love to drive, but has no CDL, suggestions

I like to become a truck driver. I would like to try to do OTR driving, but I’m not shore. Not like I have a family (I got sisters, a mother, and friend, but no kids or wife to keep me home)... it's just earlier this year I had a job away for home (away for a month, home for 2 weeks, away for a month.) and I got home sick. But I don’t know if I was truly home sick or I hated the job that badly. But I did finish the job. I did not quit.

I love driving; I can drive for 10 to 12 hour, no problems. I had driven 18 1/2 hour straight and loved it. Bad weather... love it. It’s one of them things. If I use all of the truck and use all of my driving skills, and make it to where I’m going, it’s a big notch in my belt. It’s one of those things you can brag about for year to come. A good bit of my family drove trucks at one point of time or another. And I have a few friends that are truck drivers too. I tried to get my CDLs on my own, but I wasn't successful. I got my Class A Learner's back in Dec, 2008. I tried to get some seat time before I tried to get my CDL. But everybody that I knew said the same thing "I would love to help you, but my insurances won't let me have a student driver" or something close to that.


I like to find someone to help me to get my CDL. I like to find a job that would be... (Leave home Monday, come home Friday) or maybe half OTR, half local. If not, I’ll just have to suck it up, and do one or the other. Face my fear of not being able to do what I said I can do, which is OTR, or staying local and not Experience the OTR life.

I don’t have any money. So I would need to find paid training. I’m a slow reader and my spelling isn't the best. I can read a map just fine. I have some experience working on semis (1992 Kenworth W900 with a lowboy trailer)

any help, i would be thankful for.

 

bad weather driving. i love it as a challenge. A specialty the challenge of driving in snowy conditions. but that's up to whomever i would be working for. if they say "all gloves off", get it where it needs to be. if the truck is up to it, i can get it done. but if they say don't push it. i can do that too. i put that out there just to let you all know that i'm not scared of bad weather.

i do know that the DOT only alow drivers to dive for 10 hours at a time. that 18.5 hour trip was with my LITTLE ranger. i was saying that just to show that i can do 10 hour drives.

i kind of knew that i would have to sign a contract. i was hoping for info and guidance to pick the right company. not just what the company says but what the drivers say too.

the job i had earlier this year was a construction job in West Virginia, being pay under the table and ones a month. No TVs on no nothing. the only thing around my was about 500 acres of forest. if i had the gas it was a half an hour drive to the nearest little town. working monday through sunday, from 9am - 9 pm. construction is not my thing, but it was money and i needed it. that is why i said "it's just earlier this year I had a job away for home (away for a month, home for 2 weeks, away for a month.) and I got home sick. But I don’t know if I was truly home sick or I hated the job that badly." i don't know why i said this. it's something i'll just have to find out my self.

thanks and i'll keep you all posted on my progress.

and thank you all

 

ok, i'm sorry, i was wrong... i do not have my CDLs... back in 2008 in the state of Maryland when i tried to get them, it was 10 hour drive 8 hour rest.

yes 18 wheels. but it's not the wheels, it's the weight and speed. just like the tards out there with ford expeditions, chevy suburbans, and hummers H1,2,&3s "it's a 4x4. i don't have to slow down for snow" oh, look they're stuck in a ditch.

driving in the snow is about momentum and traction, not speed. if you take your time, and use your head, you can get though most snow falls . (if your truck is up to par) and yes knowing what your truck can and can't do is a must...

i'm a wannabe, or would like to become a...
not a tard. i came on here looking for help, info, and guidance... not a slap in the face...

and if i took you reply wrong. i sorry, it just came across that way...

 

well, i talk to you down road in a few year, i guess...