Need some advice about accident in my personal vehicle.

Hard to say with some carriers. I would keep looking and applying. There are companies like Western Express that would take you on. They dont have tanker, but do dry and flats. Worse case scenario is you could get on with them and do 2 years. After that with a good driving record, you could go anywhere.

 

Maybe try Indian River Transport or WDT western Dairy Transport.

 

Greetings...from Ga!

Schneider veteran here.

Now--I do hazmat tanker duty, hauling fuel (but NOT with Schneider).

Your biggest potential mistake at this point--is getting discouraged.

There are 2 "schools of thought" with starting tanker duty....

The more conservative approach (and the one I took): spend 2 years pulling boxes (dry vans and/or reefers)....or perhaps more. THEN get a tanker job.

The other: start off pulling tankers right out of the gate, from CDL school.

There are two "hidden" advantages with the way I did it:

• When you start out in dry van--this is the easiest/most straightforward way to learn how to drive a big rig. There are very few distractions/other skill sets to draw your attention away from learning to drive (except maybe things like sliding trailer tandems). To be honest--your first 2 years should really be focused on learning how to drive--& on a professional level. Dry van will make this easier for you, than the others.
• When you start off doing dry van, and then later....switch to tanker--you appreciate what you then have A WHOLE LOOOOOT MORE. Once you experience what both are like--you value where you are and what you are doing with tanker to a much greater degree. It's more "special" that way. If you start off from day one doing tanker duty....you never appreciate this difference.....like you should.

You don't say where you are located, how old you are, if this accident is all that's in your motor vehicle history, or if you also have something of a criminal history....but....assuming there's nothing else there to talk about....based on the above....my experience suggests you're really better off right now getting a job pulling boxes, for the time being.

Western Express will likely take you at this point...but in my world, that one is truly a last resort. There are better options, if you can get one.

Past all that.....it's pretty tough making any carrier recommendations...without knowing what city/state is closest to your location.

-- Lual

 

Will they let yiu driveforSchneider dry van division for awhile to prove yourself?

 

Beelman Truck Co.
www.beelman.com
1 Racehorse Dr, East Saint Louis, IL 62205
Hiring new cdl school grads.

 

Your accident sounds like you hit clear ice? Would make you more careful and wise in a truck. I’d consider it a plus for you.

 

St Louis?

You could well be in luck....

You can "blow off" what I suggested above....and......based on what I'm seeing elsewhere....go straight into liquid bulk tankers as suggested in post #3 above....with Western Dairy Transport....over in Cabool, MO:

Western Dairy Transport -- Cabool, MO academy

Western Dairy Transport (WDT) advertises for drivers to run mainly in the midwest and southwestern US. Per your original request--they will train you as a new CDL holder for smooth-bore liquid tanker duty (but food-grade only).

Based on what I see elsewhere....it appears that they would take you now, even before you turn 23.

--OR--

You can try doing dry bulk tanker work--with the carrier suggested in post #7 above.

--OR--

You could do as I suggested, and start off pulling dry van.

USA Truck will consider you, after that accident is 36 months old:

drive USA Truck -- dry van -- St Louis, MO

and

USA Truck -- new CDL grads

USA Truck hires and trains new drivers; no tanker duty there, though. After driving there a year--you would quaify for using their load board, per their "Drive Your Plan" program--an industry exclusive.

NOTE: I'd stay away from hazmat tanker duty--until you get some real experience elsewhere, first.

Remember--I'm a Schneider vet. Schneider bulk is for the most part, a real mess. If they told you "no"....consider it a blessing in disguise. You're better off with WDT.

-- Lual

 

Follow-up: here's yet another bulk tanker (food-grade) opportunity for a beginning CDL holder...that has a terminal right there in St Louis.....

Foodliner Truck Driver Training | Careers | Foodliner

According to what's in that link--they will take you with no previous experience, and train you for food-grade tanker duty.

Be careful with that one, though...they may (or may not) be hiring at that location just now. Or....they may prefer to go with someone else with a bit more time behind the wheel.

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Also: (for dry van jobs) avoid any job or account that services the so-called "dollar" stores: Dollar General, Family Dollar, Dollar Tree, etc. Those jobs are a disaster for new CDL holders. Leave those accounts for drivers with at least 3 years experience. If you take a dry van job--make sure before you accept it that your deliveries won't include these stores.

-- Lual