Starting Stevens orientation

OTR is really hard with a young family. I did OTR for my first four years, but realized the kids were growing and it was time to come home. I did 8 years pulling a dairy tanker. Good work. home every night. Got to spend time with kids.
For the most part you gain experience that makes you hireable to another company by doing OTR with a good training company.
Don't sacrifice your family for the OTR experience. It will always be there.
After years of O/O, business owner and operator, employees and all that comes with that, I went back and did what I wanted to do...OTR.
It's always there.
When you get old you don't regret the things you did...you regret that which you didn't. Francis M. Montani

 

For OTR you need to figure 5 weeks out at a time and then home time of 3-4 days. In a year you may see your kids for 30 days total. Do not figure that will fall on their birthdays or Christmas because it won't. Do not figure that it will fall on the weekends when they are home from school and figure when there is an emergency you will be in Seattle WA and not your home state. So, put some cream on that OTR itch, look locally and be there for the kids. (my 2c)

Emulsified is a very, very old man, but even in his waning years of senility he makes valid points.

 

Watch it fella, or I'll smack ya with my cane!

 

lol I would but in Delaware they are looking for exp 2 to 3 yrs to drive local. and that cane joke reminds me of the cane at spencers in the mall with a horn a mirror and couple of other things.

 

Don't believe the two to three years line... that is what they want, they take what they can get. That friend I was telling round about worked for Roehl for about 6 months, maybe 7 then got hired at some steell company in New Castle, Klochner maybe... he was flat bedding the whole time, he stayed about a month at the steel place, didn't like it and now he is hauling Bananas from the Port of Wilmington. Bay Shippers I think it is called. Both the steel company and the Port job are local, although I think he goes over night one every couple of weeks on a New England delivery.

He has a total of about 1 year counting all three of the jobs. Get started and every time you get home knock on a few doors, you never know.

Personally I like OTR so here I am, but there is local and regional work to be had in DE.

 

Do you think they would hire some one with a CDL Permit?

 

A CDL permit is only good in the state you received it from. While you can drive in all the states with a permit (accompanied by a CDL holder), it isn't any good in progressing to licensing in any other state.
If you hold a permit from Texas and will be attending the CDL school in Dallas, it puts you a few days ahead of others. I don't think it will make a cost difference.

 

Then I guess my CDL permit dont matter then

 

Being in school the first week (now in my second) I can tell you. even if you have a permit or a CDL with no recent driving experience and are attending the school, you will be following the class as it progresses through the full three weeks. from studying for the CDL tests to physical and drug tests to driving the track, backing etc. you're progress will be the same as someone who has never driven a truck. But the instructors are awesome, give excellent advice. Even the CDL holders are saying they are learning more than they thought they would.

 

Thats a good thing to know.