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Hi Matt,I just got my cdl recently as well through a community college training program. Im actually traveling at the moment to go work for an otr company.
Anyhow,one idea that pops to mind is Fedex...They came to my school to recruit new drivers...If you happen to be in an area close to one of their terminals, this may be an option...
They may also want you to start out as a dockworker for their dock to driver program but it sounded like the turn around time to working as a driver was short if you already have your cdl, at least according to the recruiter that visited my class.
I also know in my area, there are some beverage distributors & towing companies that will hire new cdl holders too.
I hope this helps, good luck!
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Exciting news for me, I have accepted a contingent job offer from my #1 choice!
Best of luck to you Victor!
I passed the pre trip on my 1st try but studied my tail off too. The backing skills test was my biggest obstacle. That took me a few tries...I have my cdl now though :) next challenge is when I get to learn about load securement for flatbedding next week :)
I can understand the excitement! I am that excited that on Tuesday the 14th I will be taking my CDL test. I am studying like religion, My pretrip!
I wish you the best of luck and have a great time working for them!
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Exciting news for me, I have accepted a contingent job offer from my #1 choice!
I just got my bus ticket & got my hotel itinerary.. 4 a.m this Sunday, I will be heading to the greyhound station for a 13 hour bus journey with 3 stops en route to Tulsa for Melton orientation starting Monday...I can't wait :)..will soak in my time with family until then.
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Thank you Penny :)
& best of luck to you too!
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DMACC (Des Moines Area Community College) December 5 2016-January 20 2017
Thank you for all of your encouragement Tim😊
Congrats sir!!!!
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Thank goodness for that in my case😅
I don't believe it says anywhere on your license, "Class A CDL in 'x' tries". Great job. Congrats!
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I appreciate everyone on here who takes the time to congratulate me too!
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3 months ago...I had never pulled a trailer of any kind or driven a manual transmission ....but I managed to get through school & now have a class A to show for it...Everything I accomplished seemed like a big obstacle until I pulled it off...If it is something you really want to to do ..go for it & be prepared to use all of your effort to learn what you need to & you will do it :) I will continue posting on the general thread on occasion when I have something relevant.
I wish there were a "like" feature for posts like this.
Awesome job Johnny. Haven't posted in your training thread but have been reading it and pulling for you all the way. I don't know **** about trucking but Something tells me your perseverance will come in handy down the road. i bet many people that passed it on the first try never wanted it like you did. Be safe and keep posting please.
I don't believe it says anywhere on your license, "Class A CDL in 'x' tries". Great job. Congrats!
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I got my class A today!! 😁took me moee tries than i care to admit but matters little now
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Melton Truck lines orientation Feb 2017
Hello all.. I didnt have the time or energy to do a detailed day by day diary like i did with my cdl school but I will provide an update as tomorrow is the end of orientation. Here are some highlights of what I witnessed & learned over the last 8 days.
1. Melton cares more about quality than quantity. My orientation group started with 22. 14 of us are left. 3 went home for refusal to drug test or testing positive, 1 had something on his background that he thought wouldn't come up, 1 was sent home because he couldn't grasp how to do a correct log book even after some help, 1 habitually slept in class & instructors decided he wasn't going to work out, 1 decided that flatbedding wasn't for them after day 1 of load securement practice & another couldn't pass the 30 second balance test. 4 of those left have to redo Melton's driving test tomorrow (im good :) )so we may lose a couple more on the last day.
2. You have to really want to do flatbedding to work for Melton. They take load securement very seriously & melton standards are more rigorous than the d.o.t's.....this equals a lot of work....i don't blame them though especially after the gruesome videos we were subjected to showing different results from failed load securement & failure to follow safety procedures during this as well...We got to see stuff that was a lot more graphic than i was expecting.
3. Tarping sucks way more than I had imagined..but I still want to master it...i am just hopeful that it will become less & less of a mountain of a task the more i do it.
I will hopefully be assigned to a road trainer within the next day or 2 ,i have no idea where i will be a couple days from now...that is a feeling i will have to start getting used to but it's exciting!