Not much time and only one shot at this. Please help.

You "forgot" to mention one important thing (a driver "perk")....

it appears that most...if not all of Dot's tractor fleet...are Volvo tractors.....



-- L

 

4-on/4-off is a schedule option; not a job classification.

Volvo and Freightliner will keep you on the road, working. Peterbilt and Kenworth will have you in the shop, questioning life choices. Volvo is my preference.

Very few manual companies, these days.

 

For what it's worth -- when I first started out -- I contacted no one....for a-n-y-thing....until I had that CDL -- plus the requisite endorsements.

Face it -- you're really no good to them (or anyone else) until you have that CDL in your wallet.

I submitted completed applications (again, with that CDL....+ endorsements)....& then called them later...if they didn't contact me, first.

I wanted to come across as interested....& qualified....& genuinely worth their time.....but nothing else.

But hey, it's your choice....



-- L

 

I submit to you -- that the given opportunity with Dot (& others) will likely still be there -- later....when you're ready.

Why?

Becuz....driving a truck requires (among other things) a stout work ethic (even with dry van duty).

Thus -- as time goes by -- fewer & fewer people are genuinely willing to step up to the plate, & keep swinging.

That's one major reason (among others) why I got into it.

It naturally weeds out the lazy....& those who aren't the long-distance runners.

-- L

 

Hopefully, they’ll accept the training you’re receiving, as they don’t accept every school’s training.

Vidalia is always hiring, as there’s a real lack of work ethic, in that area. When I’ve been there, their dispatch always tried to keep me there, working for them. I’d have to get my dispatcher involved, to get out of their clutches. Holidays were the worst.