Tips for getting hired in a place like Alaska

RayBlaszak · Feb 24, 2019

Buddy hauls fuel or something similar on the slope. Decent pay and he works shifts. Also check out dump truck jobs another buddy does that as well

Omega7777 · Feb 25, 2019

best way to do it is, get your dual citizenship, will open many doors

Air Cooled · Feb 24, 2019

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Okay I hate to admit this in public but I will. After getting my CDL I couldn't find a job the only job that would hire me was working for a septic company, a really nasty job but you have to get some experience somewhere. I started out in a straight truck learn how to shift gears and back into driveways, then my first combination vehicle job was running sidedump. They were so desperate for people I was there one week when they had me hook up to a b train and maneuvered around the yard a few times then gave me LCV card sent me out on the highway with double side dumps even though I'd only been driving tractor trailer for less than a week. I thought it was pretty stupid on their part and I was nervous as s*** but I end up not killing nobody or hitting anything and it took off from there.
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Nothing wrong with this. I got my CDL 8 years ago and I chose a local septic company over OTR. Home every night and 50 hours a week. Got lots of exercise, did it for 1 year, then started hauling fuel. We all have different needs and approaches. I chose a crappy (no pun intended) job to date a girl I had just met and to drink beer at home on the weekends. Sometimes other nights too. Why she dated a septic driver and eventually married me? No idea

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