Class A license, class B job offers

Depending on your age and physical condition, be careful taking the cement truck job. I did it for two days a couple years ago, very physical work more than I thought it would be. There is a lot to know about concrete, water, keeping the mix and slump right, getting it there before it sets up (you cannot get lost and show up late) and when it is slow you are chiseling and cleaning the truck with a hammer. Not fun, no matter how much money, but I am 46 years old and should've known better. I really thought maybe I'd do it for the summer while I looked for a better job, and I did drive one for a day. That was enough for me.

 

MY experience was very much like yours. I was hired on by a reefer company fresh out of school in 1993. It lasted a while month. I came home, and struggled to find work. I hired on with a towing company that said they would train me to run a heavy wrecker, but I ended up driving one if their little one ton Isuzu wreckers instead. I left there and hired on driving mixer and stayed there until winter, when the work dried up (very seasonal in my area). After that, I hired on hauling chemical tankers for a little while, until there was an equipment failure (a plastic pipe burst open while I was offloading), and I was injured in the process. I had all these jobs in the space of a year and a half! My next job was with a regional LTL carrier that eventually went nationwide, and I was there for eighteen years. I am currently with a dedicated transportation department for a major hospital system, and plan on retiring here. Don't give up, you just need to put in your time