Is 37 too old to get into the LTL industry? No experience?

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  1. '88K100

    '88K100 Road Train Member

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    No not too old..i came off 20 years long haul at 38 when i switched to Line Haul. Company i went to average driver was 45…to qualify you needed 7 years experience with 3 years pulling trains so they did not hire any newbies..we running two lane and 5 months of winter, no place for green drivers to pull A trains grossing 137K every night.
     
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  3. Gomer1969

    Gomer1969 Light Load Member

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    We hire straight from truck driving school with no experience. The myth that you can't hire straight to linehaul is just that a myth. We hire young and old, male and female, with little to no experience.
     
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  4. Iamoverit

    Iamoverit Road Train Member

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    Great age for it if you're willing to work. Apply to every LTL carrier in your area and start working your way up the ladder wherever you get hired.
     
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  5. Chinatown

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    Can you pass a hair follicle drug test?
     
  6. Captainmidnite51

    Captainmidnite51 Bobtail Member

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    what company if i may ask?
     
  7. Captainmidnite51

    Captainmidnite51 Bobtail Member

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    no
     
  8. Chinatown

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    Line Haul companies do hair follicle.
     
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  9. Chinatown

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    Old Dominion Freight Lines hires right out of cdl school. Must have all endorsements.
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  10. Gomer1969

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    Old Dominion
     
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