Thinking of going back to trucking

I haven't read anything negative about the company (KKW); maybe it's out there, but I haven't seen it.
Dry van and one of their accounts is furniture. From what was posted, the driver may push the furniture to the back of the trailer for customer unload. I don't know if that's exactly how it works. One lady that posts on here said her husband worked there and had no complaints.
@SoCalRed - All you need is 3 mos or so behind the wheel then other doors start to open. Just do what you have to do, then move on.

 

Yes, don't over think this.
Marten Transport hires with 3 mos. experience. May not be what you want, but just an example.

 

Essentially a thought would come to me that companies are unwilling to take on the liability and risk of a rank newbie from school. Either they do not have a remuda of throw away tractors anymore that is older and easier to fix the common newbie boo boos or something else.

People have to start sometime. I remember my first truck and it's load. I was with a trainer who smoothed things over a little bit. But it was complicated becuase in those days females did not do that kind of work and I ask the moderators to understand that culture was slightly less tolerant and accomodating that we as a industry have become over the decades. My class had 4 women in it and all of them were subjected to certain pressures from a variety of men either classmates, instructors or actual company officers in a position to hire them, test them etc.

You can imagine my trainer was one of the top drivers in her company for that time and I feel fortunate because her methology once she figured me out was still solid after all these years. That's a good trainer.

But my favorite teachers over the years have been people who shared a little something here and there when the truck had problems. And you had to hack it. Example would be a Mack offset 1970's model with the 280 I think which looking back is a tiny little engine that did big work. It refused to start after breakfast, turned out you got a bic pen and jammed it into the relay on the right hand side under the hood and boom she cranks. For the life of me I cannot remember certain minor details about that truck anymore which shows the erosion of time. But there it is. YOU have to start somewhere.

Something WILL come up. How you handle it will determine if you make it your first year in this industry.

 

I agree. I just have to back off a little bit. Ive been focused on helping the wee ones where possible today more than usual. No one in school tells them that the first year is the most dangerous of the career. It's also the best because you have no bad habits or problems.

 

I have seen several threads on how bad it is a KKW. Knock them off your to go list. Gardner in Chino is where you want to send them @Chinatown. There not the best but way better than KKW.

 

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I didn't know you didn't drive anymore. Retired??