Haven't driven in 13 years Have a Few Questions

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most likely

of course you start at the bottom, you will be considered a newbie

possible, but sounds to me that you are lazy, and possibly still out of shape.

You need to go back to school and learn many things all over again. Of course MANY THINGS have changed. You change your underwear right? Did that stay the same, meaning you wear the same underwear each day? Of course not, right..??

You are what I can call a complete newbie at trucking. which you can catch up, but that learning curve depends on YOU.

 

Good news is you will be able to start out at .38 minimum

 

Good luck and congrats on the weight loss! We hired a driver that hadn't dove in 15 years. I went over company policy, log and inspection sheets, what was expected of him etc. Day one he couldn't change gears, back up and kept stalling the truck. Day 2 we put our best driver in the truck with him for training. It was snowing and the roads weren't the greatest. He was told to slow down twice but insisted he knew what he was doing. 40 KM's away from the shop he lost control of a tri axle dump truck with a load of gravel on. Our trainer called the office saying the guy was an idiot and couldn't drive worth a ####. Later that same day he lost a wheel pulling in to a truck stop and lost a second one leaving the truck stop. This guys explanation for losing control of the truck, at full speed on the highway, was that it was a good thing he was driving the truck because anyone else would have wrecked the truck.

I'm not saying anything bad is going to happen, just listen to what the trainer tells you. Don't be afraid to ask questions, ask lots of them! Good luck! I'm sure you'll do fine!

 

things have change in 13 yrs but yes your time otr will count as "unverifiable" in short your a newbie.

the power band on some of the new Eaton fuller/ Rockwell rear ends are much lower in rpm to switch gears. CSA scores yada-yada-yada

I myself just returned after 22 yrs
I went to a 3 party school and pass with a 99.5 grade point avg.{ highest in the school history }

most schools will ONLY cover the basic gen. knowledge, air brakes and combo + backing requirements and road test to reinstate you to newbie in a 3 wk program... the other endorsements if you want them shouldn't be hard to pass on your own through DMV written test and hazmat change it formula on classification from what I use to do

 

Talk to someone at Freymiller; they hire drivers with a long gap in driving.
Also, if you have a current DOT medical card,you won't have to take another physical. You will need copy of the long form for the trucking company files.

I think Vicki is the person to talk to at Freymiller.