Local Driving Opportunities

Check out the WIA program. You may be able to get your cdl paid for.
I was laid off and got into trucking working for Maverick. So far it has gone well.

Good Luck

 

Well I can tell you this,if you get your cdl your not even going get close to a tanker unless its one hauling milk.As for local gigs most of them you need a min.of 1 year experience first before you can go local.Don't know want companies may offer you a local gig straight out of trucking school but I do know hauling any kind of fuel an't going to happen until you get at lease 2 years experience first.

 

You could also try looking at the Local Agro Haulers(Tomato's,ect). Its pretty much 7 Days a week during Harvest but its Decent Money.

 

Tankers are what you do once you get some time under your belt. If you decide to go through a school, try to find a good one and there are not many out there anymore. And watch out for the "Rent me for your CDL road test" boys. Most companies will not hire students who got their CDL with an automatic truck and a pup trailer that is shorter than a 1967 Dodge Polara Wagon.

Just go and drive. The idea that you get to pick and choose going into trucking is crazy. Most of us that have over 30 years in don't get to pick and choose! Go with a company that will allow you to go regional once you have proven yourself then later on you may want to specialize in something like fuel tankers.

I am a pneumatic tanker driver myself. (Dry Bulk)

 

go to a community college, pay about $2,000-3,000 for cdl training, then google LTL carriers san diego california and apply to every one of them....they are local companies where u are pretty much guaranteed to be home every night

dont listen to the guys who tell you it wont happen, it happened to me and plenty of guys i know

 

Exactamundo! Miracles can and do happen; i was hired at overnite after only 1 month OTR "experience."

But to answer the OP's question, i think you have to have some passion or "intense interest" to do this type of gig---maybe. A passing thought---because you can't use your degree right now might not cut it.

Maybe try working at restaurants/department stores etc. where you can meet girls, have fun and then before you know it the economy will pick up and you can be a civil engineer and make 60k. Maybe.

Just a suggestion.

 

go to work for Coke, Pepsi, Coors.