Making a career change, could use some advice

Cassens Transport hires new cdl school grads to haul cars.
This might work for you if you have a place to part the truck on home time.
Click ----> Apply On Company Site
Teamsters Union

• Company-owned tractors & trailers
• Teamster union benefits
• Pension and available 401(k)
• 100% Company paid health insurance
• Paid training (no experience required)
• $70,000-$100,000 average salary, $1.32 a loaded mile.

• Valid CDL (Class A) or graduate from certified truck driving school

 

Parkviewe Hauling Company, Gravel Hauling (dump trucks)
www.parkviewe.com/hauling-bulk-materialOne call takes care of it all (hauling, material, and dump) Serving the Northeast Ohio (Avon, Avon Lake, Westlake, Rocky River, Bay Village, Olmstead Falls, North Olmstead, Sheffield Village, etc.) Parkviewe sells bulk products.

 

Someone posted the other day that they're in YRC/Yellow school and being paid $18.00 hr. until graduation; 40 hrs. a week.
Don't know if that's the same for all terminals or not. Worth checking into though.

 

I would suggest that if you have the coin for night classes do that and move up in the field you are in or move into some type of sales position. Trucking and young families are not a good mix. Even working local you’ll have to work so many hours to make a decent check you won’t have your quality time with the family anyway.
Trucking is a great career. But wait until the kids are a bit older. FedEx, UPS, Food service, etc are the only local jobs that pay enough to survive but are hard on the body also. You say 50-60K is all you need? Some local jobs will pay that but you will be too tired from working your manual labor 12hr job to feel like doing much else afterwards. I tried it myself for several years in the DFW area. Good luck to you.

 

Did you look at JRayL Transport. Local jobs available in Cleveland.
Same for YRC Freight and Jacobus Energy

 

Regardless of where you get your training tap the brakes on buying any equipment right away. Your insurance rates will be through the roof with zero experience. Get a job and work the industry for awhile before you make that mistake.

 

I would suggest fitness training as well. You might be in great shape now. If not do the night school, and hit the gym, weights, running, jump rope for shoulders, Energy Diet, power drinks. I don't know how old you are, I don't want to know, dump truck work is tough, sometimes you have to shovel part of the contents out. Its all tough to be honest. Local jobs are really a younger persons job. The problem is younger people do not want to work that hard. So, they will hire older people. Which is fine, but again, VERY HARD LABOR. BM 58 on here, his last 2 posts are really really Correct.

Sample- Ohiocdl22 to dispatch..." I am done at my last drop, they dont have a pick up today" Woo Hoo I need to go to the bank and grocery store, so I am glad I done. My wife is needing to go to her mother's today, so I need to hurry home... Ohiocdl22 this is dispatch.. You still have 2 hours on your 14... we need you to bring your trailer back ASAP, spot it in door 33, sweep it out, and take door 23, our auto parts account downtown needs those 5 skids. Please put your completed bills in the drop box. All you bills for Danglin Auto Parts are in the trailer bill clipboard holder on the nose.... Dispatch OUT.