Road test in doubles? New driver.

Sounds good. I'm sure they have the latest warehouse/inventory tech that they use on the job. What I use in the military with forklifts and whatnot is probably ancient history compared to their equipment. I went back to the trucking school yard today to practice my pre-trip, AB test, and maneuvers. Got those skills all ready to go for Monday. Talked with the yard manager, and she said I'll do just fine. She heard that ups is hiring big come June because of all the work they're getting, so I'm hitting the hiring just right. And then, wouldn't ya know, I get a call this afternoon from a local gas hauler that I put an app in for. The TM wants to bring me in for a sit down even though I'm green. I believe their drivers are in the 65-70k a year range.

I tell ya, using my GI Bill to earn my CDL 2 yrs ago is really paying off right now. If I didn't have this in my pocket, I would be really stressing my departure from the service right now. It's a great thing knowing that I have good employment opprtunites out there waiting for me.

 

Ha, hand held scanners! I'm still using paper logs in the warehouse I work in on my base. Our laptop with the scanning software broke about 2 years ago, and we haven't been approved to get a new one since, lol. As a result, we hand record all packages rec'd. It's stone age. And our forklifts are broken half the time, haha.

I'm halfway between delanco and pennsauken, so my area is perfect for trucking jobs. I went on OD's website, but they didn't have any postings for the pennsauken terminal. Ive talked with some of their p&d drivers, and they seem very content with thr job. Didn't check out estes/Cowan/R+L or some of the others yet. The gas hauler job is with Coraluzzo out of paulsboro. They haul alot for Wawa. I had also stopped into New England Motor Freight, and the manager there was willing to bring me on for weekends right off thr bat leading up to my discharge date. But their terminal was TRASH. Plus, I did a little research on their company, and they've had prior legal troubles being connected to the mob, which really isn't a big surprise, especially for jersey. Also found out that the owners daughter is married to Paul McCartney from the Beatles.

 

Roger that. I went to ODFL in person, same with pitt Ohio and a couple others, and they just referred me to the website. Some places still allow the face to face introduction, and others I guess are embracing 'the future', being that you apply online first and all that.

Over a period of 10 years, which one do you think is a better move? UPSF/OD/Estes? Which one do you think has better security, or would they all be pretty much the same? OD isn't union, which I wasn't really big on anyways, but knowing that you have a pension check at the end of 25 or 30 years is a nice pece of mind.

 

Brother, let me tell you, I needed this ray of sunshine. I've been going through so much crap lately, having some positive stuff happen has really picked me up. I really do feel blessed right now. Just gotta get through the road test! Lol.

 

I really appreciate it. Thank you for the info and knowledge you've shared with my questions. I'll def hit you up if the need arises.