Comments By Wayne F.

You need some antibiotics. Infection causes the pain. Once you get rid of the infection, the pain will lessen.

It's just been a frustrating few months, being constantly told no.

Ok, you gotta stop with the "if only I was xyz......" Crap. That's what it is. A load of 💩 that is trying to shift around the fact that you messed up. It does make me wonder how EXACTLY those conversations went prior to you being sent home from two orientations. I don't think two companies would have put the money out, to do the prehire process, just to turn you around. It doesn't make any logical sense. It leads me to believe there is a disconnect between how you are reporting the incident, vs how it is showing up in their background check deep dive.

There is also the location issue I spotted. Do you live in Florida?

Yes, I do.

There's plenty of refrigerated carriers and tanker companies down here. Dry van, not as much. But at this point, I'm ready to jump on a plane or a bus and just stay out on the road for the entire six months that I need to put my career back together.

US express just called me. "Sorry, we can't use you." But if I had zero experience and was fresh out of high school, they'd snap me up in a heartbeat and pay for my cdl school.

There is also the location issue I spotted. Do you live in Florida?

Yes, I do.

There's plenty of refrigerated carriers and tanker companies down here. Dry van, not as much. But at this point, I'm ready to jump on a plane or a bus and just stay out on the road for the entire six months that I need to put my career back together.

US express just called me. "Sorry, we can't use you." But if I had zero experience and was fresh out of high school, they'd snap me up in a heartbeat and pay for my cdl school.

The usual second chance companies:

CR England

Dutch Maid Logistics

May Trucking

Paschall Truck Lines (PTL)

R&R Transportation

TransAm - Careful, they push the lease op HARD.

I've applied to all of those before and again just today. Nothing going on at the gate today, so I got nothing to do except fill out applications. Also apllied at Werner, Knight, Freymiller, Hirshbaugh, (they brought me into orientation, then sent me home.

It's been a humbling experience. When I left trucking the first time, it was on my own terms, and knew I could go back if I needed to.

I'm at this very moment working as a security guard at a truck gate. Taking pick up numbers and checking seals.

Uh

Some more suggestions you may not have considered:

Craigslist. There are plenty of driving jobs with less picky insurance carriers. Look for ads for dump truck drivers or moving company drivers.

The usual second chance companies:

CR England

Dutch Maid Logistics

May Trucking

Paschall Truck Lines (PTL)

R&R Transportation

TransAm - Careful, they push the lease op HARD.

If all else fails, use your experience as a driver to work in an industry that serves drivers. Truck stop management, service desk at a diesel shop or a dispatcher. I once met a GM at a FlyingJ in Texas who hung up his keys after 8 years OTR. He claimed he was making more running the truck stop than he did driving.

Thanks, man. I will give them a try. I really appreciate this.

Wayne, I really feel for you in this situation. Have you applied to the company I drive for? JS Helwig out of Terrell, TX. Give them a try, talk to Brandy in recruiting. Tell her driver KELB referred you.

The company has a referral bonus, but tell her in this case I would not accept it. We need to get you a job, man.

I would be happy to put in a good word for you. You can call me at 608 219 4599

We are a small company and I think they would give you a real chance.

Man, when I started trucking, it we communicated with pay phones and the GPS was the Rand McNally Atlas. A lot less distractions. Just saying.

I have been told repeatedly to "go drive somewhere for six months, then come back to us." My question is, where?

DAC is clear. The company did not report it. They didn't report anything. It's blank. It is on my PSP though. The PSP just says that there was a crash on that day, but doesn't say anything about who was at fault. It also has the police report #, which I have a copy of.

Have you got your DAC record to see what the company put on it about the accident? You get that report, it's free once a year from Hire Right. You need to do that before you apply anywhere else. Check to see if it's listed as preventable or non preventable, that will make all the difference. Once you see what's on it, then you can correct any incorrect information.

Laura