How's the money?
Is that what you started off doing right after you became qualified to drive?
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How's the money?
Is that what you started off doing right after you became qualified to drive?
ReturnOfJudah
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Naw i went over the road, then local dr pepper, then cement mixers. Here in Texas they start you at $22 per hour, 60 plus hours a week (OT after 40 hours)
Rick Fox at UNC
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Not from the south but if you don't mind working nights you could be a linehaul driver straight out of trucking school if you want to work days you could work for a food company like Pepsi,us foods,Sysco but them niqqas work hard as fukksince you don't have any kids going to the gym would be easy if you get a local job
This actually sounds perfect. Out west (LA/Orange County), currently work full-time for a major tech firm while attending school (two year). Getting ready to transfer to a university soon and looking to do local night routes and university by day
Grabbing CDL-A (scheduled a driving school class).
Anything else a breh should do to prepare?
prime
Superstar
you in LA my cousin got his cdl out there and is currently working for xpo and got a 8,000 sign on bonus out there he makes great money he works 11 to 16 hours a day but is off weekends do it bro like i always say if you live near a big city you don't have to go over the road anymore LTL and food companies are hiring out of school now thats why alot of bigger trucking OTR companies are struggling to find drivers
Marezzy
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Frieghtliners are the cheapest.
peterblit/kenworth are the more expensive ones but don’t hear about breakdowns as much.
Macks are pure shyt. Always problems fukk Macks are fukk ton paperweights
Volvo always have problems electrical but not really engine.
Cummins have more power for climbing up hills and acceleration.
Detroit seems to have less issues as what I seen. Less expensive too.
So I was talking with an older cat today about truck driving and he was telling me paying to go to school is basically a waste of money.
Suggested should I just study for the permit, and after I get it pay some place with a qualified CDL driver to certify byou through the driving test portion and receive your license/certificate.
That was the gist of what he said. Anyone familiar with this course of action?
Instead of paying a couple grand and going to some classes for several weeks and getting qualified I can just do this instead?
It's been awhile since I'll talked to dude so I'm a little hazy on the details. But I think I'm explaining what he said more or less accurately.
Suggested should I just study for the permit, and after I get it pay some place with a qualified CDL driver to certify byou through the driving test portion and receive your license/certificate.
That was the gist of what he said. Anyone familiar with this course of action?
Instead of paying a couple grand and going to some classes for several weeks and getting qualified I can just do this instead?
It's been awhile since I'll talked to dude so I'm a little hazy on the details. But I think I'm explaining what he said more or less accurately.
ReturnOfJudah
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Chrishaune
Veteran
Some of the local jobs will have you not wanting to be in the gym daily. Choose wisely.
Chrishaune
Veteran
Care to expound?
What should I watch for?
Unless you like physical labor on top of your workout, LTL jobs should not be on your list.
Don't know how much experience you have, but I'd look for a local warehouse driver job or something going from a plant to a warehouse first. Shuttling jobs are cool. If you have a hazmat endorsement you'll have more options.
What about tanker? Also, is it something you can do as a beginner? I figure those gigs are pretty much all local.
