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Posted: 11 years, 1 month ago

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Haven't driven a rig in 10 years but have 17 years local driving No OTR experience

Just found this site today and had a few questions I wanted to ask! First: I got grandfathered in when they started the CDL's I had a A license and was not driving for a trucking company but a very large company with it's own trucking dept. I drove around 17 years all local No OTR experience at all! They least that trucking dept out in 2004 but I kept a job working inside for 8 more years till they laid a bunch of us off in 2012. We did get our retirement but it ain't much (which is a whole story by itself). I'm 58 years old and spent 35 of those with that one company. I lost my wife in 2008 and both my kids have been gone for years so I'm ready to get back in a rig and this time not worry about being gone since it's just me! Question: Is there driving jobs out there that will hire you if you haven't been in a tractor trailer in 10 years but have kept your cdl's and medical up to date and drove that many years local? And or do you have to go through a refresher course, to get hired to drive OTR or Shorter runs. Thanks, DM

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Posted: 11 years, 1 month ago

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Haven't driven a rig in 10 years but have 17 years local driving No OTR experience

Just found this site today and had a few questions I wanted to ask! First: I got grandfathered in when they started the CDL's I had a A license and was not driving for a trucking company but a very large company with it's own trucking dept. I drove around 17 years all local No OTR experience at all! They least that trucking dept out in 2004 but I kept a job working inside for 8 more years till they laid a bunch of us off in 2012. We did get our retirement but it ain't much (which is a whole story by itself). I'm 58 years old and spent 35 of those with that one company. I lost my wife in 2008 and both my kids have been gone for years so I'm ready to get back in a rig and this time not worry about being gone since it's just me! Question: Is there driving jobs out there that will hire you if you haven't been in a tractor trailer in 10 years but have kept your cdl's and medical up to date and drove that many years local? And or do you have to go through a refresher course, to get hired to drive OTR or Shorter runs. Thanks, DM

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