Hey guys, I haven't been on the site in quite some time because i've been going to smith and solomon to get my cdl A and I picked up a new beater/toy a 1998 jeep cherokee lifted 3" which i cut the fenders and stuffed some 33x12.5super swamper tsl radials under lol. But i got out of the school last thursday 9/24/09 and have been trying to find a job since. I'm only 20(ill be 21 november 21st) with no trucking experience other than the school, and I'm scheduled tomorrow to get my T.W.I.C. card. Everywhere i've gone so far either wants experience or wants you over the road which i can't do because im not 21 yet. I've got about 6 applications to send out right before my 21st birthday but I need some money and need to get off my damn ***. Anyone here know who might be hiring drivers? I'll travel but law says i can't leave the state. so far i've been to jb hunt, party rentals, nemf(new england motor frieght), us foodservices, and old dominion trucking. so whos hiring or wheres a good place to check out?

 

I started driving tandem dumps and a lowboy for an excavating outfit. Most construction outfits stay in NJ and work union hours (7a-3p). Right now with all the **** going on with the economy its going to be tuff to get a job. If you have a TWIC see if you can get hooked up with someone shipping containers in and out of the port. Goodluck

 

i Drive for Central transport and we hiring drivers rite now. i think they want 6 months exp tho, U can still try. Did u try conway freight they hire drivers w no exp.

 

I've never heard of either of the 2 companies you mentioned 02ls1ram so I'm gonna look them up now and see how to go about contacting them. thanks, I stopped at raymore and flanigan and riehls towing today, Raymore told me they want ATLEAST 2yrs experience and riehls said I cant get insured with them till 21. I'm just gonna keep trying though lol.

 

central wants you to be 21 and 6month city or 12months otr experience
Conway is otr so I'd need to be 21.
Couple more companies to add to my list of applications for my 21st birthday but still nothing i can do now. thanks for the help.

 

PAYING 30$ A HOUR... ALL YOU NEED IS A CDL-A LIC.

AN CHECK THIS OUT DAWG, NO NITE WORK GOOD BENOFFISTS..
THAT **** IN, AT FRIENDS HOSP,
ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS ''SWEEP THE GRASS OFF THE SUN''. ...
HO, YEAH AN IT,S UNION TOO, #000..

 

are you just trying to get your post count up?

 

conway has local LTL drivers too.. did u call the truck load part of conway?

I just asked my boss today n he said 21 is a must. the exp part u can fudge a lil u mite wanna try a Tri-axle company they always lookin for drivers.

 

21 is a must with most companies because of insurance issue the one type of job to look for is in the ag field though afarmer can get away with hiring some one younger

 

You should drive with UPS. They start out $23 an hour and within 3 years you make full pay $30 an hour. You get around 10 hours of overtime every week. They have the best benefits ever and it's a union.

 

Kinda hard to find something without experience...When I got my Class A I drove for Ling Trucking for a few mths...havent used the license since.

 

Its looking like im gonna get stuck just waiting till the end of next month when i turn 21. I've got 6 applications right now that will hire me with no experience but won't hire me until i turn 21.

 

going to be hard to get a job with no exp. we run Transfertrailers and dump trailers and we wont hire anyone with out 2 years exp

 

I've found a bunch of otr companies that hire with no experience but its otr and i've got to be 21 lol. I figure ill just go otr when i turn 21, get my experience and if i find something better ill be able to do it. i'd like to run a tanker one day.

 

yeah, they want experience so you'll have to work for one of the bottom feeder companies. it sucks but you gotta have time on the road and keep your record clean.