Training

Honestly i dont think any company will put you on the road without having a trainer present for a couple weeks atleast the major carriers wont. not sure about local ltl companies though

 

This will probably be hard to hear but, in all your research ( you did do research, right ) of possible companies that hire new CDL grads, not one of them mentioned going out in a trainers truck for 3 weeks to 3 months. I find it hard to believe that you didn't first find out all the steps necessary to receive your CDL...... told you it would be hard.

 

You guys don't understand! This is Naked and Afraid Trucking he's signing on with.

 

So then why did you get your cdl then?You're going to have to either deal with it or find another line of work.I don't see any way around it.

 

I don't think hardly anyone wants to be cooped up in a truck with a trainer for weeks. But we do what we have to do to get rolling, right?

 

You are trained by the first company that hires you after CDL school. CDL school is just to get your license. If you can't share/sleep in a truck you are limiting where you can work. It's hard for almost everyone, but it's just a few days to a few weeks. After that you'll never have to share a truck or sleep in the truck while someone else drives.

If you want a local jobs they are available. Look at ready mix & concrete. Look at waste management or trash. Look at food service & beer or soft-drink distributors. Without OTR experience you will be staying local & driving in city traffic.

 

You stop for bathroom whenever you want/need to stop. Sleeping is tough while truck is moving. I barely ever got sleep while my trainer drove. That is something you will only know once you try it.

First decide what type of driving you want to do. Then do whatever is necessary to do that. You are not going to do interstate, long distance, truck driving without riding in trainer's truck and trying to sleep in a bouncing truck unless you get hired out of school by an LTL company or union company that runs daycabs.

IMO newbies should FIRST find a place they want to work and SECOND go to CDL school. You probably have a loan for CDL school and need to start making payments if you are like most of us starting out. Repayment begins whether you have a job or not.

How bad do you want this job?