CDL B JOBS-CDL LICENSING » Haul http://www.cdlbjobs.org A Career in the Trucking Industry Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:30:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 What Are Some Long Haul Trucking Companies In Pnw That Will Pay For Cdl Training? http://www.cdlbjobs.org/what-are-some-long-haul-trucking-companies-in-pnw-that-will-pay-for-cdl-training/ http://www.cdlbjobs.org/what-are-some-long-haul-trucking-companies-in-pnw-that-will-pay-for-cdl-training/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:27:10 +0000 cdlbjobs http://www.cdlbjobs.org/what-are-some-long-haul-trucking-companies-in-pnw-that-will-pay-for-cdl-training/ My husband has nine years of driving experience as a courier, and is looking to get into long haul trucking, but we cannot afford to pay for CDL license training. Does anyone know of any trucking companies in the Pacific Northwest area (Washington, Oregon) in the United States that pay for driver training and CDL licensing? Thanks very much!

]]> http://www.cdlbjobs.org/what-are-some-long-haul-trucking-companies-in-pnw-that-will-pay-for-cdl-training/feed/ 0 How To Become A Long Haul Truck Driver? http://www.cdlbjobs.org/how-to-become-a-long-haul-truck-driver/ http://www.cdlbjobs.org/how-to-become-a-long-haul-truck-driver/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:28:31 +0000 cdlbjobs http://www.cdlbjobs.org/how-to-become-a-long-haul-truck-driver/ Can anyone give me the specific steps to becoming a long haul truck driver? What about the dangers associated with being a driver, also any statistics on overall costs and net income over a year. I don’t really have much of a family life and I prefer to be alone so I am interested in this as a career. Any information in greatly appreciated. By the way, I live in Atlanta, Georgia.

]]> http://www.cdlbjobs.org/how-to-become-a-long-haul-truck-driver/feed/ 2 Will I Be Able To Get A Job Driving Trucks Long Haul? Should I Go To A School Or Try For Company Training? http://www.cdlbjobs.org/will-i-be-able-to-get-a-job-driving-trucks-long-haul-should-i-go-to-a-school-or-try-for-company-training/ http://www.cdlbjobs.org/will-i-be-able-to-get-a-job-driving-trucks-long-haul-should-i-go-to-a-school-or-try-for-company-training/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:31:43 +0000 cdlbjobs http://www.cdlbjobs.org/will-i-be-able-to-get-a-job-driving-trucks-long-haul-should-i-go-to-a-school-or-try-for-company-training/ I don’t need any negative comments on how I am a *$@# up or any of that. So with that said here is my story… I have been in the Navy for a little over four years serving on submarines. I have qualified senior in rate, and never been to captain’s mast, I have had a couple alcohol related incidences – but what good sailor hasn’t… face it – the boat life is hard and takes some time getting use to! I am a second class, for the time being, and was on a normal career path. I had one more patrol and was about to go to shore duty. I say about because one week ago I made a mistake that I don’t think I will ever get over! As I said the boat life is hard, however, you find a sort of pride in taking the bull *&^% we were given and still doing our job. I know that if any of you who are submariners, are reading this, that y’all are thinking well you just threw it away and it is your fault and you quit so &*(% you, and that is fine I did do that but I also did the job to. As you can probably tell i am having a hard time right now, I didn’t exactly love my job but I found ways to be happy with it and now most of the people on my boat don’t want to talk to me. A few of my closest friends do still talk to me and I am happy for that. Anyway, I ended up going out to a local bar and getting really drunk. I was going to just get a few drinks and order a plate from the kitchen, then go home and go to sleep. However, I ended up not ordering before the kitchen closed and from there I figure I just kept drinking. I say I “figure” because I don’t really recall the events of that night. Sorry, I know I am getting carried away but I will try to get to the point. So, I got extremely drunk, was alone, and I am pretty sure that I ended up smoking something with some random guy. Details of the night are real fuzzy and I couldn’t say anything as a matter of fact. So I woke up on my couch the next day and of course I wondered “what the *&^% did I do?” I am not used to being in any real trouble and I worry to much. Most people would have took there chances with the piss test system and hope there number didn’t come up. But, as i said, I worry to much. I thought about doing exactly that and testing my luck, but my worrying would have been worse for me than what I ended up doing. I ended up telling my Chief the next day that I got really drunk and I think I smoked something. So to make this long story short I am not sure yet but I think I am going to get kicked out of the military. I am pretty sure that the worse discharge I will get is an other than Honorable discharge (oth). My plans before I messed up was to finish my time, become a truck driver – which has always been my dream since I love to drive – and live happily ever after. If I hadn’t of messed up then I would have had three more years before I got out of the Navy. This time I had planned to use for saving money, paying off my bills, and clearing my driving record. I have two parking lot accidents on my record and maby a speeding ticket. The parking lot accidents are simple – I couldn’t see the rice rockets when I backed out of the parking lot. I say maby on the speeding ticket because I don’t know if it is still on my record, but I got the ticket because I didn’t know my speedometer was not reading correctly. I am 23 now and have had stupid childish offenses on my driving record, including a careless driving – not a reckless driving. I just need to find out how I can better myself and get a decent job. I was proud to serve but I guess I messed that up and do not have that right to say, “I am proud to serve”, anymore. Back to my original question, I want to know if I have a chance driving trucks and if I should try to get with a company that provides training or go to a school. If so, what companies and what schools. If not, any suggestions on what I should do with my life. I messed up big time, but, by no means am I a piece of @#$% I love to work, I work hard, and learn well. I just don’t have any job experience besides the Navy and bag boy/cashier/stocker at Food Lion back home in SC. Anyway, any advice I would appreciate and thinks for reading.
bryan

