looking to get back over the road..

Hello, First.. I have my c.d.l here in Fla..all endorsements but hazmat..and been driving up and down the east coast for a carnival company for about 4 years going on 5.Now we have many trucks in this fleet,350s, straight trucks and a class 7 and now a class 8 with a set of doubles.... and i drive them all at one point or another...we haul special combination trailers ranging from 8k lbs gross to 51k..and average about approx. 25-30k miles a year...long story short,im tired of working for a carnival...low pay and really suxs..
..i wanna work for a decent company..i have been reading a many posts here on several company's and have a pretty good idea of who i am looking at applying to..i do have experience o.t.r but i got out of a truck in 1996..and had 10 years prior to that with 4 company's..but that was then and 3 outta 4 are gone now..but with today's standards they wouldn't count anyways..now with this company I'm with now..as long as i am working here all is good..but if i quit..which i am planning on doing...i am s.o.l and i believe i wont even get much of a reference..if at all,I'm paid under the table and basically a sub contractor..so they don't pay into my taxes..and cripes i basically make less than 10k a year..thus the sux part..
i do understand each company varies slightly in the hiring process,what I'm worried about is my 10 year history..i received my info from hire right..and its basically empty..of everything..no record of anything there..so i guess thats ok..but i am gonna have a tough time showing what the heck Ive been doing for the last 10 years..i know what ive been up to but proving it is a tuff curve..i don't really know how anyone would hire me looking like i do..but if i was to be hired..i do my job..im good at my job..and im reliable and dependable..and importantly responsible.
any thought or ideas to help me..i am a open book and will answer any questions..i tried to do a quick summery but i know how ou folks are as ive been reading here awhiles now..Thanks to all..runamuk

 

Okay, first of all, that game where you throw a baseball in a peach basket and it rolls around and then drops out the hole in the bottom, is it true that the game is rigged by putting a weight or something on the back of the basket? If so, you and yours owe me about $3000. I was only 17 and dumb.
Sadly yes that game is rigged..i didint work thos games so i dont really know much about thoese games but i do know..its never gonna work in your favor.. so im off the hook for any moneys..
and i appreciate that answer..i didnt realize the homeland security is apart of all this..tho i should of..
i guess whats driving me nuts..and after all the reading ive done in these forums..it all comes down to the point of just telling the truth..thats easy enough,for me..but on paper it looks disgusting..in my view..i never took unemployment or food stamps or any government offerings..when i left California in 07...i went thru hell..its mellowed some i just hate the job im in now..thus the change..and to explain it all is a blurr of serious crap..
im trying to stay away from the bottom of the industry..any ideas on who might be best..england crst jb hunt im sure but dam no way..i remember when jb couldent climb a hill with out crashing..lol..crst told me in the early 90's i was over qualified to work for them..wal mart said the same..i could go on but that was the early 90's..times were way different then..

 

i was thinking that yes i have my cdl and a medical card valid till later this year plus a lil experiance..per say..i wouldent have to go back thru school again should i? I can back very well..you should see what i have to do in my dutys here on this job.. and go forward and i know how to read what is out in front of me and read a map..we didnt have g.ps or computers in the truck back then..i do remember being late once due to weather.. any thoughts..

 

thanks...now i got to research some more..

 

craigslist makes me nervous..but i do just to see whats going on..Schneider has been here in Tampa now 2 weeks crst and one other..but good advice thanks again..