Home Every Weekend?

Its also insurance reasons. A lot of insurance companies don't see local work as experience. So they want the company to put the person through their training.

Now 8 weeks is insane. I spent 14 days with my trainer, and I wouldn't have been able to do it any longer than that. He was a cool guy but i don't like sharing a truck with someone. I never team drive, I can't sleep while the trucks moving.



Ethan

 

Roger that! I was with my trainer for six weeks. I trained at TMC. My trainer made me sleep on the top bunk while the truck was moving. There was not even a net on the top bunk. It was a long six weeks. I had to stiff arm a cabinet, to keep from falling from the bunk. Oh, the joys of being a newbie.

 

Like Elendil said, what you're looking for is almost impossible to find for new drivers. Now almost impossible is not the same as 100% impossible. There are indeed opportunities out there for new drivers with the sort of schedule you're looking for. But they're hard to find and they don't exist everywhere. Now once you get two years or so under your belt, many more opportunities open up for you. At that point you have a much better chances of finding the type of schedule you're looking for. But keep in mind that the pay might still be on the low side.

So the bottom line is there isn't any guarantee you'll be able to find the type of schedule you're looking for right out of school in the area where you live. You might, but chances are better that you won't. I would recommend you stay away from trucking unless you're willing and able to do at least two years working any schedule. Go into it with that frame of mind and you'll have a much better chance of success. Go into it with the stipulation that you MUST have every Saturday off or even ANY Saturday off during your first two years and you'll be at much higher risk of becoming one of those who invested a lot of money on a CDL that you will never use.

 

I don't think the guy knows what he wants. Better stay with the 9 to 5 or hire on at a grocery warehouse. Work in the warehouse until they graduate him to driver, and even then he will most likely have to work weekends, but at least he didn't waste tons of money on a truck driving school, because you can tell he's not built for OTR. He would be home sick after 2days

 

Like David said, CT is a good bet for flatbedding. I know a couple of drivers there and they're home every weekend. They also hire righy out of school. They drive macs, not the best looking ones but as long as they run and are safe, that's what matters. I haven't started driving yet either but I'll be signing on with Schneider.Keep an eye out for the company you want, that'll get you home when you want; however, don't write off over the road driving, sometimes we have to do what we don't want to do in order to complete the bigger picture.Good luck either way!