Recent graduate going to get experience in Honolulu-HI

Hawaii is EXPENSIVE as sheit. It makes NYC look like a bargain by comparison.

18 and 13 speed are used almost exactly the same as a 10 speed. If you can shift a 10 you can watch YouTube videos to learn 13 & 18. 13 and 18 speed just adds a splitter to a 10 speed. I will look for the video where you have a view of the rpms, shifter, and pedals at the same time. Splitter gives you something like 2 gears for every stick position a hi & lo, or direct & overdrive IIRC. You only HAVE to use the splitter in the last few stick positions, like 9th gear and 10th gear on a 10. If you were very very heavy you could choose to split every gear but if you aren't hauling oversize/overweight you never would in real life except driving up Mt Everest.

There is no shortage of experienced CDL drivers who like beautiful scenery so there is very little chance companies are desperate for truck drivers in HI. Maybe I'm wrong. Why not just learn to massage naked supermodels or get paid to eat ice cream and test recliners?

 

The manual transmission part is what is a problem, not the number of gears. The 10 is a foundation for the rest. You can learn a 13 and it is easily leads to an 18 which is essentially the same transmission. Just look at a few youtube videos on the shifting of a 13 and 18, you will get the hang of it.

Seems like a normal thing, I or my manager screens the apps, so I don't do road tests until I am ready to hire.

I don't get this one, I don't need them but many companies who have management with no trucking experience seems to be asking for them.

Good luck.

Oh I didn't think you all had a lot of roads to have a lot of trucks on the road.

 

EVERY trucking company needs you to document your work experience for 3 years if you are just starting or last 10 years if it;s all CDL work.

 

You just need to list where you worked for the last 3 years.

 

If you don’t have your TWIC card it will severely limit what you can do. Other than food service and beverage delivery you’re going to be going in and out if the ports.

DHX has a presence on multiple islands and that would be mostly container work. Some petroleum companies might operate on other islands but I’m not familiar with them.

You’ll mostly find small companies that are sort of jacks of all trades. I worked for a guy on the Big Island. I hauled macadamia nuts in an end dump, hauled nut shells to a cogen plant, hauled some rock and gravel to Kona, and hauled cattle. Did a little container work like loads of coffee beans and some tank containers of hot oil.

I’m not sure how familiar you are with Hawaii but if you are a Caucasian from the mainland you won’t be liked and work will be difficult. My friend that I worked for is a native Hawaiian so I sort of got a pass but there were plenty of times I was called a Haole.