i need help please

Good Luck in the trucking industry finding a co. that will take a newb and let him be home everynight. I think you and your wife need to reevaluate the situation.
IF you do find a CC close by that will enroll you for training, you will then have to go OTR with a co. for additional training and then get your own truck but you will be away from home.
To get a local job as a newb is very rare. Good Luck to you. And Congrats on being madly in love It will greatly help with you driving a truck. Just remember to Communicate.

 

HappyPappy is correct, it is very rare for someone new to get a local job right away. There are schools local to you but once you graduate you would need to find a job and most would be over the road for some time. The Company schools like Swift, you would go out of state for approx. 3-4 weeks for school and then go over the road for about 6 weeks before getting your own truck.

The mechanics of driving a truck is a job but being over the road is a lifestyle. Many times people go through school to drive, get out there and hate being away from home.

It would take a year or two to find a decent local job, you would have to pay your dues of being over the road. That would be something you would really need to consider and think this through with your wife, if she could handle you being away.
With the economy it might even take longer to find a good local job because right now, nobody is giving up those jobs.

Good Luck with what ever you decide!!

 

I would suggest you get a list of all the ltl carriers in your area. Apply at each one as a "dock worker." This may get your foot in the door. If you should get a job as a dock worker be sure to do the best job possible and BE ON TIME EVERY TIME. Get to know the management and let it be known that you would be interested in learning how to drive a big truck. Many companies will in fact send in house workers to school on their dime to train them. LTL carriers focus primarily on the type of runs you want anyway which is home daily or every couple of days. Companies to consider would be UPS, NEMF, WARD, OLD DOMINION, SYSCO, ROADWAY, etc. Each of the companies I have listed are within 15 miles of Harrisburg Pa.

Another thought. Have you considered taking your civil servants test? This test may put you in line for a government job such as a mailman which would be a local job and you cannot get a better job as far as job security and long term benefits.

 

Hey I know this is probably a dumb question. But, is it possible to be an O/O AND tied in with a union? In other words, a lease-on that extends some of those benefits?

 

To my knowledge NO. Something to do with anti-trust law from what I have heard.

 

Years ago I believe that was possible,...I don't think it happens anymore,...Someone will correct me,...

 

Good ideas here. Getting something where a driver will be home every few days just after getting a CDL is difficult at best.

That being said, I got my CDL, got my training time in, did a few more weeks OTR, and had to come off the road. I picked up a job at a local outfit for night shift line haul. Couldn't sleep during the day if I wasn't in the truck, so after a couple weeks of trying it, they transferred me into the office as a dispatcher. I was still sent out in trucks periodically for deliveries and pick ups as needed, so I still kept my skills sharp.


However, this was back in 1999 and 2000, so things were a bit different then.

 

If your near kane truckings terminal there , apply there. last i knew they hired newbs. i wanna say cardinal logistics does too but not sure. If your near an airport look into hauling air frieght . long days , hard work but you'll be home every day. Go to the industrial area you live in and drive around and try to get a feeling to see whats going on. If you got alot of trucks sitting at these places then there frieght is slow and they are not hiring most likely. food service will have you home every day and it's a good honest hard working decent paying job. and your home every day.


And on a side note you sound whipped. LOL. Being whipped is the lack of trust for your partner. one or the other doesn't trust the other to be gone on the road working and trying to make some money. JMO