Profile For Craig B.

Thanks for the help guys and yes I was looking down twords Fontana.

Well the path of a truck driver has been appealing to me for some time now, I just turned 21 and would like a better career besides being the one throwing boxes at the warehouse to being a truck driver.

So the simple question is where should I start? I live in Victorville California by the way to let you know where I'm coming from.

What has appealed to me so far is I had a friend of mine start at Swift (I know they have a bad rep) but literally in about 4 months he was from OTR to Local and another 3 or 4 months now hes already getting a phone interview for an office job (I like the idea of working your way through a company like that however I would be happy with just driving.)

PREFERABLY for me would to be able to go straight local which I'm pretty sure isn't a possibility since I don't have a CDL yet. I wouldn't mind going OTR for some months to get experience but the goal is to be local for me.

So a few questions can be brought from this, Which company should I look into? I've got a top two of Knight and Swift with Swift getting a little bit more of an edge because they have a lot more going on local around me. How much will it pay? I have vehicle payments that I've gotta make however I do have quite a bit saved up for any type of downtime It's going to take to get me on the road. I'm someone who is young and I don't mind dealing with all the crap to get to the paycheck so if you deduce that is Swift a good company?