Has Anybody Here Ever Considered A Position Other Than Driver With A Trucking Company?

It also depends on what kind of work you want to do. Lets say you work for a fleet ( I can not speak for all of them but most of them) you will do mostly brakes,pms, lights, things of that Nature most of the in depth stuff is sent to a dealership for warranty purposes. If that's the type of work you want to do a fleet is a good place to be.

I know with some of the majors I drove for they had "warranty guys" in the shop that were authorized to do warranty work on trucks, but very few of them, and I don't think they ever did the most complex jobs like engine or transmission rebuilds, or anything like that.

But I would imagine it's quite the process to get approved to do warranty work outside of a dealership and I would expect those guys make a fair penny for their time?

Matt says

It also depends on what kind of work you want to do. Lets say you work for a fleet ( I can not speak for all of them but most of them) you will do mostly brakes,pms, lights, things of that Nature most of the in depth stuff is sent to a dealership for warranty purposes. If that's the type of work you want to do a fleet is a good place to be.

I'll add a bit to Brett's remarks. I am based at Swift's Memphis terminal , with one of the larger service shops in the company.

Beyond brakes, lights, PM and such, the big work goes to the local Freightliner and Kenworth dealers. We do have our own body shop.

Yes, of course. I've been looking at my company's website and shudder, the fact that dispatch, planning still use AS400 emulators makes my head spin. And the multi-media marketing looks like it was organized in the back of a garage aided by Facebook suggestions.

Oh I've got 15 years experience in IT project management, marketing and e-commerce.

Right now I'm enjoying the break from cubicle he'll.

Oh, my 2c. Not all other positions in a company deal directly with drivers or trucks. Expand your horizon.

Yes, of course. I've been looking at my company's website and shudder, the fact that dispatch, planning still use AS400 emulators makes my head spin. And the multi-media marketing looks like it was organized in the back of a garage aided by Facebook suggestions.

Oh I've got 15 years experience in IT project management, marketing and e-commerce.

Right now I'm enjoying the break from cubicle he'll.

Oh, my 2c. Not all other positions in a company deal directly with drivers or trucks. Expand your horizon.

Green screen UI with a splash of color? Welcome to the 90s. I-series... not pretty, but reliable.

I expect that will change as Knight applies best of breed technology.

At my last IT employer we sold software to a few trucking carriers. I was offered a position at one of them, but they withdrew their offer when they discovered I did not have a Bachelor's Degree. Like many places, I can work there as long as I am working for a vendor, or as a contractor, but not as a full time employee as I lack the required minimum educational requirement for the position. I did learn a considerable amount about the inner-workings, and how the megas are not affected all that much from the freight fluctuations many blame them for, as well as how a load starts from being signed by sales, through planning, dispatch, to the driver, to billing the shipper. You can also add to it some loads are port-truck-rail-truck-DC-truck, and just about every other combination you can think of. This is where I found out about ELD's, and the information that is available from them, as well as remote engine and performance diagnostics.

I got my AS in CIS Network Management, MS Windows concentration back in May, 2014. I did a short internship in late 2014 but yet have to be employed for pay in IT. I am now age 53. IT is not old-age-friendly. I have heard time and time again it may be impossible to get in IT without at least a bachelors. I got an AS at a California JC/CC (community college) because that's all voc/rehab would pay for and support. I have applied in Sacramento, California for state civil service in IT (information systems analyst as well as office asistant) but never even got called in for an interview even with veterans preference putting me at the top of the tier level as well as certain "LEAP" positions for the disabled. One woman job counselor I had even admitted that the state of CA laid off a bunch of older white males. I need a professional job or SKILLED trade that is "old white male veteran American" friendly. Can't go wrong in trucking or even maybe as a mechanic if my back doesn't fail me when I get fit and slim. I moved to Nampa, ID last summer because of a cheaper housing opportunity than in CA and have written a letter to the voc/rehab division in this state. I am still waiting for their reply today. I told them I either wanted an Idaho govt. civil service, a local govt. job, a federal job or to become a truck driver if trying to get into civil service proves fruitless. Hell, working for the US Forestry Service or as a forest ranger might even be great for me since I love outdoor life. I had not mentioned other possible trades to voc/rehab yet I might be also interested in as fleet mechanic (lots of military experience there in that field already) or a new skilled trade as electrician, heavy equipment operator or machinist. I don't want to be out in the heat and the cold with a shovel in hand at my age whatever I do.

Even old ladies with cats now drive trucks OTR these days.

My disabilities, for several years now, are chronic fatigue syndrome and sleep apnea which should greatly improve when I lose 50 or more pounds. I have current health issues related to obesity my doctors have said. I am on a serious diet, exercise and weight loss program which seems to be working for me slowly but surely. I also suffer from arthritis. Bending over under the hood of a car even to fix my own car kills my back.

I am 293 now down from 325 this last December and plan to get down to 185 eventually, weight-wise. I am 5-10 tall. I am clean-living just like a Mormon. No booze, beer, smoking, gambling, dip, snuff, street drugs or ladies of the evening.

A fair penny indeed. Although they dont come by it easily. I work with a gentleman that rebuilds the transmissions and engines he has invested not only huge amounts of money but also most of his life into it. If I had to just take a guess and this is a low guess he probably has $65,000- $80,000 worth of tools.

It also depends on what kind of work you want to do. Lets say you work for a fleet ( I can not speak for all of them but most of them) you will do mostly brakes,pms, lights, things of that Nature most of the in depth stuff is sent to a dealership for warranty purposes. If that's the type of work you want to do a fleet is a good place to be.

I know with some of the majors I drove for they had "warranty guys" in the shop that were authorized to do warranty work on trucks, but very few of them, and I don't think they ever did the most complex jobs like engine or transmission rebuilds, or anything like that.

But I would imagine it's quite the process to get approved to do warranty work outside of a dealership and I would expect those guys make a fair penny for their time?