Need advice from the pros

they will talk to you the ticket is older so should not be a problem but they may want to weight a little while they like 5 years with no major tickets but never hurts to email one and ask

 

you'll be fine with one of the mega carriers, which company did you contact? Also i highly suggest you view the archives of this forum (using the search function) in the short time i've been on here i found that this place is a WEALTH of information.

good luck on getting your CDL, and keep us updated!

 

The way to find out is search for yourself. Study this site but also get out and talk with companies, and drivers.

 

Your violation was on a non commercial drivers license. So they may not say to much but once you have your cdl and you get wreckless in a car, its treated as if you were in a truck.

 

First and foremost DO NOT attend a school on the a companies dime!

There are far to many reasons why to speak of is this reply.

I'm an OTR driver trainer and I have had a love hate relationship with trucking since I turned my first key. There are a few issues you should know about trucking before you decide on selecting it as a profession.

1) Being that you are married I will assume you want to stay that way. Trucking normally requires you to drive over the road (OTR) which means cross country for two years before you qualify for the better or union local jobs. Being that you are 56 you should also know local jobs are normally more labor intensive. This means you will be away most of the time making it very difficult to maintain relationships with family and friends. In Fact the U.S. Dept. of Labor & Training, the ATA, and OODIA all agree it is one of the three main reasons 60% of all drivers change profession within the first 10 years. So you should really talk about this choice with you wife. I would say I'm normally out 290-300 days a year.

2) The real deal. According to the U.S. Dept. of Labor & Training and the IRS the average OTR driver earned $43,500 with $10,800 in deductions in 2012 and is only a 1.3% increase over 2011. As a driver trainer who keeps in touch with the drivers I train they tell me they make between $30,000 to $35,000 that first year.

3) Driving truck is a very emotional as well as physically demanding profession. Normally you will be confined to a small space for long periods of time. You may fine also long periods of down time. You may fine yourself talked down to or out right treated disrespectfully by, your company, shippers, receivers, truck stop personnel, other truck drivers, and the general public. You will at times have to do physical labor. Some types of equipment you pull are more labor intensive than others. You will work in all times of weather and you will work all different times of the day and more than likely not have a normal sleeping and eating schedule. Trucking has one of the highest suicide rate of any profession according to the CDC. When issues happen at home you can't just leave work and proof your at home. I've been 1000's of miles away when family has become sick, accidents have happened, deaths have happened, even once when a hurricane hit my town, several times tornados. Its very hard on you and is hard on your family too.

So these are just a few issues you and your wife seriously need to think about and talk about before you spend one penny on trucking.

 

Sounds like Loomis or Brinks might be two companies you could look into. If you can dodge the bad guys that good.

 

If the training company was CRE or england trucking stay away!!!!!! Read the posts on here about them.