what do u guys think of my lil plan

Hey everyone,


As some of you guys know I've been looking for a trucking job for a while now with no sucess. I got my cdl back in June, didn't go to trucking school or anything. IE no formal training. I just practiced on a buddy of mines tractor trailer dump and aced the test.

Now i do have experience driving the rigs locally for another friend up north driving his garbage trucks and dump trucks pulling a 10 ton tag trailer hauling equipment for him. But here is the thing it was all BEFORE I got my CDL!!!! Luckily I never got busted.

So yeah there in lies my problemo. I have a CDL class A that's clean, no Formal training, and no Formal experience, and to top things off I live in Florida with a gf and a kid "not mine but look after her like she is babies father is scumbag pedophile" and I'm 22. So I got a lot of things against me at the moment.

Here's my question to the great ones on the site. Would it be so bad with my 6 months with my cdl coming up to start putting I have 6 month worth of experience on the app? Of course I have asked my old boss and he said that would be fine with him and he WILL back me up if anyone calls. The only reason why i don't go back to work for him is he is to slow to take on anyone at the moment.

I've been thinking long and hard about this and it looks like the only way in. I need a job, the only other thing I knew was earth moving and road building but that has just about dried up out here in central FL. I've never had to lie to get a job before but its getting to where I will do anything.

If I could find an O/O out there that would take me on that would be great. But that probably wont happen. I understand even if I do get on with a company only with 6 months worth of experience I will have to go to there training course or something like logging class. That's fine I just want to get in the door even if it means teaming with someone.

I just want to work I'm not drawing unemployment, I got a truck payment to make and I wanna help the gf out after all shes done for me. I've put in an application everywhere i could think of from the big trucking companies that hire in Florida to the little companies that are based in Florida, to the local Wal-Marts and even the local burger joints no one will touch me.

I'm clean cut, no tats piercings, doesn't do drugs or even drinks, show up on time with an impeccable record, never even burned a bridge with an employer before. (I have the references to prove it) I'm not much of a customer service guy as in serving the general public I tend to prefer to work in the back or away from the general public... been that way since I was 16. I was a finish dozer/ pan man and also been told I could run a grader decent. I'm just looking for a shot out there. I'm just looking to get back working. I'm tired of sitting around on my butt.
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thanx gas hauler I mean I dont want to do it but i dont know what else to do. when i drove the dump truck i did all the equipment hauling mostly rubber tire backhoes and mid size track hoes, and d3 dozers. I dont consider it otr at the least bit but it sounds better then nothing at all so its worth a shot