]]> http://www.cdlbjobs.org/will-i-be-able-to-get-a-job-driving-trucks-long-haul-should-i-go-to-a-school-or-try-for-company-training/feed/ 6 Is Long Haul Truck Driving A Tough Job? http://www.cdlbjobs.org/is-long-haul-truck-driving-a-tough-job/ http://www.cdlbjobs.org/is-long-haul-truck-driving-a-tough-job/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:31:06 +0000 cdlbjobs http://www.cdlbjobs.org/is-long-haul-truck-driving-a-tough-job/ Can be. Like someone else said, if you have kids/family at home, it’s hard to meet your family obligations when you’re gone all the time. Most long-haul jobs want you gone a minimum of 2 weeks, and you can plan on being out a month at a time if you want to see any money. There are regional/local opportunities out there that make it easier to be home more, though.
If you’re single, laid back and pretty flexible, it’s not that bad. When I started I was single….I put all my stuff in storage and I’d stay out here 3-4 months at a time. I met my husband out here and we still do the same thing, only we’re not as lonely/bored at times! We run hard for months and take our time off in 1-2 week “chunks” wherever we feel like it….if we want to go to Vegas or see the Grand Canyon, we schedule time off in that area, rent a car/hotel room and GO!
You don’t have to eat in truck stops- there are 12V coolers and hot-plates that plug into your cigarette lighter. Or you can put an inverter in your truck (converts 12V into household current) so you can plug in a mini fridge, microwave, crock pot, electric grill….not to mention a TV/DVD/game system, etc. Most Wal-Marts on the road have truck access and you can do your grocery shopping there, fix meals on the road and eat much better (and cheaper!) than in the truck stops.
Some truck stops are clean and have decent showers, some of them are crap-holes. But you learn where to go and where to avoid. You can usually ask on the CB whether or not a place has decent showers….you may get a good answer, you may not. Just wear flip-flops in the shower and carry a spray-bottle of disinfectant cleaner to spritz the shower floor & surfaces if you’re going somewhere that doesn’t look so nice. The water’s clean and it’ll get YOU clean, and that’s the main thing.
It’s by no means a glamorous lifestyle….there is bad weather, traffic, idiot drivers, jerk dispatchers/shippers/recievers. There’s breakdowns, delays, sitting-and-waiting for no-particular-reason. There’s loneliness and boredom. There’s the difficulty of finding medical care if you get sick. There’s driving in the Northeast, LOL….or any big city for that matter, it can be a headache. You will have days where you wonder why in the world you picked this career.
But if you’re lucky, you’ll have other days where you see beautiful places, see interesting things, meet good people, and realize that you’re lucky enough to be free from the 9-to-5 rat race that most people suffer through. You’ll sit in rush hour traffic in Chicago, and realize that even though it’s aggrevating, at least YOU don’t have to sit in it EVERY SINGLE DAY on your way to work, like the poor schlubs in the cars all around you. You won’t get to work and have some boss breathing down your neck, or obnoxious gossipy office workers playing games of office politics.
It’s all in how you look at it, your preferences and your priorities. I love it, clearly other people hate it….all I can say is try it and see what you think.

]]> http://www.cdlbjobs.org/is-long-haul-truck-driving-a-tough-job/feed/ 0 Im 25 Looking For New Career Thinkig About Driving Truck Long Haul Is It Worth It.? http://www.cdlbjobs.org/im-25-looking-for-new-career-thinkig-about-driving-truck-long-haul-is-it-worth-it/ http://www.cdlbjobs.org/im-25-looking-for-new-career-thinkig-about-driving-truck-long-haul-is-it-worth-it/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:34:22 +0000 cdlbjobs http://www.cdlbjobs.org/im-25-looking-for-new-career-thinkig-about-driving-truck-long-haul-is-it-worth-it/ Alot of truck drivers are on strict schedules to get to their destination. Many turn to drugs to help keep awake. You have to shower and eat in dives. If you do decide to settle down with someone you will be gone for long periods of time and well the pay isn’t great!
Oh and ask yourself this, “do I like to sit in rushhour??” If the answer is yes, then well the job might be for you.

