Moving From California To New Jersey

Hi everyone! I'm Jeff. New to the site, new to the industry. I have 2 years 4 months under my belt with a double/triples endorsement, dry van , flat bed, and dove tail experience. My past work experience is varied and sometimes required other certification so I'm adaptable and ready to learn and have for the trucking industry.

The problem is, all my experience is Agricultural and I'm moving to New Jersey in November.

I'm worried that by not starting with an OTR company for my experience and not applying for jobs way back in July that I'm shooting myself in the foot and will not be able to get hired for regional work like I want.

I want to be with my girlfriend in Jersey, but I also want to be able to afford to do so.

Thanks ahead of time for all of your responses and help.

Hello, Jeffrey, and Welcome to NJ (when you get here).

You can check out Barr-Nunn transportation. We appear to be hiring drivers at a pretty rapid rate. Once a week we get emails and QC messages asking us to refer drivers. Northeast regional is available. I currently drive Northeast regional. I get home on Friday and head out on Monday. We send in our home time request at the start of every week. So if I decide I want an extra day to earn more money, I can simply put in a request to end my week on Saturday and head out on Monday as usual.

Here is a link you can check out. Obviously you should explore all options. This is just one of many potential companies. Please feel free to ask questions and I'll respond when I can. I'm about to start my day now...

https://www.barr-nunn.com/

Thank you for the welcome and the opportunity! I just hope that only being ag doesn't hurt my chances. I'm not sure what questions to ask, honestly, but it does want a driver referral name-which I hope gets you some mind of bonus. I'm applying right now

I'm not sure what questions to ask, honestly, but it does want a driver referral name

No problem. You might in the near future.

I probably should have asked a couple questions of you now that I think of it. I don't know what kind of driving is involved in agriculture...what kind of trailers you've pulled, if you ever had to sleep in your truck, what kind of backing maneuvers you had to learn, etc.

If your job duties were way different, then Barr-Nunn might choose not to hire you. For that I apologize. We do not do any training for new-hires. And like i said i'm not familiar with the kind of driving you did. Never hurts to apply though. It might give you a better idea of the requirements needed for driving a dry van or reefer.

There are many companies that offer on the job training that will help you become familiar with the duties required for OTR/regional driving. Also LTL companies like FedEx, Old Dominion, ABF. We have drivers here who work for these companies as well. You can post a new topic asking about these companies and they will be able to provide with information about them.

I'm not sure what questions to ask, honestly, but it does want a driver referral name

No problem. You might in the near future.

I probably should have asked a couple questions of you now that I think of it. I don't know what kind of driving is involved in agriculture...what kind of trailers you've pulled, if you ever had to sleep in your truck, what kind of backing maneuvers you had to learn, etc.

If your job duties were way different, then Barr-Nunn might choose not to hire you. For that I apologize. We do not do any training for new-hires. And like i said i'm not familiar with the kind of driving you did. Never hurts to apply though. It might give you a better idea of the requirements needed for driving a dry van or reefer.

There are many companies that offer on the job training that will help you become familiar with the duties required for OTR/regional driving. Also LTL companies like FedEx, Old Dominion, ABF. We have drivers here who work for these companies as well. You can post a new topic asking about these companies and they will be able to provide with information about them.

Thank you for the reply! I know that it took forever for me to respond.

Ag is kind of a weird bird, but also I've been lucky enough to have an even more weird bird.

My experience is double flatbed, long flat, dry van, dovetail (hauling equipment) and having to back pretty much every which way you can think of. Including a tight 90° I've never had to sleep in a truck, but I'm not opposed and I have done occasional stints between Arizon and Californa in a day cab , so distance driving isn't off the table for me.

Have a job before you quite the job in California it is 10 times easier to get a job in this industry when you have a job.... People along I 95 are different

I know that it took forever for me to respond.

No worries. Hopefully your experience makes you a good candidate and that you get a response from Barr-Nunn. Keep us posted.

Have a job before you quite the job in California it is 10 times easier to get a job in this industry when you have a job.... People along I 95 are different

Good advice, and I have no idea what you are talking about at the end of the comment🤔 😅