Profile For Dee B.

I'm testing in Delaware. Think I'll keep my Delaware residence and just explain that I'm able to leave from other terminals. My house in de is only twenty minutes from Philly, tops.

Thanks... Well, I've started CDL School and have actually applied to a few companies already in an attempt to get prehire letters. JB hunt, crete, us xpress, schneider, melton, yrc, and roehl have already responded to my application and/or called me. The problem is, I work from 7-4 and then have school from 430-9 so I have no idea when I'm going to be able to respond back to the recruiters. Schneider called me twice today from some automated number. My only real time to make contact is Friday after 4 pm and weekends. Will that cause me to look disinterested? Should I wait until I'm able to contact these recruiters back before filling out more apps? I'm really hoping for something LTL, dedicated, or regional. OTR is definitely not an option for me right now as I have three children at home.

What if you're unable to verify your whole employment history? Like I stated, the past five years I can recollect but before that, it's a struggle to remember what state I was in, let alone my employment history for that time frame.

Same issue here OP... I'm a little reverse of your issue, I've had good employment history for the past 5 years, but before then I was both job hopping and state hopping. I don't want to be considered a liar though, because I don't even remember the dates for some of my jobs before 2011 or some of the jobs entirely. I'm a lil spooked too.

Let me know how that works out, as I'm having a similar problem. I have good work history for the past five years, but before that I was moving state to state trying to find decent work, and didn't really stay at a location for too long before my living situation would cause me to move. I have the same amounts of worries that you do that I'll run into problems getting prehire letters due to my employment before 2011.

I've actually checked out some of their YouTube videos, thanks! Another question I forgot about, at what point should I make contact with recruiters? I've been seeing posts around from companies that aren't usually hiring that are doing some hiring near my location at this time. I already contacted Old Dominion bc I figured it couldn't hurt and was told that basically my school is definitely an approved school and that I'm more than welcome to contact him closer towards the end of Sept. since I'm done school beginning of October. I'm just wondering should I be contacting companies that I'm interested in now to let them know that I'm interested, go with the companies that my school suggests, or wait until I'm almost done with school before I even contact anyone to let them know of my interest.

Hello all, I've been cruising these forums for over a year now, and joined when I saw a post by 6 string (or six string, not sure how he spells it lol) discussing LTL trucking. I start school on Monday at a private CDL School named American Driver Training Academy that my current employer (Amazon), is paying for. Once I'm done with the class Amazon pays us a "buyout" if we'd like to quit and pursue our newfound career that they paid for the schooling for. I plan on taking that offer, (I've been there 3 years so that's $3,000). I just wouldn't be able to ever work for Amazon or its subsidiaries again. I say that to show that I have no other option but to succeed. I've been thinking about trucking for a career for years and already have a family member who's currently a trucker. I have so many questions, and have tried to find the answers in the forums. I've found the answers to some, but I've decided that I would rather ask my questions here, then use this same post to document all the steps, hurdles, and triumphs between now and finding a company to work for.

Enough introduction, my first question refers to my situation. I currently live in Bear, Delaware, but my lease is up on my house on Sept. 1, which then I will be moving in with my girlfriend in Philadelphia. (Yes, I'm a female. Yes, so is my gf lol.) I'm not sure whether I should keep my license in Delaware, or transfer it now to Pennsylvania and test for CDL in Pennsylvania. My school is on the border of both states and will take you to get your license in either state. They also pay for you to get your TWIC card (they're actually a TWIC location or whatever it's called, and they do hazmat fingerprinting). We have three boys in between me and my gf, (kids, not some weird orgy thing lol). The youngest one is two, and we've been discussing having another child. For this reason, something like LTL, linehaul, local, or possibly regional would be most beneficial. I don't really have any interest in OTR, its not too appealing to me. I kinda like routine, and would just love a trucking job that I could get home at least twice weekly. I'm not expecting to make millions my first year driving, but I'd need to at least bring home more then $400/week, which is what I'm making now.

So, here are my questions:

Which state would probably offer more job opportunities between Delaware and Philly? Which trucking companies do not do forced dispatch (esp. to NYC, the thought of driving through that is terrifying in a car, let alone a big rig!) Any idea which companies have the best/highest starting pay? How do you get a estimate of how much a company pays when you factor in benefits, bonuses, etc.? Any insight into companies such as New Penn or A. Duie Pyle? I've heard mixed reviews? Any other advice for a newbie like me on differences between driving tankers, dry van, reefers, regional, dedicated, etc.? I've been seeing a lot of recent job posts for all positions even with only CDL school, but I don't graduate until October.

I probably have more questions, just can't think of all of them right now. I'm still trying to get through the High Road Training before I test for my Permit on Monday. Just figured I'd rather have it on first day in class instead of waiting two weeks like they say we can. I plan on getting every endorsement except passenger, and school bus. I don't figure I'll need it.

Hey Tyler, I'm still in trucking school but have also been looking into LTL and thinking that New Penn might be the easiest one to get my foot in the door into. I live in Delaware, but will relocating to Philadelphia before school is out. Any info you can give me on the company? What's the environment like? The starting pay? I plan on also applying to every other ltl trucking company within my reach, just not sure when's the best time to contact them. Any advice for a newbie would be greatly appreciated. I wouldve pmed you, but I've only been lurking on this site for the past few months and honestly don't even know how lol.