Grain Hauling Companies of Illinois - General Topic

Ok, you were comparing a $9.00hr job to the price you would pay for recieving your c.d.l from a school/mill.Believe it or not but there are lots of people out there OTR MIND YOU ,that hate there current otr job now because of the time spent out and unpaid hours,that they would quit in a flash to be paid $9.00 hr to be able to drive localy as a start and be home everynight avoiding the mental issues of otr reality.If you piece the CPM formula together you will clearly see that a minimum wage job is even better to have.

Also you claim that these type of local jobs dosen't mean squat to a large otr company ??????After you complete the drug screening for any company for a commercial driving position big or small company,when you get behind that wheel, a DAC report is started and will be documented it's federal law.Straight trucking jobs will hire you in a heartbeat with a class a with verifiable experiance and there are straight truckers that are making about $21.95 hr to start.

Now lets say you drive 6months to a year local and go to say prime-tmc and you put this experiance of driving a commercial vehicle but with no trailer experiance just a straight truck,then you would probably have to do all there required training,but if you have verifiable experiance pulling a trailer you will be put on what is called a advanced orientation briefing,most of all large otr companys have these for people who have driven a tractor trailer for a decent period of time with no gaps.

There main focus for these people is getting them familiar with company policies,paperwork,trippaks,tripplanning,and saftey classes and a simple driving test.All in all i think this training for prior T-T experiance is about 2 weeks long and if your not familiar with NOOS rules then maybe a week longer.There were atleast 60 people who came through stevens who were gone in a truck on there own in 4 days with NO otr experiance ,there were some who would be assigned a trainer and back on the yard a week later awaiting there truck hanging out in the drivers lounge.

I do understand alot of companys can shot ya down quickly from the start ,but you can't quit because you aren't gonna get the starting pay you require just because you feel your overly experianced.

Bottom line .......Any verifiable experiance you have driving a tractor trailer is seriously looked at by any company out there,it does not mean however a all reefer company is going to hire you based on dump,hopper flatbed,box trailer experiance , but i guarentee you will bypass most of the basic BS about operating the truck and having to live with a trainer for 5-8 weeks, and most of the problems are with reefer companys , they know you don't know the first thing about a thermo-king etc etc,but we all know its keeping it full of fuel and learning to properly maintain the equipment and know the alarms, im sure it didn't take everybody a month to understand it.

My brother works for ABF freight out of st.louis missouri and is home everynight and makes double i make in a week all because he had experiance driving a tractor trailer (dryvan-dump-hopper) localy making less than $10.40 hr.

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Ps: your dumping that big money for that c.d.l , because it's almost the same as originized crime and there gonna get away with it,your either going to work a job you like for $9.00 hr driving temperarly or make just about the same starting out otr and hate it,but atleast by the time your otr training is over you would have done gotten a raise and getting good hours along with experiance.

 

I thought you had verifiable experiance locally ?

 

Good luck to ya hand, OTR isn't so bad if you have nothing holding you back,unfortunelty i have a six pack, a wife and five baby girls i did however attempt otr life while my children were still young,but realizing life is too short and the days and events you will miss will never be replaced,i knew there was a better way in the industry without starving and un able to support a family.

 

What companys did you try ? did otr then went local , there had to be one heck of a gap for them to believe you seem to had forgotten everything you knew about otr driving. So even with this experiance you have thats verifiable you cannot find a local job that pays near what you desire ? I wish ya the best of luck brother , just keep trying and find something thats right for you.I wish you lived in illinois , i could get you a job driving pulling a 53' hopper making $16.50 hr awsome benifits,overtime and all through GHOI.So many people here are getting there experiance here that way for companys across the river like ccx,roadway,yellow,allied,abf,cfi,conway and theres proof of that here because these past grain haulers are making ways for drivers like me in the future.