Personal Experience with CR England- WHat next?

Gut check time: Give me a YES or NO answer...can you drive a truck? If YES, why are you wasting time with the bottom of the bottom feeder companies when you have all those oilfield, potash, cattle, grain hauler companies all around you? Screw the alley docking and the door slamming stuff. If you have your CDL in hand, go apply for a real job and make your money.

"But I'm a student. I'm still learning. Don't I need to finish training?"

You will finish training. We all are still learning. Your location allows you the opportunity to avoid the mega carrier BS circus.

 

wow that's a massive ##### where it doesnt belong. there are several companies that have a 1st year apprentice program for the GIB. HOWEVER! the companies that do often times pay less per mile. my trainer and i sat down and did the math you'd be better off getting into a company that starts off at 36 cpm. as apposed to the lower paying ones.

i just got hired on with a smaller company called RBX they paid me $100 for orientation and i cant remember if they said 475 or 450 per week for training (IEDs play hell on the memory) but after training i'll be making 38cpm + up to a 10cpm fuel bonus. check em out here's a awesome write up another driver did for them: http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...scoop/246180-my-rbx-journey-strafford-mo.html

they do have an 8 week refresher course for returning drivers w/ length depending on how well you do.

 

Living in Texas you have a lot of opportunities for local work with minimal experience. Check out the fracking companies and I am sure you could find something that pays close to $20 a hour plus I am sure the company would help a veteran out with some training if you lack certain skills (backing and all the usually newbie stuff).

I worked with CRE for 4.5 years and had veterans as students, as well as, active reservists and England didn't treat them any better than a guy off the street. It will only get worse with CRE.

 

Maybe you need to start out driving around in a F350 with a Big Tex trailer hauling hot shot loads. I'm sure once you get your foot in the door those companies will eventually get you into a large 18 wheeler. You may be away from home during the week but eventually you will find a local gig. It took me about 5 years to finally get where I wanted to be at as far as trucking .

 

Contact Schneider about their tanker division. They also have a veterans program.

Don't worry about your DAC with England; all companies are familiar with them.

Prime pays $700.00 a week for training pay. I'd try Schneider first though about their tanker division.

 

Don't let that stop you...apply anyway.