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You still in Neenah? I am sitting at the Moasis in Little Shut -

 

I know in the past month I've picked up 2 trailers that needed brakes

 

Hello everyone. I'm fairly new around here, although I've been behind the scenes soaking up all the great information on this site on and off for a few years now.

I just took my written test, and have decided to finally take the plunge into driving OTR. After a lot of reading, my choices for companies at this point would be 1) Millis, and 2) Roehl.

There are a couple of concerns that I'm hoping to deal with.

First of all, was born, raised, and currently live in Minnesota. According to Millis' web site, Minnesota is not in their hiring area. I'm hoping to get around this.

Here's my situation: I was in the mortgage business for about 10 years before the real estate market had it's big meltdown. I owned my own company, and when business came to a stand still, so did my income. I ended up losing my house to foreclosure, and since then I've been staying temporarily at my sister's house. All of my stuff is packed up and in storage.

I've been thinking about getting into trucking for many years, having gone so far as to go through Schneider's school back in about 1993. I completed the school, and some business contacts talked me into going into business with them instead of going on to drive for Schneider. Anyway, the road has kind of been calling to me ever since then. Due to my current work and living situations, it seems like the timing will never be better for me to finally take the plunge and hit the road.

What I'm wondering is if Millis would be alright if I had a P.O. Box address in Wisconsin? Would this be enough to get around the hiring area problem?

My second question concerns the DOT physical. From what I've read, it sounds like all they require is for me to go out and take the physical and get my own card. If I do that, will they give me any kind of physical of their own? I'm a pretty big guy, and I've been having some problems with my knees lately. If I have a DOT card, will they put me through any other testing?

Thanks in advance for any advice you might have.

 

The only problem I see about working for Millis would be home time, since you live in Minnesota I am not sure they would be able to get you home like a driver within the hiring area but I am no expert just my guess! Good luck though.