I don't know what to do anymore, looking for advice please, i'm thinking of trucking

Over 20 grand a month? Truck stop story of the year.....

 

Here is another place you can look at jobs. What they pay and what they require.
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/

 

Sleeping in a moving truck is something that some people can "train their brains" to do, while others are never able to. Willpower and toughness has nothing to do with it in my experience; and the logic that sooner or later you'll get so tired you won't care doesn't hold.

Before PLANNING on any sort of team endeavor, definitely make sure in advance that you are someone whose sleep programming can handle it. Try before you buy, in other words.

 

I'm sure he would be fine. He outta be used to sleeping in planes, helicopters, humvees. Let alone used to going 3-4 days with no sleep, and really f-ed up sleep schedules by now.

 

Point taken. He certainly sounds like a good candidate to be a "moving sleeper."

There is a difference between running on adrenaline and living in "surges" of several days duration followed by a day or two of sound sleep, though, and having to deal with it every night, week after week.

Mentioning it because I was both a Marine and a firefighter (Hotshot) who managed the one pretty well, but not the other. It was both a surprise and a disappointment.

 

And some say just don't idle. We don't care about your comfort.

 

Can anyone give me any info on any texas based trucking comapnies. I really want to work for a company that is headquartered in texas so i can make that my domicile while i'm out on the road for a couple of years and not pay any state tax and i just have a good feeling about the texas economy holding up even if things get worse, which hopefully they won't. So far the only one's i could find any info on that hire with no experience are FFE in Dallas and Raider Express in Ft. Worth. Apparently FFE is a bigger company and Raider is a smaller one that started only about 10 years ago. I know there is frito lay and some of the big name oil companies in texas but they seem to require 1 or 2 years experience and i need someone who will take me as a noob. Does anyone know of anymore, i figure there has to be some i don't know about with houston and dallas being so big or should i just try and get started with one of these and worry about specifics later when i have the experience to switch companies if i choose to? One more dumb question, what is the timetable like for getting hired at a company that will train you? I'm thinking that if a company has an active ad on the internet looking for drivers that means they need them asap or they wouldn't be advertising right, so what's a general timeframe from when i talk to the recruiter and send in my info until i'm actually there in day 1 of driving school?

 

Hey fellow veteran, I think you should use the GI Bill anyway you can. Stay away from the Military.com So called military friendly schools, they charge 30k for a degree and never see a campus and twice as much as a general college and you will lose the campus life of learning. I only used a part of my GI Bill and regret not finishing. I made alot of mistakes when I got out, I had 10k saved after a 6 month deployment and partied it all away. I learned my lesson. Taking classes online while trucking is a great idea. Finding Goverment jobs on USAJOBS.com most require a degree or special skill set. I was in Air defense and not able to use anything so it was a 3 year waste of time for me. I should of stayed in and reclassed. Good Luck keep us posted.

 

Stevens Transport, Dallas Texas


You don't have to live in the same state as a company to work for them, you just have to live within there hiring area.




American Trucker

 

I worked for Schneider for 14 months. Believe it or not, they aren't as bad as most people might think! They have a yard in Dallas.
But please, don't just take my word, look it up yourself, STAY AWAY FROM KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION OR KNIGHT REFRIGERATED OR SQUIRE (their training division)!!!