]]> http://www.cdlbjobs.org/im-25-looking-for-new-career-thinkig-about-driving-truck-long-haul-is-it-worth-it/feed/ 0 Im Looking For A Truck Driving Job,hauling Hazerdous Material,long Haul? http://www.cdlbjobs.org/im-looking-for-a-truck-driving-jobhauling-hazerdous-materiallong-haul/ http://www.cdlbjobs.org/im-looking-for-a-truck-driving-jobhauling-hazerdous-materiallong-haul/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:30:28 +0000 cdlbjobs http://www.cdlbjobs.org/im-looking-for-a-truck-driving-jobhauling-hazerdous-materiallong-haul/ I live in Visalia,CA,93292,I drove for the largest chevron jobber in CA,for 5 years.

]]> http://www.cdlbjobs.org/im-looking-for-a-truck-driving-jobhauling-hazerdous-materiallong-haul/feed/ 2 I Am Looking For A Truck Driving Job. But, I Dont Want To Haul Food Or Common Freight.? http://www.cdlbjobs.org/i-am-looking-for-a-truck-driving-job-but-i-dont-want-to-haul-food-or-common-freight/ http://www.cdlbjobs.org/i-am-looking-for-a-truck-driving-job-but-i-dont-want-to-haul-food-or-common-freight/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:32:47 +0000 cdlbjobs http://www.cdlbjobs.org/i-am-looking-for-a-truck-driving-job-but-i-dont-want-to-haul-food-or-common-freight/ Do you know of some uncommon driving jobs that pay well. Even if it is out of the country, I would like to do something different with my CDL.

]]> http://www.cdlbjobs.org/i-am-looking-for-a-truck-driving-job-but-i-dont-want-to-haul-food-or-common-freight/feed/ 0 Is An American Cdl License Recognised In Europe? Hypothetically, Could I Haul Semi Loads In Europe? http://www.cdlbjobs.org/is-an-american-cdl-license-recognised-in-europe-hypothetically-could-i-haul-semi-loads-in-europe/ http://www.cdlbjobs.org/is-an-american-cdl-license-recognised-in-europe-hypothetically-could-i-haul-semi-loads-in-europe/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:29:09 +0000 cdlbjobs http://www.cdlbjobs.org/is-an-american-cdl-license-recognised-in-europe-hypothetically-could-i-haul-semi-loads-in-europe/ I would not be surprised if I had to take a simple test (European road regulations and such) but I would not have to retake all semi load training over again right?

]]> http://www.cdlbjobs.org/is-an-american-cdl-license-recognised-in-europe-hypothetically-could-i-haul-semi-loads-in-europe/feed/ 2 I Need A Truck Driving Job, But I Dont Want To Haul Commom Freight Or Reeefer Units? http://www.cdlbjobs.org/i-need-a-truck-driving-job-but-i-dont-want-to-haul-commom-freight-or-reeefer-units/ http://www.cdlbjobs.org/i-need-a-truck-driving-job-but-i-dont-want-to-haul-commom-freight-or-reeefer-units/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:24:20 +0000 cdlbjobs http://www.cdlbjobs.org/i-need-a-truck-driving-job-but-i-dont-want-to-haul-commom-freight-or-reeefer-units/ Do you know about any unusual driving jobs like stage lighting, NASCAR, Exhibitions? Any ideas?
Yes, I have a Class A CDL and 10 continuous years of great driving.

]]> http://www.cdlbjobs.org/i-need-a-truck-driving-job-but-i-dont-want-to-haul-commom-freight-or-reeefer-units/feed/ 3 How Does An American Find A Job Driving A Truck Long Haul In Europe? http://www.cdlbjobs.org/how-does-an-american-find-a-job-driving-a-truck-long-haul-in-europe/ http://www.cdlbjobs.org/how-does-an-american-find-a-job-driving-a-truck-long-haul-in-europe/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:34:23 +0000 cdlbjobs http://www.cdlbjobs.org/how-does-an-american-find-a-job-driving-a-truck-long-haul-in-europe/ Im a truck driver (cdla) by trade. I drive locally in the Cape Cod and south shore area of Massachusetts. My dream is to work as a truck driver in Europe. Does anybody know how I can find a truck driving job in Europe?

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