works a night shift. That can cause family issues. For each type of trucking there are pros & cons. Have that goal in mind and then make choices that help you eventually get there. Even if, at the moment, you will deliver rubber dog poo out of Hong Kong, you need to have a destination type of job in mind & work toward helping to get there. If only because that goal will help you avoid the downward spiral that comes from working at random crappy jobs with bad equipment, low pay, bad management. If possible stay put & keep looking. You want each job to be either an obvious improvement in pay & conditions or an obvious step closer to your target job.

 

Picky as all get out is this one...

 

That companies recruiters are awful for full details. Also, one of the lowest paying in the nation!

 

The irony in that statement. Truer words have never been spoken

 

Don't worry, if you keep your head down and do what's asked of you, 2k a month to provide for your child is very doable, even at a company that doesn't have a pristine reputation.

 

Remember, you're used to driving a Class-B truck, so don't forget now you'll have a trailer attached. Watch those turns and don't curb a tire.