Profile For Jimmie 3
Jimmie 3's Info
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Location:
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Driving Status:
Preparing For School -
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Joined Us:
2 years, 2 months ago
Jimmie 3's Bio
My name is James Robert Reid III. I go by Jimmie I was born in Cleveland Ohio.. but moved to the Tampa bay area in 1984... I was 12 so didn't have much choice. lol.. I just turned 50 years old! or 50 years young depending on how you look at it. I like to say... I'm a half a century old! Makes me sound like a very old vampire or something!!! haha. I am divorced and have 2 daughters... both perfect! and both in their 20's... and they both have very busy lives which does not include daddy like it used to.. :-( So i am free to drive the roads to and from till the cows come home!
I am interested in going OTR.. I would much rather not touch the freight.. I wanna hook n drive.. I have thought about doing this for many.. many years but the timing was always off.. Now it spot on. So I'm doing it!
I have had many jobs in my half century.. from being a line cook.. driving a taxi.. delivering produce and delivering pizza.. worked at an insurance company for a spell.. I was a pro wrestler.. that was fun.. owned 2 restaurants with my parents.. I went to computer animation school in my early 30's .. graduated valedictorian with an A.S. in computer animation.. had my own home based company doing 3D computer modeling for about 3 years.. But i never really had a career. I think this next move is going to be a CAREER for me!
Anyway.. enough about me for now..
Thanks for reading if your still reading.
Talk to you on the boards...
Jimmie
Comments By Jimmie 3
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Posted: 2 years, 2 months ago
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Hey guys!!
wow thanks for the information! You open my eyes to things i had not thought about. I'm gonna look to company sponsored training too.. right now.. and make a better more informed decision.. thanks to you guys!
Happy trucking
Jimmie
Posted: 2 years, 2 months ago
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Hello PackRat and thanks for replying ...
So i have no concrete reason.. Other than the fact that i have the money to pay up front. And i was thinking by going this route i could apply at several trucking companies instead of being stuck with the company that sponsors me for a year. So in my limited view.. I guess the answer is options.. Honestly I'm a noob to this so I don't really know what the BEST way to go is.
Hope your day was great!
Jimmie
Posted: 2 years, 2 months ago
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So i have made up my mind and want to get a CDL and go OTR. I was looking at sage truck driving school at Hillsborough College Tampa. Does anyone have any experience with this school? My options are PTECH but that wont happen until mid may and I don't want to wait that long.. Roadmaster in Tampa.. and sage. So far i really like sage.. especially the 1 on 1 student to instructor ratio in the truck. Any info anyone can give me would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Jimmie
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Posted: 2 years, 2 months ago
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Sage truck driving school...
Hey guys n gals...
First thanks for the nice.. warm welcome.. i like nice people! :-)
So i have just been looking around some websites.. and if i go the company sponsored cdl training way.. how do i choose a decent one.. for example i was just reading on freightwaves.com CRST starts new employs at like .22 cents per mile.. and us express .82.. that a huge difference.. i have no real knowledge of these companies.. so if I go this route how do i pick a good one? Guess I'm just nervous about the whole thig.. excited too tho! Would you guys have any recommendations?
Thanks for reading
Jimmie