New driver new to everything

Refresher should be enough. Drivers post on here often that did that and have no problems.

 

Thxs Chinatown

 

Good luck! Use your clean record to your advantage. This will help you get past background checks and hired.

So many companies waive the experience for an exceptional candidate. They will train you in house. After your CDL.

If a company requires you to pay them back if you quit or pay for the extra training run.

Be the perfect storm... Business owner, responsible, clean dmv, no bad habits.... You can pay your dues by building your reputation beforehand. Remember that... From what you said, I think you should apply anywhere you want to work and be confident. Have a resume. It works!

 

Temp agencies and hauling gasoline, is a disaster waiting to happen. Most DECENT fuel delivery companies wont hire a rookie at all. The insurance rates alone would kill them, and I sure a hell dont want some rookie pulling tankers loaded with 9000 gallons of liquid death by flames, around.

Oh yeah, I used to haul fuel and propane myself, so I know #### well what I am speaking of here.

 

You and @tow614 resemble each other.

 

If you want local right out of school you will need to go knock on doors in person and be persistant. I'm sort of glad I didn't know about ttr forum when I was trying to go local right out of school or I might have not even tried due to the negativity on here about the prospect of it. I knocked on every local door and did some crap work for a while but got what I wanted. You can do the same. I came from an office setting burned out on office politics and also have a four year degree. I enjoy driving and going to work every day and I'm a few years into it.

 

Lol

 

They are right about gasoline.

When I hired on with Hahn it's either Bulk Cement or Stone. At 21, gasoline was not going to be a option until 25. 4 years is a epoch in trucking time. I was not going to do gasoline no matter what. Even stone was not much better, being all tippy on one particular interchange from 355 and 270. I did 10K in damage my first three months destroying another company truck's hood in a really stupid bad day with suits all around screaming I move this dinosaur right now and get to a silo. Looking back I would have told them YOU Move it and go get lunch or something while the other man blew his load off.

DAC lit up like really badly that year. 10K? Ugh.