Some of you know my story but for those of your who don't, I will give a quick run down. Truck driving school, CDL A, Werner training 4mon, cement truck 7mon, otr with o/o 2mon. Then had kid and been home 2yrs. I got fixed, potty trained the baby, and have full access to go back to work. Except that NO one will hire me because I haven't driven in 2yrs. I now have two options. 1 pay alot of money (that I don't have) to take a refresher course.
2 find an owner operator that is willing to take me under wing and train me. So if you live in CA and your an o/o and you think you could help Please let me know. This is a scary thing for me to ask but I really don't want to give up on trucking. Help.
Do you think you could ?
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a lot of O/O or any driver can't do this becasue of insurance and liability
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That was my 1st thought too.
Does a refresher course cost as much as starting over?
Maybe some carriers offer a refresher course for folks in a situation similar to yours... -
I know in my area there is a refresher at a local truck driving school or you can go there and practice by the hr
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My Old truck driving instructor is willing to work out a deal with me. After I finished I stayed friends with him and he opened up his own school. Most refresher coursed are 2000 and up. I will only pay 500, get a week to drive around, and get a 40hr certificate. I start next week. I'm going to try to get local before trying otr. I could get a oil field pump truck job starting at 18hr. I will keep all posted and thanks for the advice. BTW it is 4000 to start over again.
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bobobrazil and Lil-beaver Thank this.
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I got a deal on my refresher course. $500, 1wk of driving 8-3, Th. Fri. Mon. Tue. Wed. Then get my certificate. It will say I have 40hrs. Then back to applying for work.
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Have someone you know "provide" you with a current reference. There ain't no way I would pay for some stupid "refresher" course. I probably know more than the the so-called instructor does.
Even if you have to pay someone a little for the reference, it would be cheaper than a school. -
2 days into my refresher course and 3 days to go.
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Well, at least you're getting some seat time and I'm sure you feel better about that then paying someone for a reference.
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