Starting out for rookies

That is really helpful advice, when i start out (few years away, you need to be 21 over here) i will not care much about pay as a little experience will get you a long way

 

hey all ,
I am looking for a car hauling company that will train you for youre cdl and give you a job is there any out there and if not what trucking company is a good one to start at befor i could try to become a car hauler.

 

I have that problem ,out of school one year no one will hire student. they keep telling me go otr,every trucking company I See I call driving good .Back ground good ,as soon I tell no exp i here try otr what to do?can any help me out leave me a message

 

From what I understand OTR is the BEST way to gain exp. Even the school I'm in has told me that. Even with only 3 mos OTR exp other companies are more willing to hire you

 

Well it probably would be a lot eaiser to get an OTR job with a trainer. Better for you too, in the long run. Now I'm betting that you don't want to be away from home right now, and I can understand that. But sometimes you have to do things in the short term, to make things more possible in the long term. It will give you experience that you might not get otherwise.

As Mack suggested, you might try construction or dirt hauling. But without any experience, and being a year out of school, they may be hard to get into.
I wonder why you are a year out of school and haven't gotten a job yet?

 

It may be hard to find a local company to work for but yes otr might get you atleast 3-6 months exp so it might be better to go over the road for that time frame then you can go anywhere i think

 

I've been working concrete for now,Iam not expecting to get rich trucking.this is what I want i read all the bad and good I know what to expect .so it looks like otr it will be thanks for all the feed back even the bad

 

One avenue that is a possibility too, depending on your area, is to work for local farms for a while. I trucked for 2 years, before I went and got my CDL, with my F endorsement mainly for the practive maneuvering and getting comfortable with the truck. Pays decent, hours are usually long, especially during harvest, but worth looking into if you're in the right area.

 

Mack E Thanks for all of your wisdom. I cant wait to start school on the 17th if enough people sign up.