Specific question.

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Jbrow327, May 1, 2021.

  1. Jbrow327

    Jbrow327 Light Load Member

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    I am in the SLC area. I got a cdl in 2018 and never got a driving job due to my driving record. That's clean now.
    I'm looking for a company that:
    1. Uses automatic transmissions.

    2. Doesn't back trailers or extremely little backing.

    3. Allows me to bring my dog along.

    Thanks.
     
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  3. JonJon78

    JonJon78 Road Train Member

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    I would just find another line of work. Backing the truck up is what we do as professional truck drivers.
     
  4. Brandt

    Brandt Road Train Member

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    More and more companies are using automatic transmission. The backing part just takes practice. Some allow pets. You just have call but I would not mention you don't want to back up.

    @Chinatown know all the companies hiring
     
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  5. tarmadilo

    tarmadilo Road Train Member

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    If you haven’t used your CDL, you probably won’t be able to get a job without a refresher course. And, as has already been mentioned, backing trailers is one of the most important things you’ll do as a truck driver. I’ll freely admit that I was terrible at it when I started, but I practiced as much as I could, whenever I could, and I got competent pretty quickly, and after a couple of months I got good enough that I no longer got nervous about it. And now after a couple of years I’m downright comfortable backing into pretty much any space that it’s possible to back a trailer into.
     
  6. Judge

    Judge Road Train Member

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    FedWrecks Pulling Doubles,
    they don’t do big city driving,
    no backing up,
     
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  7. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    That's true.
    'cough'
     
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  8. Judge

    Judge Road Train Member

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    Has to be, it’s on the internet now.
    Don’t go Old Dominion, you gotta backup.
     
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  9. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    I'm wondering who would call that lazy.
    That was a skilled driver, to say the least.
     
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  10. wis bang

    wis bang Road Train Member

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    Sorry, Unicorn transport went out of business years ago.

    You face a stumbling block. Most insurance companies require 2 years minimum experience operating like equipment.

    You cannot supply this so you need to go back to school; i.e. a refresher course for a 'Mega' carrier [AKA high turnover, self insured] able to hire drivers with next to no experience.

    Backing is a fundamental part of trailer truckin'; no way around that.

    If you cannot, will not, even in a box truck, stop wasting everyone's time and find another profession.

    How does one obtain a Class A and can't back up?
     
  11. Frank Speak

    Frank Speak Road Train Member

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    Seriously? Good luck with that. Lol
     
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