Now On The Hunt For Driver Job

Okay so I got my CDL on Wednesday and I got it driving a Manuel Transmission, my first day the trainer tried to talk me out of testing in a truck with manual tranny, I got about 5 hours of driving over the course of 7 days to whit I impressed the tester and not only got my CDL A on first try but impressed the tester so much ( I took my test during rush our in Salt Lake) I over heard him talking about me to other instructors while I was getting coffee the next morning. This has not gone to my head, I just did the best I could when I was on the button, and was noticed doing it, by someone who tests 4 or 5 people just like me every day, in short made me feel good about what I have learned so far.

So while I was at C. R. England's school I heard about a company called PRIDE which happens to be owned by a brother of England's and they supposedly don't get along very well. I looked into PRIDE and was sort of impressed, today I filled out the entire application and guess what...I did not have to say I had any felony's they are the first company I have found that has a limiter of any time on the question. PRIDE wanted to know if I had done evil in the last 10 years, so I happily said Nope, Nope Nope on all the question. In short I think I have a shot with them, and they take new drivers with out experience and finish the training OTR.

Now that is not the only good thing happening, I also have a foot in the door with a company called TIPS That's an acronym for Transport Solutions, a short haul company that mostly hauls sugar beets. 9 months out of the year and they pay Trainees to prepare for the CDL test. I talked to the recruiter and I fall into their "advanced" category, meaning I have CDL just need orientation to get going with them and they are willing to do that too, they even have some work on road construction going on right now up in Watford City ND to keep drivers who want to work in the summer going. To whit I said if possible I would like to drive as soon as I can to begin improving my skills. The long and short of it is that I have some confidence in the possibility of becoming a truck driver even if it is not OTR , but even that seems to be a good possibility.

Geez, Michael, you are one of the two guys here recently who have gone from zero to sixty in amazing time. James being the other one. The Pride job sounds great if they hire you, but the other is at least a good fall-back option. You two are proof that perseverance, determination and persistence can really pay off. Congratulations, man!

Go get it!