I have a Class A Cdl

I am employed right now, barely. With the housing market down I am averaging 25 hrs a week driving my mixer truck. I just think that I would fit in better being a OTR driver than a mixer driver anyways. Gotta support the wife and kids.

 

Yes I've spoken to pretty much everyone I can talk to. Not really much help right now. I have a 45 day drill this weekend and I am going to corner someone into giving me the answers I am looking for. Truck driving is something that I've always wanted to do and there is nothing that is going to stop me from doing it. Well except money, LOL. I just don't want to finance it, trying to buy a house, don't need the credit ran.

 

I found one that will, just heard some bad things about them. May give them a try anyways

 

There's not too many companies that will take military experience as OTR experience. It just doesn't match. If you can do what I did then they might. I showed that my military experience was hauling heavy equipment all over the states in a truck just like any other OTR truck. Most companies believe that military truck experience is in a deuce &1/2 or 5 ton. You've got to show you drove off base and in the same type of truck that they have. This is tough because it's very rare that active duty people drive OTR because it's contracted out. But what ever you do don't leave it out. Alot of companies like the fact that you served no matter what you did. Military people just adapt better and are used to all the cra*. I can help more if you tell me what rate you are in the Navy. If you're a Seabee then you've got more going for you than ,say, a Gunner's Mate.

 

I was a Seabee, an Equipment operator 1st class. Joined the guard as a 88M (truck driver). Swift told me that all I have to do is take the driving test and I would be good. Just don't know about that one though. From what I understand is that you have to stay on your toes with them about pay and everything. It just gets my foot in the door, don't really want to spend the money if I don't have to.

 

So was I. If you were in the battalion and had to move the equipment OTR during your FEX you can use that as experience. Isn't a M88 a tracked recovery vehicle? If so forget that one. I retired in 1990 as an EO1 and have run alot of semi's while during my time. Plus part time jobs with regular OTR companies. However, if you we're at the duty stations that did not have the equipment you can only use your time in the service.

 

88M the MOS is a truck driver.
An M88 is a tracked recovery vehicle. Named after it's weight. It weighs 88 tons.
That is what they used as a weigh setting for interstates. They were to be made strong enough to handle the weight of a flatbed carrying an M88 coast to coast.
Also the weight we used as a scout for bridge classification. Everything had to be done by using the heaviest vehicle that would possibly go over that bridge.

 

I meant to put 88M, anyways, I was in NMCB 28 in Gulfport, MS and SU3. We did drive equipment and supplies up to our FEX's every year. I am working with getting on with swift, maybe that will work out

 

Just an update, got a call from a company that wants to know when I can go to oreintation. Sounds good to me.

 

Good luck jm