Profile For Rainmaker

Wow! What a great thread! 6 string you have done a great job here - and congratulations on finding a job in the industry that works so well for your situation. So much outstanding information here that was contributed by everyone. Thanks so much for taking the time! Getting ready for school in the spring so all of the info is very helpful. Thanks for paying it forward. (Rainmaker - great pic/avatar). One question - does anyone have any more info/specifics how team driving in the LTL arena works? Thanks again for the superb thread!

Well thank you!

Geo, almost all actions have consequences in some form or fashion, I'm sorry you're hitting this snag. Believe me when I say that, because I hit a lot of rejections for one reason or another when I first started pursuing this career.

Look, you don't have to tell them stuff that they don't ask about. If you can pass the drug test then you're good. But you will have to lay down the weed for good, because you will be randomly tested sometimes by your company, and maybe even by the D.O.T. Drugs, drinking, and driving are lethal combinations that should never be mixed up together.

There's a lot of companies out there needing drivers, you just keep at it and I'm sure you can get on with a training program somewhere. If you keep hitting snags you just get back on here and we will help you any way we can.

Trust and believe, I will never smoke that crap any more, have no want or need. As for drinking thats never been a issue.. The only reason i said anything, is because on the 2nd stage of their paper work asked the last time you used street drugs, and I was honest by saying April, thats when she called me and said about it needing to be 5 years.. So when Im asked again do i just say never? im afraid im going to run out of company sponsored schools by telling the truth. the list is very small that only do a urine test. I can pass that its the hair one im worried about. Im being told so many different time frames about the length of time the results will show up and i dont want to risk it and fail the test and then that is on my record and im completely screwed.

Industry standard for a hair follicle test is 90 days of history which requires 1.5 inches of hair which is taken from the crown of your head.

6 string rhythm, I can not thank you enough for the time and effort you have put into this thread. I have learned a great deal from you as well as have discovered an option to going OTR when I graduate. LTL for a newbie? Who would have thought an opportunity like that existed for someone like me with no experience. Keep up the awesome job! One day our paths may cross on that wide open highway and when they do....Dinner is on me!