Profile For Robert S.

Thanks Old School. And thanks for those links. I've been reading up on them quite abit. This is a fantastic resource website btw.

What I've done is submitted a resume to this website in bulk to see if I get any other hits. Seems like it might be a better option rather than just jumping at the first opportunity that came my way.

Just a small bit of background on myself. I lived abroad for 10 years teaching English in Thailand. I have a wife and son over there that I was

hoping to bring to the states by now. I've been home for 2 years now and still can't find a good enough income to provide for them here. I looked into truck driving last year and kept getting pushed away because I had no recent driving history. Now C.R. England is showing an interest in me and I just got excited about it.

I'm thinking I should take a step back for a moment and make this decision once I have some more information on the industry,

You guys rock and thanks for answering my silly questions so fast!:)

Thanks guys. I appreciate the tips there. I was thinking it was kid of weird to be

offered to lease a truck and not even have a CDL yet. There are so many negative articles online about

C.R. England and I haven't been able to find anything away from their website that is good. I really don't know

how to due diligence this. I don't know any truckers in my area to ask about it face to face.

I want to read something that is positive from someone whose actually driven for them, just to balance out what

I've already been to find but haven't found anything yet. How do you get to meet a truck driver in person to ask them about

a company like this if you've never been in this industry?

I've been offered a chance to go to CR England's Training Program in Dallas Texas. I've been reading on websites, this one and other, about them.

I know to take most comments with a grain of salt but, Something keeps coming up that I don't really understand and would like to hear some advice on this if anyone knows what it means please.

There is some talking about leasing the trucks. Does this mean to drive for them I have to basically buy the truck from them to do so?

I guess that's one I'll have to ask the recruiter next time I speak with him. But just thought I would ask here to see if anyone has an answer.

I've been excited about this offer and have been making plans to go, reading up on sites about driving truck, trying to get familiar with certain things. But I'm not ready to own a truck for christ's sake.! LOL

I looked into getting tested for diabetes in my local area. just doing research on it. They say that to get a good and proper diabetes check, that you need to fast for 12 hours beforehand. When you take the DOT physical do they require you to fast first?

Really? Thanks Eric. I think I will move forward with this then. I Don't believe i have diabetes but for some reason when I read that it can disqualify me, it started to worry me. It's a big step.

Thanks again Eric. I'm going to move forward with this then. i'm glad i signed up here.

Cheers

Thanks for the reply. The only thing that concerns me is I haven't ever in my life been checked for diabetes. I had a DOT physical last year but it was the basic 'turn head and cough' type. no blood work of any kind or anything of that nature.

I'd love to get involved in truck driving but for some reason this one thing does scare me a bit. I'm working a very part time job now and I don't have the expendable funds to have myself checked for diabetes ahead of time at the moment.

I figure the CDL course once complete will start to pay off as soon as i'm licensed, but ...Well..it's just a nagging issue and something holding me back from going all the way to Dallas just to find out I can't take the course.

CR England wants me in the July 7th start date for the classes so time is of the essence here. Just confused what step to take next.

I probably need a guidance counselor more than a forum atm LOL. Sorry if I'm a bother here.

My name is Rob. I've been recently contacted by CR England and they have invited me to take the CDL training course they offer in Dallas TX. I'm very interested in doing this course and hopefully going over the road as a trucker. wOOp!!.

Only a couple of things really make me hesitant to do this. One is, I'm not quite sure what the DOT physical is and what would disqualify me for trucking. I'm curious to know what kind of things they are looking for in the DOT physical. I do not do drugs nor do I drink. I'm in somewhat of a shape, if you count round as a shape.

could anyone provide a bit of insight of what they are looking for int he DOT physical?

Thanks