Wrong time to start trucking?

We have a way to go, before this economy picks up.... I'm a master finish tradesman(concrete,roofing,painting,drywall,tile,vinyl..etc..), Heavy equipment operator, salesman, Auto mechanic,...... bla,..bla,,..bla.

At 46, I'm tired of all this work.... can't a guy get a little hugging ,and kissing..... "It's good to be the King"

 

Werner is rejecting just about everyone which in my opinion is a good thing. I have read nothing but bad about them. I'm talking about people going to roehl, kllm, trans am and others. You read so much negative on this site and i'm new to trucking but i feel that if you just keep your head up and fight through this horrible economy things will get better. this is america! I know alot of people who have made a good living trucking and they all told me there first job they got trucking was far from glamorous. But you have to start somewhere.

 

I drove by there terminal in Springfield, Ohio..... MAN,..there is alot of trucks sitting

 

This post shows trucking schools are a bunch of ripoffs out to take all they can from whom they can . If they had any integrity they would have applicants check their MVR and tell those with violations they had little hope of being hired .

 

If they are anything like most companies out here those trucks are sitting because they can't afford to run them. When you have 2000-3000 trucks sitting around and you only have 1000 loads to give them, sooner or later you start pulling trucks off the road. When the drivers come in and quit, they don't put another driver in it. I can barely get any maintenance done to my truck these days, the company mechanics are too busy stripping decals off the trucks. Everyone is downsizing their fleets these days. Getting rid of all these trucks is a problem, so they sit on the company's yards. If you were ever in the market to buy a truck, now is the time to buy one.

 

With you getting a CDL AND your HEO(Heavy Equipment Opertors) License, you might want to look at some local Construction companies. You would be basically local and also be of more value to them because of your training.

 

That's funny, You should bring that up.... I went yesterday ,to fill out an application. It's a demolition company, and I'm sure they will start me at the "Bottom Feeder" position...dump truck driver, yard man, mechanic helper??..... No where to go, but up??
I already have a job offer in another area of work (Agriculture)
This job seem's more "up my ally"??

I just hope, the "dump truck driving", Is applied towards, "CDL seat time"??..... Just, trying to get that year of seat time in, that may, or may not open other door's for my Family, and me??

later.....

 

If you think the local seat time will get you an OTR job in most cases it won't . Some companies will give you preference over a school graduate but you're better off staying local anyway than working for those companies .