Profile For Andy F.

Thanks for the advice. Actually, I do have a company that will hire me to ride along with their driver and learn their business while driving with my permit. This is how he received his training as well. However, I think I will still follow both of your advice and get into a local driver training school. Being the only one supporting my household, it's very hard to find a schedule i can work with and still make money to eat and pay my bills for the 4 weeks of training. I'm gonna make this work somehow. Thanks for your guidance. I really like this site.

Hello everyone. My name is Andy. I'm brand new to this forum. I have decided, at 55, to change my career. I have owned a painting contracting business for the last 25 years. I'm ready to give up all that glory to join the ranks of Americas Truckers. I have a couple of friends and relatives in that profession that I have sought out advice from. I was advised to study the CDL manual and get my written permit, and bypass the training schools to just drive with someone already on the road for my training. I have had some experience hooking up and transporting trailors, including backing into some pretty tight docks, quite a few years ago while doing shipping and warehousing. So, I'm looking for more advice. I can get some seat time with a local soundstage engineering company, with drivers that I used to play music with a few years ago. I'm thinking after that, I can go for my skills testing. Any advice?