Getting into trucking with a bad record

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by SpikezII, May 24, 2025.

  1. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    HVAC, Electrician, Carpenter, Plumber, ANYTHING but driving.
     
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  3. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    You didn't want to be a trucker enough to drive carefully. Now you can do something else.
     
  4. SpikezII

    SpikezII Bobtail Member

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    No thx
     
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  6. Ridgeline

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    what tickets do you have?

    what accidents?

    This is like saying, "i have 30 parking tickets from NYC, can I get a new car?"

    Details to get the right answer.
     
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  7. Jabuol

    Jabuol Light Load Member

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    Try being a load planner or maybe a dispatcher. You already have a lot of the qualifications.
     
  8. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    How many accidents & tickets SHOULD disqualify someone from dragging 80,000 lbs on the public roads?
     
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  9. El Hueso

    El Hueso Medium Load Member

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    Really realistic advice too.

    Go to the local tech school and you could be doing AC in two years making good money and you'll be home every night.
     
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  10. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    You are in no position to be picky.
    You should be worried, because it is very unlikely that anyone will hire you.
     
  11. El Hueso

    El Hueso Medium Load Member

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    He said he wanted a job. He wasn't applying to NASA. Someone will hire him. It won't be the dream job, but it will be a job. It won't be painless by any means. It won't be lucrative. 7 cents a mile in a 1978 International running on bald tires and three cylinders out of Illinois 8 days a week. But someone will hire, there is someone out there.....
     
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