Considering getting my CDL

@Chinatown china should be along shortly to give you some guidance good luck to you

 

well first, driving a truck is not therapeutic.

i honestly cannot think of any company that pays for training, that does not send you OTR.

you might qualify for free or reduced training, thru your state unemployment office, so check there, on thier website.

the points on your current license may not hinder you for getting training, but it might be a road block to get a job after you graduate.

what you will need to remember is that if you do get a CDL, any vehicle you drive, will count against you with tickets, accidents, etc, so DRIVE CAREFULLY at all times.

good luck to you.

 

6 points !!!!!! Don’t waste your time. Being straight up. Second chance companies might consider 2 or 3, but 6 !!!!!!

Try Walmart greeter or flipping burgers. Sorry....

 

The great @Chinatown May bless you with some gems but what were the points for?
And honestly you have to love the job. by that I mean love the learning process of what it is to be a professional driver. I find in this industry you often just need that chance and have to be ready for it. If you can’t get nobody to take you on try swift and just put your head down for a year. But has to be a clean year. Experience is king. You can always ask and there may be some yes’s out there but the more time you have behind that wheel the more it opens up

 

Saw a local job in Bordentown with Genesis Logistics. Home daily & will assist getting a cdl.

 

If Swift has accepted you I would strongly consider going forward with them. They don't have a good reputation as a long term employer but I hear good things about their training.

Once you've filled your contracted time with them you can move on to greener pastures.

 

Agree on that.

 

The main thing is STOP breaking laws to get tickets.

I had 7 points once would have been 8 and suspended in Maryland (And that was a full Class A that month and year...)

I was not OTR for 3 years. I was involved with blacktop paving on one hand with a dumptruck and was involved with a couple of other side work as the crow flies until the Driving records Stopped having anything on them.

The day I was clean and virgin again Arkansas had me on the bus with a truck waiting after three days of blessed orientation. I would always owe him a debt of graditute among other things for providing me a wonderful futue here in my adopted home state.

The main thing was to GET OUT of the east coast and stop it with all those tickets.

Here in the south there are things FAR worse than just simple tickets.