Need some advice from the tanker vets in here.......

Little update: apparently my math was a tad off, I'll have my CDL back on jan 6,got a little down: so I went and got my twic card to try and get my spirits back up lol...(yes I know it's worthless to me for the next 7 months)

I plan on flying down to texas on the jan 13, to "kick the tires" so to speak. Going to be filling applications out/ knocking on doors for about 3 days straight. Find out what these potential employers want. (Trying to get a job in texas over the Internet, from what I read isn't going to cut it)


If they say I need to do a refresher, I'll at that point decide if going back to my old job for 6 months (driving job for a moving company) would suffice for them: (plus im sure it has to be easier to get hired when a person IS employed, compared to one that is not)

if not, I'll contact Schneider and either FFE, or Stevens (the only tanker training schools I know of in texas, and I just want something/anything to compare Schneider to) if prime was in texas, they'd actually be my first choice, but since I wanna haul water in the oil fields, prime isn't an option.

im really leaning towards just calling Schneider when the time comes, because like I said before, I'm concerned that teaching myself how to drive- instead of going to an actual school, coupled with the fact that I have ALMOST no OTR EX. (Just 3 visits to So Cal, that didn't even require a fuel stop since I fueled up before I left our yard) leaves me to believe that I have a TON to learn that you OTR guys/ gals that went to a school already know.

Like I've said on many occasions: TTR is a WEALTH of info- just gotta look for it. Thanks kindly for all the feedback (good,bad, and critical) its greatly appreciated.

 

I might also add, if I go down there and find out that the ability to work tons of overtime is gone, ( i HAVE read on here that the "boom"/ lack of tanker drivers is essentially over) I'll seriously consider trying to go to prime for tanker training then just come back to CA and find a tanker job (as opposed to relocating to texas)