I have a couple of questions

I've been lurking in these forums for a couple of weeks and all I can say is the I really wish I had found this site 10 years ago before I started working for Swift. It may have saved me lots of hassle. I have been looking at a lot of the long threads and I learned a bunch. One thing it did, for sure, is light a fire in me to start driving truck again.

So, my first question is: I was fired from Swift for preventable accidents about 9 years ago. If I try and go through training again with a company that trains and hires, will that prevent me from being hired? I was thinking about Central Refrigerated. I just ordered a copy of my DAC to see what's on there.

Second, after Swift I worked for three companies. I drove a stake bed for a refrigeration company, I drove cab, and I worked for a painting company. My last real job was about seven years ago. Since then, I've been working for my dad in his painting company for room and board. I notice that the companies are real strict about work history. Could I get written statements from customers and contractors that we've worked for as proof of what I've been doing with that last seven years? I often wonder how housewives who have never worked ever break into the industry.

Another question, I've read that all employment history drops off of your DAC after 10 years. I have about 16 months until my ten year mark. If Swift will prevent me from being able to restart right now, if I wait until 2012, will that no longer be a problem?

Driving really got in my blood and I was highly depressed after getting fired from Swift. I reported one backing accident that many drivers told me I shouldn't have reported and it counted toward me getting fired. It was a trailer scrape on a yellow cement guide post. I've gone over my mistakes over and over again, and I believe that I'm 10 years older, 10 years wiser, and that I would benefit greatly from going back through school and out with a trainer again.

TIA

 

Thanks for the replies. I didn't realize that Central was a sister company of Swift. Saved me from blundering into a dead end.

I was gone so long from trucking because I thought there was no way in hell anybody would hire me. I was told that small preventable accidents in your first year blackball you from the industry for the life of your dac report, 10 years, and it was best to just wait it out. I've just come up close to the 10 year mark and started looking into it again.

Thank you again for the responses. Gives me some hope.

I've only been fired from two jobs in my life, and the only job I was depressed about losing was the trucking job.

 

Well, I hear that. Then you could travel on your own dime, and see the country while being relaxed and not worrying about getting a load to the destination on time. I know if I won the powerball, I'd travel non-stop in comfort, and see all 49 states accessible by road, in comfort, and style. Guaranteed.