Future driver here in a weird but maybe unique postion, need advice

When I moved from Maine to Texas I just had to do the computer test for hazmat. Everything else automatically switched over. No road or paper test.

 

Even though I lost it afterward. When I moved from Georgia to Virginia transferring my CDL took about 15 minutes and $63 bucks.

 

Get your CDL on your own dime and time and run from your current employer as soon as you get a job offer!

 

You say you want to move south. Can you be more specific as opportunities are hugely different depending upon your southern location; FL vs. Houston, TX as an example.

 

I could look at it as a bonus but I've already witnessed 2 of our newer drivers break down 700+ miles from our yard in the older trucks.(We mainly run regional, farthest we go is from BUF to Charlotte, or BUF to certain areas of Mass) Do they run? Yes. Are the realiable? Absolutely not. As someone mentioned earlier in the post our CDLs are our livelihood and the last thing I want is to catch violations before I even really start my career. They also don't seem to have the equipment to match the amount of drivers they seem & want to be hiring, which means most of the newer drivers are slip seating atm. The yard I work at (where the washbay is) is most definitely the red-headed step child of the company. I will keep all of this in mind though, thank you for the detailed reply, I really appreciate it.

We are stuck between the Lexington, Kentucky area and the Clarksville, Tennesee area. We enjoyed both on our trips down there, and at this point it just depends on employment opportunities. (Sorry, thought i put that in the post.)

 

@Chinatown
I think your opportunities would be better in the Clarksville/Nashville region.

 

Lead tech, do you move equipment around the rack and yard? While not 'CDL expereince'; your current time cleaning tanks might help get your foot in the door.

Tank cleaners who banged up anyone's equipment didn't last too long and never ended up a leadman.

Get your CDL

 

Move and buy to where you want to live and raise a family, if applicable,.
Then find a job. Jobs will come and go.

 

Sure do! Manuever em, Back em up, pull em in, pull em out, etc. It's actually my favorite part of the job, and I like to think I'm pretty good at backing these tankers up. (The empty ones at least, lol) I have moved loaded trailers also but not nearly enough to consider putting on my resume. They let me mess around in the yard trucks from time to time too, but can't go over 4mph without kicking on the E-Log. Knock on wood, I've never even love tapped another trailer or single vehicle on this yard. We had a guy in here a few months ago mess up 3 trailers in 2 days.(Pretty badly too)

Thanks for your input.

Thank you.

 

what the hell is a TLDR...????