My husband wants to be a trucker! :|

Argh...I had a typed response, went to send and cyberspace ate it, must've been hungry lol...
Anyway, just because he may be going OTR does not mean your marriage or family will be torn apart and destroyed. It can happen as a result of distance yes, but it also can happen to those that are home every single night. Variable factors such as yourself, your husband and your relationship as a whole factor in whether or not your relationship can survive the time spent apart. My husband and I have been married for 17 years and still going, so it can be done.
Please heed everyone elses warnings. If your husband can find anything to keep him from going OTR then he should consider doing it. Stress levels are running extremely high out there right now with the lack of freight and increase of sitting waiting for a load, plus other factors to numerous to name. Everyones stress levels and tolerance levels are different, but point blank it's harsh out there.
Make sure you both have thoroughly looked into this as an option and are both on board for whatever good or bad that may come your way. Also be prepared to be a single parent, which is what you'll more or less be. My husband has made it home for exactly one baseball game this season. Stinks but he's gotta do what he's gotta do and I, as well as our boys (we have 3), accept that. It won't be easy, but it won't be impossible either.
Best of luck to you in your decision!

 

Well, with some LTL companies laying off, yes it would be hard right now for a new driver or even a experienced long trailer driver to get in right now. But why wouldnt you apply anyway, be persistent. We just hired 3 drivers down south at one Service Center, they are projecting more.

I just figured if he could get in as a dock worker, he could get his lic in the mean time. Doesn't hurt to try.

 

If he can get to Sacramento every weekday for 18 weeks he can get his license for around $200 from Foodlink and not owe anybody anything. He also doesn't have to go over the road. There are plenty agricultural trucking companies between vallejo and sac that will hire him right on and he'll probably make better money and be home every night. There are other options in your area than otr.

 

Am i right in thinking you can get Hazmat at foodlink?

 

The Hazmet is a simple written test and fingerprint test. Foodlink teaches you to drive and get the CDL, any endorsements you can get on your own.