Hello everybody

Start driving; it's a great career.
How long have you had a CDL and how did you get it?

 

Ive been where you are. I was great. If I could do it again, I'd work to be the manager at the pizza store.

 

*It was great.

 

It beats delivering pizza. Unless you are meeting hot women that want to uave fun, then deliver pizza. Lol.

 

Driving is a lifestyle. Can you make some money? Yeah. I drive local in winters now and dream of OTR lol I really enjoyed it and was good for me mentally. I cant handle sitting at a desk or confined to a store somewhere. Yeah unless you know somewhere else to make 60k with little experience

 

Since you've never used your cdl, companies will want you to start riding with a trainer. Since you live in South Florida, try Florida Beauty Express. They run teams to California hauling live plants. Make a few of those trips and if you don't want teams, change to solo with some other company.
Florida Beauty Express also has local and regional in South Florida. Some of those local/regional you could be driving a box truck or tractor-trailer.

 

What advice have you gotten from your grandfather and uncle?

 

Great question.

 

Hope the answer isn't like so many others on here; "My father and grandfather were truckers for 47 years and said for me not to do it because it really sucks."
That's why they did it for 47 years; because it sucks?
OK, it's not like it used to be; it's changed. Well, everything changes with time and simple minded people aren't capable of adjusting to change.