Getting off of disability and K restriction and getting driving.

Who do I trust. I trust people doing the thing I want to do who are/were in the same position I was in or something similar. In aviation school or CDL school it's easier because there are numerous other students. Talk to them. Who were they planning to work for? What did that company offer. Did that company hire drivers with the issues you have?

Going flat broke in my chosen field is what caused me to be homeless in the next 15 days, surrender by junk car, and live on my brother's couch to start CDL school. Why did I choose CDL school, my dad was a former owner-op who was very talented at finding awesome driving jobs because he talked to every driver and asked good questions. CDL became a requirement so he found a CDL school in his town. That school was a good school and the area had tons of CDL jobs. Then my brother got married and needed a big boy job, not the part-time college student jobs and trucking was hiring people with perfectly clean records. My brother went to same school and got a job with a trucking company south of the school. When I went bust and needed something right now, my dad and my brother both had blazed the trail. My dad drove at the company all three of us would drive for. So I didn't have fake media telling me anything. I had witnessed the plan in operation for family members where it had worked. That plan worked for me and I stayed in trucking for almost 30 years. I learned from my dad what questions to ask to determine which job was good for me and which was not good for me.

You should accept your CDL work will be in-state because of your vision limitation. You cannot rely on people selling you something to tell you what you should do. You have to come up with a plan to get from where you are to where you want to be and always know what are the next 2 or 3 steps you will take, and not just decide day by day what might work, or is easier.

90% of newbies asking questions on this forum DO NOT INVESTIGATE CDL driving or schools before making a decision to attend. ANYONE with medical, work history, criminal history problems has a bigger obligation to investigate than the average bored teen-ager looking for something to do while expecting to become a YouTube or Instagram influencer. IMO, you should not have spent time or money getting a CDL because in a slow market you are limited on where you can go and employers don't NEED employees who have limitations on where they can go. There is more govt grant money funding more CDL and other trade school students and it seems to me people getting their training paid for by others are not nearly as careful as the students spending their own money. NOT one person I know argues the media twists what they say, but then each of them act like they were tricked by the media when they follow what the media suggests is a good idea.

IMO, you've been trapped in a situation and the system has loaded you up with diagnosis, and promised you a misers income if you stay in it, and it's in the system's best interest to have more people depending on them for their future than for your future. I'd surround myself with people who see the govt as the problem, not the solution. That should mean a church family and focus on staying away from anonymous programs run by others. EVERY town has local businessmen in churches and people wanting to help those in need. I don't know which industry or trade you should work in, but I'm 3,000% sure the govt, any govt, is exactly NOT the way to make anything better. EVERY business is having trouble finding reliable, hard-working, honest, and drug-free employees. I don't expect you are going to go from sitting on your couch to your dream job in 1 move. Be around good people with lots of different interests and don't make decisions until someone can explain to you why that is the right decision and you talk to people who have followed that plan to success in similar situations. If something is true and good it can be explained and people who don't get any benefit from you doing that thing will understand how you following that plan will work. You are not an order-taking machine. You are a man with hands and a brain. Make someone explain to you why you should do something before you accept it's for you. Run that plan past people who have experience with making decisions and ask what questions should you get answered that haven't been answered. Car salesmen are not in the business of telling you everything about the car they sell. Consumer Reports and car experts have the whole picture, not just the commercial.

 

It's not tautology. It's what every college grad goes through these days. They have no work experience, so they end up with a job that doesn't require a degree to get experience. Once they have that, then they can get the job they want.

Get a job at McDonalds or Starbucks or anywhere. Literally ANY JOB. Then in 6 months, start applying again. Show people that you're serious.

 

People have complained forever that "the jobs want experience but nobody will hire me, so I can't get a job or experience." That's why I suggest anyone find the job that will hire them before going to CDL school but most newbies sign the school paperwork before they ask a question about the job.

 

Excuse me for offering my opinion when you asked @gentleroger a question. I believe, but may be wrong, the Post Office USPS doesn't hire drivers. USPS uses contractors. So if you are interested is moving USPS freight you will need to get hired by the contractor. There are drivers on this forum working for USPS contractors. I don't know how to find what USPS contractors are in your area or if they are intra-state or interstate operators. That's about 100% of what I know on that subject. Someone else will know tons about this. Certainly someone moving some USPS freight will use Class B trucks and some contractors will use Class A trucks.

Here's an old TTR thread about USPS work. Hauling mail for a USPS contractor

 

How to Become a Contract Delivery Service for the United States Postal Service

 

Possibly you can get hired as a mail carrier delivering mail to houses etc.

USPS does have a few of their own Tractor/Trailer drivers, but unless you stay for the pension it doesn't look like a well paying gig.

 

USPS has quite a few of their own trucks here around Portland, but they top out quite a bit lower than most places. It basically just for the retirement.

 

.... sorry , no.
you could apply as a MSA temp , thats a good start though.
Also , road construction crews are always looking for laborers , so try that too