Looking for Insight & Guidance Getting Into Drivign Please

Can I ask what treatment? My wife has MS……..

you’ll find a maga to train you somewhere

 

if you can pass a d.o.t
physical you shouldn't have any issues getting into trucking

 

She got worse by the day while on ocrevus….. glad it’s working for you.

We ended up doing hsct didn’t have much of a choice…. In a pandemic no less.

it’s encouraging to hear someone coming off disability to go back to work tho…. That’s her dream. We shall see……

I don’t know if I’d go out of my way to tell a employer you had ms…….I just don’t know……

 

Swift is good, if you are based in the right place.
SoCal may not be the best option unless you are near enough to Otay Mesa (San Diego).
How are you on relocating to a better area?

Because, really, the smaller terminals are much better for your sanity and well being.
They are the ones that make you feel like family.
They are the ones with people that actually care for you.

Fontana was nice. Otay Mesa was better.
Inver Grove Heights, MN was even better.
Menasha, WI equals IGH - after IGH was shut down.

I am nearly 11 years in with Swift, and they have treated me well.
But, I have been at the smaller terminals the whole time.

 

A 'stay at home mom' or a 'housewife' doesn't count as being unemployed.

 

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One of our crude oil drivers is a lady and I’ve met plenty driving over-the-road. This could end up being a job that you really love.

I remember when I was OTR in winter, it would be -30 degrees in Chicago and my next load would be Orlando or Tampa. I felt like I won the lottery.

 

If you are considering the private CDL school option (and that's the way I did it--and can strongly recommend that option), one idea you might try is to zero in on the company (or companies) that you'd like to work for--then visit their website and/or a nearby terminal, and look/ask for a listing of the preferred driving schools from which they like to hire.

Some companies do in fact have such a list; so if you get a diploma from one of these preferred schools, it should make getting in MUCH easier (assuming they are in fact hiring new drivers then).

Given your medical history--review and understand the requirements of the DOT physical, FIRST. MAKE SURE you stand a good chance of passing it, before you invest a lot of time/money/effort.

All of Chinatown's recommendations are pretty much rock solid options, especially for a beginner.

With Swift and Stevens Transport, you should see most of the United States at some point; not so sure about the others.

--Lual