New Guy Getting Into Trucking

My name is Chris, will be 24 in June of this year. I am happily engaged to a wonderful woman in my life. I am new to the trucking industry. I got the inspiration from my father and my fiance's grandfather to get into the trucking industry. My father used to drive for a trucking company for a few years until he decided to do something different in life. He then decided to run an auto restoration shop for over 10 years, and used to own a 1950 custom Mercury that had 650hp Chevy small block motor, and 650 ft lb torque towards the rear. So anything automotive runs in our family. It was a lot of fun while we had it until we had to move to Texas. My fiance's grandfather has been in the trucking industry for over 25+ years, which has motivated me more to get into the truck.

In 2012, I held a steady career in Texas at a 255-bed hospital as a housekeeper and worked my way up to leadership for 3 years (2015), until my former assistant manager that came in 2 years after I started decided to stab me in the back and replace me with a buddy of his during my 3rd year. I lost my apartment and car, I've had to move to Virginia, where I'm at now with my fiance, and haven't had much luck with holding a steady job due to family medical emergencies and just not getting loved by other corporations to get hired (due to the fact that Virginia really doesn't stick with Equal Hiring Opportunities). With that said, I've hit some pretty tough rocks in the last year, hopefully to get back up on my feet, climb into the truck, and start running on the road soon and help support my family. I'm excited and nervous to get behind a wheel of a semi-truck, but I've jumped through many obstacles in my past life seeing as I've gone through 40 major surgeries throughout the first 14 years of my life. Nothing has stopped me and I've battled hard to get where I'm at with the help and support of my parents. I will continue to take down barriers as I go on with my life, and this is one of my obstacles that I'm currently processing through.

I'm currently in the process of getting my DOT Physical done, I've already done the physical part, but in order for me to finalize everything, I have to go through a cardiologist to check out my heart. I've had an open heart surgery when I was about 2-3 years of age to repair a subaortic web. So far, EKG's and all other tests have gone great. They want to make sure everything's looking good before I can get off the chains. I'll keep y'all updated on the progress. I've applied for PAM Trucking a while back and still talking with them, and I just recently applied for PRIME, inc on Saturday, just to test the waters and see if they'll accept me or not. If they don't, oh well - at least I've got one back up plan, right?

I'm looking forward to meeting y'all and hopefully to get on the road soon. Thank you for giving me an amazing opportunity to join this awesome site. I'm learning a lot through the CDL High Road Training Program that y'all have here. It's beautifully built and very informational. I am breezing through them without too much trouble. Hopefully soon I'll pick up a nickname around here, so y'all can have some fun coming up with one! If you're interested in communicating with me, please don't hesitate!

P.S. Sorry for a long intro!

Thank you again,

Chris

My name is Chris, will be 24 in June of this year. I am happily engaged to a wonderful woman in my life. I am new to the trucking industry. I got the inspiration from my father and my fiance's grandfather to get into the trucking industry. My father used to drive for a trucking company for a few years until he decided to do something different in life. He then decided to run an auto restoration shop for over 10 years, and used to own a 1950 custom Mercury that had 650hp Chevy small block motor, and 650 ft lb torque towards the rear. So anything automotive runs in our family. It was a lot of fun while we had it until we had to move to Texas. My fiance's grandfather has been in the trucking industry for over 25+ years, which has motivated me more to get into the truck.

In 2012, I held a steady career in Texas at a 255-bed hospital as a housekeeper and worked my way up to leadership for 3 years (2015), until my former assistant manager that came in 2 years after I started decided to stab me in the back and replace me with a buddy of his during my 3rd year. I lost my apartment and car, I've had to move to Virginia, where I'm at now with my fiance, and haven't had much luck with holding a steady job due to family medical emergencies and just not getting loved by other corporations to get hired (due to the fact that Virginia really doesn't stick with Equal Hiring Opportunities). With that said, I've hit some pretty tough rocks in the last year, hopefully to get back up on my feet, climb into the truck, and start running on the road soon and help support my family. I'm excited and nervous to get behind a wheel of a semi-truck, but I've jumped through many obstacles in my past life seeing as I've gone through 40 major surgeries throughout the first 14 years of my life. Nothing has stopped me and I've battled hard to get where I'm at with the help and support of my parents. I will continue to take down barriers as I go on with my life, and this is one of my obstacles that I'm currently processing through.

I'm currently in the process of getting my DOT Physical done, I've already done the physical part, but in order for me to finalize everything, I have to go through a cardiologist to check out my heart. I've had an open heart surgery when I was about 2-3 years of age to repair a subaortic web. So far, EKG's and all other tests have gone great. They want to make sure everything's looking good before I can get off the chains. I'll keep y'all updated on the progress. I've applied for PAM Trucking a while back and still talking with them, and I just recently applied for PRIME, inc on Saturday, just to test the waters and see if they'll accept me or not. If they don't, oh well - at least I've got one back up plan, right?

I'm looking forward to meeting y'all and hopefully to get on the road soon. Thank you for giving me an amazing opportunity to join this awesome site. I'm learning a lot through the CDL High Road Training Program that y'all have here. It's beautifully built and very informational. I am breezing through them without too much trouble. Hopefully soon I'll pick up a nickname around here, so y'all can have some fun coming up with one! If you're interested in communicating with me, please don't hesitate!

P.S. Sorry for a long intro!

