Comments By John H.

Yes, new to the forum. Sorry. New to all of this in general. I wanted to get my cdl because I was sick and tired of warehouse work. Time fly's when your out and about. Just looking for advise on how to go about having a class b with minimal driving experience and what I can expect as far as being hired. Offering up a month or two apprenticeship sounded solid to me.

So basically what I've done is acquired my class B with endorsements blindly thinking I would be an easy hire. Even offering up a month or better apprenticeship, I can skate by living 1-2 months no paycheck maybe.

So what I now have to do is go back to a school and acquire a class A through the proper channels? As in I wasted $$$ and nobody will take me in?

As far as "never work for free", I know. But if it's to get a foot in the door with a local dump, cement, straight truck, id do it.

So I passed my written test for class B with various endorsments. I live paycheck to paycheck and wanted a change. Being money is tight, I absolutely could not afford the proper 4k-6k cdl class. Instead, I did a 2 hour basic crash course on class b, with them letting me use thier truck for the road test for $700 total. Barely passed.

My main question is, who will hire me getting my cdl this way? I talked to a local company and told him I'd work for free for one month learning the trade and gaining skills, after that he could hire me on or cut me loose. I thought that sounded like a win win. He said no. Reason being his fleet is too small and doesn't have the time to train. I wanted local so I hit him with 3 months apprenticeship, free work. He said no! Experienced only.

I thought I sweetened the deal for him, as a business person, and still got denied. Will most not care about me offering up free apprentice work...or was this owner an idiot? Thanks for anyone's input.