Profile For Bruce H.

I'm not allergic to travelling out of the state of MN but I have a P.O. who's pretty adamant about me not spending the night out-of-state.

Does anyone know of a carrier that travels N-S in MN? It's a pretty tall state so I figure someone has be taking loads up and down.

Every load board that I try looking at wants a membership before I can even tell if they are of any use to me.

Thanks, Errol, Rick, and Old School for the helpful thoughts and ideas.

Thanks, Charlie Mac, for the positive thoughts.

Thanks, Shiva, for the brilliant insight.

Thank you for the information, especially the idea of getting a an order from the court. I was able to use Google to find Department of Corrections policies and procedures for my state (Minnesota) and a court order seems to be the way to go. I'm sure that the court will give tremendous weight to the opinion of my supervising agent.

My agent gave me oral permission and I went out and got a job. I began driving. I sent an email asking for his permission in writing just in case I was stopped out of state for any reason. He emailed me back, changed his story, and said that I needed a travel permit. Minnesota only allows travel permits for a total of 45 days in a calendar year. Clearly, this would not work in a trucking career with a company that works regionally. My confusion is why he thought this would work - and gave me permission to pursue it - and only after I found and started a job did he throw up roadblocks. He seems like a fair person, so giving him the benefit of the doubt, I'd have to guess that he thought it was kosher and found out later that it wasn't.

Either way, your idea for getting a court order is a good one. If my agent is interested in helping me with this new career, he can certainly help me get that court order.

I am on supervised release and am having some issues with my agent.

I told him I was looking for a cdl driving job but that many companies needed me to be able to go out of state, at least regionally. Since I have kept my nose clean, he gave me permission. Now, he is telling me via email that I need to have a travel permit each time that I plan to leave. I know that I explained to him that I have no way of knowing what tomorrow is going to bring until I call my dispatcher and find out where I'm headed.

I noticed in the above post that it was mentioned that a letter from an agent permitting out of state travel goes a long way towards landing a job.

Does anyone know how to go about getting such a letter, especially if the agent says no such thing is allowed? I know that other people are doing this and I just want my shot too.

I am on supervised release and am having some issues with my agent.

I told him I was looking for a cdl driving job but that many companies needed me to be able to go out of state, at least regionally. Since I have kept my nose clean, he gave me permission. Now, he is telling me via email that I need to have a travel permit each time that I plan to leave. I know that I explained to him that I have no way of knowing what tomorrow is going to bring until I call my dispatcher and find out where I'm headed.

I noticed in the above post that it was mentioned that a letter from an agent permitting out of state travel goes a long way towards landing a job.

Does anyone know how to go about getting such a letter, especially if the agent says no such thing is allowed? I know that other people are doing this and I just want my shot too.