Question about ODFL

I would still take the job. A lot of LTL's will start you off in a straight truck for their dock to driver/apprenticeship program. It's a great opportunity to work for a great company.

If it's the ODFL terminal that I think it is...it's probaly better to start you off in a straight truck anyways. You have to look at it from the TM's perspective. He's willing to take a gamble and hire someone with no experience. There are drivers with years of experience begging to land a gig with ODFL. Baby steps. You have learn to crawl before you walk. Jersey and NYC is no place for a newbie with no experience to be doing P&D work with a tractor trailer. JMHO

 

Run, don't walk. Who cares if it's a straight truck? Smaller, easier to get in and out of places = gravy. Plus you will get on the seniority list so when a p&d becomes available that you qualify for you can bid.
Good luck!

 

if offered at the interview, GRAB the job, and run with it..it's getting your foot into the door. sooner than you think, you will be doing city work, and doing well.

good luck to you.

 

if you move to another state, and the have a terminal, you transfer over...easy peasy...

i think by that time, you would have been driving a tractor-trailer

 

OD is a career so try to get in where you want to live. All another company is gonna ask is if you were a driver, not what you drove. I can pretty much guarantee that no other company is gonna offer you more than you will make there. Are there a few exceptions yes but you will make a killing there and be able to retire early if you play your cards right.

 

that school should have kept records of you, most if not all schools do. unless they want some cash first?