Profile For Joseph M.

Thanks again. I started reading through your experience with the food service company. Wow! It sounds as grueling as my time at UPS...maybe even more so. That's definitely not what I'm looking for. I'll check out Swift school and plan on doing OTR until I have enough experience for a local gig.

Thanks for all the help and I'll keep you posted!

-Joe

Thanks y'all! It's been quite strange to see people hanging out at the only gas station in town (Casey's)after riding their lawnmower there to fill it up, and a tractor drive in front of our house. I talked to our neighbor across the street who is in the city council. When I mentioned how different things are he said for FFA week they'll have 60 tractors parked at the school as students drive them to school that week LOL.

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Do you recommend any companies that train in the North-East as opposed to private schools? I talked to a trucker who recommended that I look into Sysco, YRC and UNFI.

We almost all agree that Paid CDL Training Programs is the best way to get started in this industry. G-town went through Swifts school and now runs on a dedicated Walmart account for them in the northeast. Up in that area of the country it isnt unheard of to get on with an LTL company like Old Dominion or YRC straight out of school but we highly encourage a year of over the road experience before taking on the challenges of local driving. At Sysco (or any foodservice companies) you can make great money but its brutal physical labor. I got my start at PFG which is similar to Sysco. You can read about my rookie year doing Food service my first full year I made about 85k if I recall correctly doing that work but my body took a beating to get it. The challenges you would face in the northeast would be much more difficult than what I faced in Des Moines. UNFI delivers to grocery stores right? I'm currently delivering to Hy-vee grocery stores in the midwest and absolutely love it. I make great money and am home nearly every night. I don't have any particular insight to UNFI as a company but I know they've been buying out Supervalu in most, if not all markets. Use this link to Apply For Paid CDL Training put in a safe year and then you'll have a ton of places wanting to hire you for local work if that is your goal. Please stick around and keep us updated

Great to hear, Rob. Congrats on the home purchase. I recently joined and am looking to train for my CDL and change careers. I've worked as a cube truck, 12-pass van & luxury vehicle driver for 10 years in the film industry. Also been in retail and food service. I'm tired of making crap money and never having stability and I want to be able to provide for my future family with a real career. Do you recommend any companies that train in the North-East as opposed to private schools? I talked to a trucker who recommended that I look into Sysco, YRC and UNFI.