How hard is it to find a LOCAL trucking job with daily hometime after some experience

@ACH1130- Wow, thank you so much for your input, it has been extremely helpful and I will be sure to look into all of those companies. If there is any more advice you could give, I am all ears. Again, thank you so much!


@OPUS 7- I will definetely look into trying to getting in with a company starting off doing dock work and moving up to a driver position. I would rather sleep in my own bed than in a truck and be home every night to be able to see my friends and family. So, I guess you gotta take the good with the bad; to me it sounds like the pros outweigh the cons, but what do I know, I have no experience, lol. But thanks for your input, it’s been very helpful!


@hullbilly21090- Thanks for your advice. I honestly wouldn’t mind unloading if I was paid fairly for it.


@GreyHound- I honestly would enjoy the physical aspect of the job, but that's just me. I would rather sleep in my own bed than in a truck and be home every night to be able to see my friends and family. But not being paid for OT would upset me, but I guess that's just the price you gotta pay for being home every night. So, I guess you gotta take the good with the bad; to me it sounds like the pros outweigh the cons, but what do I know, I have no experience, lol. Thanks for the advice!

 

@MisterG- The only problem I have is that I am only 18 years old and I doubt that any company will hire me until I turn 21. So I don't want to waste my money on getting my CDL now and end up having to take a refresher course two years later. If companies would hire me now I would go to school in a heart beat. And the school I am planning on going to is not a company school, it's a private school and is nationally accredited by the NCCER. Thank you for your advice!

 

@misterG- So do you think that it would be smart for me to go and get my Class B CDL now and get my Class A when I turn 21, or should I just go and get my Class A now? Will companies hire an 18 year old to drive a Class B vehicle? I have a hard time seeing that they would because of the insurance companies. What is your opinion?

@S M D- The thing is, I am enrolled in college right now and I absolutely HATE it. I am going for a business degree but I seriously just can't stand going to college. I believe that it's not for everyone, and I am just not the type to go. I am more of a hands on person, I need to be out doing something. I could never see myself in an office setting it would drive me crazy. I used to think that I wouldn't mind it until I job shadowed a manager at a consulting firm and I could never see myself doing that for the rest of my life. I feel like I would love trucking, its in my blood. My grandfather owned two trucking companies and my uncle's drive. I've been around it my whole life and I've contemplated doing it for a really long time. It's honestly all I want to do and all I can see myself doing, locally of course. I don't want to be OTR for more than a couple years. But thank you for your input, I appreciate it!