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You might want to look at Watkins & Shepard.

There's two weeks of onsite training and then you go solo!

You'll need a CDL before training and the training is unpaid. No CDL tuition reimbursement.

No APU's in trucks.

Starting pay for inexperienced drivers is only 32 cents a mile, but you get $20.00 a stop. There will be a lot of stops.

A "less than truckload" company. They're mainly into shipping carpet, furniture, and beverages. Usually the driver unloads the cargo.

Overall, their reviews appear to be better than average.

http://jobs.wksh.com/recent-graduates.html

https://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking-companies/review/company-77/watkins-shepard

I did a search on craigslist for southern MN. There are at least four garbage truck jobs in the Twin Cities and one in Rochester.

None of the listings say anything about requiring experience. Some even say, "no experience needed".

A lot depends on where you live. It's boom time in MN. So there is more competition to hire employees. If an employer needs a job filled, they'll take what they can get. Maybe the economy isn't very good in your area and the employers are being picky.

In general though, I don't believe driving a garbage truck requires OTR experience. They probably want class B experience like driving a dump truck, cement mixing truck, or a snow plow.