Right out of school looking for regional/local dedicated run..must be home every night.

They are fracking in that area. Look into hauling sand or water. Even better, get your hazmat and haul crude oil.

 

Every Company has issues, just have to find one that works.

If you read the she Thread, Unhappy Trucker is a friend of mine. We talk weekly and I am the one who left after 90 days. Not the kind of loads I like. I am back to doing long haul, it is what I enjoy. CE is a local/regional company. I have friend in Trotwood that runs local for them, he is happy. Works second shift, Dannon account, home daily.

It's an opportunity if you are interested, if not ignore it.

 

No ####? Thanks, ct, I had no idea Pyle had a terminal in NE Ohio. I learn something new every day around here! My personal belief is that throwing a brand new driver into an LTL P&D job would be like feeding them to the wolves and setting them up for failure. We deal with tight places, backing in off busy streets, and blind-side backing on a daily basis. A dozen unfamiliar places in a day as opposed to a few in a week OTR. But there's no harm in aiming high! I just seriously doubt I could've handled that kind of intensity when I was new.

As far as in Medina, the OP might want to check the Dicount Drug Mart DC or Sandridge on Commerce Dr. and check to see if there are any local companies running out of Owens Corning on Smith Rd. that hire new drivers. There is a lot of freight on the west side of Medina.

 

@Bob Dobalina : I agree that P&D would be challenging, at best, for a new driver. She could ask if they have an linehaul and maybe luck out.
Dutch Maid Logistics is located in Willard and hires new CDL grads. Don't know if they have any local work or not.

 

Sure it's possible but you have to think outside the box and if you follow the path that most of these new drivers take you'll never get hired. Do not tell the company you want to drive until you go back to school. They will look at you and say why should we invest any time and money for you to leave in 3 years. Keep that information to yourself. If you get on to a great company sometimes they will pay for a percentage of your school.

If you have any marks on your record forget a decent company. If your record is clean take that along with a resume and go out and talk with some of the better trucking companies. The ones that have no need to advertise because they keep their drivers. You have to find a company that has a driver either retiring or leaving and will have an opening coming up. You need to convince the company that you really want to make a career at this company and if they do not hire you then you ask what you can do to put yourself on a clean path to be hired in the future. Companies that do a special type of hauling tend to know other trucking companies that do the same and they work together very well. It's best to find a trucking company that does not make a profit hauling cargo. You want to find a company making their own product. Like some gasoline companies that produce a product from their own refinery then send that product through downstream to their own stations. But their are some gasoline trucking companies that haul other peoples product. If fact most of them do that. Any company that has a factory then shipping their product out is better than a company that depends on other companies for their product. Once you start knowing these companies you'll be surprised on how many there are local. So do your research for companies then make yourself presentable and get out and talk with them. Plan on going to a lot of companies. And remember, the more you put into this type of work the better company and job you'll get. Be lazy and the mega companies will take you now. But you'll be losing on a lot of items and benefits. that's why they have the turnover rate they have.

 

Try local furniture delivery. Residential or office furniture. Its how I started, 13 years ago. I haven't ever been over the road.
You will get a chance to handle small tight spaces and learn when and where its ok to chance something or not. You will also get a chance to meet people and talk to the local P&D drivers in the area and find out who is hiring.

 

One thing I know about Ohio truckers is that they GET home time!

Go to a truck stop in Ohio on the weekend. Plenty of parking especially on toll roads. Can't say that on a weekday.

You live in a great area to be home weekly if not daily. Just Keep trying. Plenty of large companies like Schneider, Swift, US Xpress etc. have multiple accounts and can get you home at least weekly and there are plenty of other companies that can too.

You should do your homework. Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois are hurting for cdl holders.

Loook!!!