3 Months Experience

Hello and thank you for adding me to the group. After school I started working for a site excavation company driving an end dump. I like what I do, it can be very challenging with pretty intense backing in a harsh environment. The problem is the company I work for encourages being overloaded (87,000+ lb) all the time, most of the drivers have bad record's and accident's happen all the time. Accident's are handled in house, tickets are paid for by the company. Basically the drivers run around like a pack of ravenous wolves. I hate to give up a local job but this is getting crazy. Where can no go with 3 months experience and not have to be with a trainer for an extended period.

I'm not sure what's wrong with going with a trainer, because that's an excellent way to learn how that particular company operates, how to handle paperwork so you can get paid, and get accustomed to the general flow of things. Honestly, at only 3 months experience, I don't know offhand who would hire you without requiring additional training, but some fly-by-night companies certainly would. Sounds like you may be with one of those less than stellar companies already... just something to think about.

I agree with everything Susan said. If you are planning to go OTR , nobody's going to consider you as experienced. You and I both know what you're doing is tough and dangerous, but it simply doesn't count for experience with any major carriers.

You will need the training period for a multitude of reasons, some of which Susan mentioned.