I Miss My Truck....help!
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Hey Miss Rose. Welcome to Trucking Truth! Sorry you miss your truck. I know the feeling. I haven't driven in a month and it's really bothering me. Check out Sage Truck Driving Schools. They're not cheap but I know they offer refresher courses or simply time behind the wheel with a trainer. Also, check out the companies that run LTL like Con-way Freight, Saia, Estes, ODFL, UPS Freight, Fed/Ex Ground or Freight. While they are large, they may be an option for getting training that doesn't cost you a ton. By the way, on your profile, you might want to complete the part that asks for where you live. You don't have to give a city (I just entered "Rocky Mountains" Colorado) but if you fill out something giving an idea of where you're from, others in your area who can help you, might pipe in and give some suggestions.
Are you looking for OTR , linehaul , LTL, local, flatbed, construction, oil field work? That information would help others come up with ideas for you. You're coming back into trucking at a really great time as companies are all short on drivers and who knows? Many, many of them might be willing to give you a few extra days of training just to get another driver on board. I doubt you'd need a whole lot of time to catch up again.
Look into craigslist as well, to find companies that are local for you.
I hope this at least helps stir up some ideas for you.
I'll keep my fingers crossed and surely others on here will be able to make suggestions.
-mountain girl
LTL:
Less Than Truckload
Refers to carriers that make a lot of smaller pickups and deliveries for multiple customers as opposed to hauling one big load of freight for one customer. This type of hauling is normally done by companies with terminals scattered throughout the country where freight is sorted before being moved on to its destination.
LTL carriers include:
- FedEx Freight
- Con-way
- YRC Freight
- UPS
- Old Dominion
- Estes
- Yellow-Roadway
- ABF Freight
- R+L Carrier
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Linehaul:
Linehaul drivers will normally run loads from terminal to terminal for LTL (Less than Truckload) companies.
LTL (Less Than Truckload) carriers will have Linehaul drivers and P&D drivers. The P&D drivers will deliver loads locally from the terminal and pick up loads returning them to the terminal. Linehaul drivers will then run truckloads from terminal to terminal.
Thanks mountain girl.
I'm in Oregon but there's nothing holding me here. I want OTR I perfer anything I don't have to tarp. I have driven curtain van and can strap but tarping is not feasible for me. I don't wanna go through a private school if I can help it. I'm hoping to get a company that will throw me out with a trainer then let me go solo again.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Thanks mountain girl.
I'm in Oregon but there's nothing holding me here. I want OTR I perfer anything I don't have to tarp. I have driven curtain van and can strap but tarping is not feasible for me. I don't wanna go through a private school if I can help it. I'm hoping to get a company that will throw me out with a trainer then let me go solo again.
Central refrigerated in west valley city Utah they will put you with a trainer and if you got it you do a upgrade test then go solo
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Well the two most common ways of getting back into trucking after an absense are:
1) Go through one of the Company-Sponsored Training Programs. They would give you the minimum refresher they felt you needed and get you out there making money as quickly as possible. Unfortunately you said no major companies so....
2) Apply to the companies you're interested in working for and ask them what they would require for a refresher course. Most companies will give you specifics like how long the course has to be, what it has to cover, and even what schools they'll accept training from. But unfortunately you said you don't want to go to private school neither so my last option would be....
3) Stop being so picky!
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Company-sponsored Training:
A Company-Sponsored Training Program is a school that is owned and operated by a trucking company.
The schooling often requires little or no money up front. Instead of paying up-front tuition you will sign an agreement to work for the company for a specified amount of time after graduation, usually around a year, at a slightly lower rate of pay in order to pay for the training.
If you choose to quit working for the company before your year is up, they will normally require you to pay back a prorated amount of money for the schooling. The amount you pay back will be comparable to what you would have paid if you went to an independently owned school.
Company-sponsored training can be an excellent way to get your career underway if you can't afford the tuition up front for private schooling.
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I started driving truck back in 2005 I blew through driving school I was just born to drive I guess. I just got in and started driving graduated a week and a half early but anyway I had some medical issues in 2008 and needed to get off the road I drove school bus untill 2012 then stopped and went to tech school i have maintained and sill have my class A cdl. I can't resist the itch any longer the road is calling me ... I know I will have to refresh but would like to avoid full on school. Any suggestions? Good companies that might refresh me rather then full on retraining? (I really rather a midsize company no giants lol)
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: