Profile For Brad P.

Its interesting to see how many currents drivers are former IT guys. From what i have read on here, that are a few of you guys. I am one and i am considering the career changes as well. Big difference in money, but job satisfaction and the love of the road is wooing me.

One job I had, I used to commute 50 to 75 each way to work and enjoyed the ride to and from more than my job at one point.

Don't mean to hijack the thread .. just an observation!

Good luck Jeff!

Guys - Thanks for the responses!

I can swing the training school, but was hopeful someone else would pick it up. I get why they wouldn't. Very good points made in this thread.

That Werner opportunity looks interesting. I will look into that!

I did not consider what Old School said as well about the time between getting my CDL and getting a gig from an insurance standpoint and recent experience.

I will keep in touch fellas -

Happy New Year! Brad

Star - Thanks for the reply. Definitely some valid points and I understand where you are coming from. You provided some direction there as well. It is not in my cards quite yet to be OTR. I know at some point I will be. Like so many that love the open road and to hit all or most of the lower 48, thats where i want to be (in time). I figure its a good time to get that experience started and earn some extra stratch that i could use.

I will continue studying and seeing what i can find out there. I will be lurking on TT.

Thanks! Brad

Hello everyone!

What a great site! So i have been studying the CDL book and taking online exams and doing pretty well.

I came across this website and this forum and I thought it would be cool to share my plan here and if my plan would actually work in the real world.

I have a 9 to 5 job right now. I am looking for something on weekends. I am looking for something from Friday night till Sunday night. I am a single dad that has my kids during the week and need to make extra cash. There are other jobs out there I am sure that might be better suited or something, but since I was a kid, I have loved trucks and since I had been driving, I had wanted to drive a truck. I have no idea how long the 9 to 5 will go based on the industry I am in, so I also figured that if I can get experienced, it would be easier to convert to later.

So after my long winded intro .... my questions:

Can I be hired by a company for weekend runs? I know a lot of guys/gals like being home on weekends, but the wheels are still turning.

I am doing well on the exams at home, but should i be taking a course or signing up for a school?

Or .. would i look for a company sponsored deal and do something through them? Would they hire me knowing my requested hours?

I dont care where I drive as long as i can get back on Sunday late afternoon..

What do you folks think? Do i need to readjust expectations or am i way off looking for something like this??

Brad