Thank you again,

Chris

Chris welcome to TT, anywho trucking companies are not the only way into the industry, I went to my local state career source and after filling up some paperwork that was required and providing some personal info that they needed I waited 30 days and the state pay the $3900 dollars that a private CDL school cost in my state of Florida, all you have to do of course is apply yourself and acquire the actual license, than your free to choose whatever company you wish, good luck brother it sounds like your due for a brake in life, Godbless......out

My name is Chris, will be 24 in June of this year. I am happily engaged to a wonderful woman in my life. I am new to the trucking industry. I got the inspiration from my father and my fiance's grandfather to get into the trucking industry. My father used to drive for a trucking company for a few years until he decided to do something different in life. He then decided to run an auto restoration shop for over 10 years, and used to own a 1950 custom Mercury that had 650hp Chevy small block motor, and 650 ft lb torque towards the rear. So anything automotive runs in our family. It was a lot of fun while we had it until we had to move to Texas. My fiance's grandfather has been in the trucking industry for over 25+ years, which has motivated me more to get into the truck.

In 2012, I held a steady career in Texas at a 255-bed hospital as a housekeeper and worked my way up to leadership for 3 years (2015), until my former assistant manager that came in 2 years after I started decided to stab me in the back and replace me with a buddy of his during my 3rd year. I lost my apartment and car, I've had to move to Virginia, where I'm at now with my fiance, and haven't had much luck with holding a steady job due to family medical emergencies and just not getting loved by other corporations to get hired (due to the fact that Virginia really doesn't stick with Equal Hiring Opportunities). With that said, I've hit some pretty tough rocks in the last year, hopefully to get back up on my feet, climb into the truck, and start running on the road soon and help support my family. I'm excited and nervous to get behind a wheel of a semi-truck, but I've jumped through many obstacles in my past life seeing as I've gone through 40 major surgeries throughout the first 14 years of my life. Nothing has stopped me and I've battled hard to get where I'm at with the help and support of my parents. I will continue to take down barriers as I go on with my life, and this is one of my obstacles that I'm currently processing through.

I'm currently in the process of getting my DOT Physical done, I've already done the physical part, but in order for me to finalize everything, I have to go through a cardiologist to check out my heart. I've had an open heart surgery when I was about 2-3 years of age to repair a subaortic web. So far, EKG's and all other tests have gone great. They want to make sure everything's looking good before I can get off the chains. I'll keep y'all updated on the progress. I've applied for PAM Trucking a while back and still talking with them, and I just recently applied for PRIME, inc on Saturday, just to test the waters and see if they'll accept me or not. If they don't, oh well - at least I've got one back up plan, right?

I'm looking forward to meeting y'all and hopefully to get on the road soon. Thank you for giving me an amazing opportunity to join this awesome site. I'm learning a lot through the CDL High Road Training Program that y'all have here. It's beautifully built and very informational. I am breezing through them without too much trouble. Hopefully soon I'll pick up a nickname around here, so y'all can have some fun coming up with one! If you're interested in communicating with me, please don't hesitate!

P.S. Sorry for a long intro!

Thank you again,

Chris

Chris welcome to TT, anywho trucking companies are not the only way into the industry, I went to my local state career source and after filling up some paperwork that was required and providing some personal info that they needed I waited 30 days and the state pay the $3900 dollars that a private CDL school cost in my state of Florida, all you have to do of course is apply yourself and acquire the actual license, than your free to choose whatever company you wish, good luck brother it sounds like your due for a brake in life, Godbless......out

Thank you, Last Shadow, for the warm welcome. I appreciate your recommendation going on a private CDL school. Unfortunately, I can't wait much longer to obtain my CDL, as I've waited too long to obtain any income to support myself and my family. My fiance's grandfather is getting to the point where he can't do it anymore, so that's where I'm stepping in to help support them as they are starting to get into a tough situation financially. Anyways, thank you again. I look forward to getting on the road soon. Take it easy.

My name is Chris, will be 24 in June of this year. I am happily engaged to a wonderful woman in my life. I am new to the trucking industry. I got the inspiration from my father and my fiance's grandfather to get into the trucking industry. My father used to drive for a trucking company for a few years until he decided to do something different in life. He then decided to run an auto restoration shop for over 10 years, and used to own a 1950 custom Mercury that had 650hp Chevy small block motor, and 650 ft lb torque towards the rear. So anything automotive runs in our family. It was a lot of fun while we had it until we had to move to Texas. My fiance's grandfather has been in the trucking industry for over 25+ years, which has motivated me more to get into the truck.

In 2012, I held a steady career in Texas at a 255-bed hospital as a housekeeper and worked my way up to leadership for 3 years (2015), until my former assistant manager that came in 2 years after I started decided to stab me in the back and replace me with a buddy of his during my 3rd year. I lost my apartment and car, I've had to move to Virginia, where I'm at now with my fiance, and haven't had much luck with holding a steady job due to family medical emergencies and just not getting loved by other corporations to get hired (due to the fact that Virginia really doesn't stick with Equal Hiring Opportunities). With that said, I've hit some pretty tough rocks in the last year, hopefully to get back up on my feet, climb into the truck, and start running on the road soon and help support my family. I'm excited and nervous to get behind a wheel of a semi-truck, but I've jumped through many obstacles in my past life seeing as I've gone through 40 major surgeries throughout the first 14 years of my life. Nothing has stopped me and I've battled hard to get where I'm at with the help and support of my parents. I will continue to take down barriers as I go on with my life, and this is one of my obstacles that I'm currently processing through.

I'm currently in the process of getting my DOT Physical done, I've already done the physical part, but in order for me to finalize everything, I have to go through a cardiologist to check out my heart. I've had an open heart surgery when I was about 2-3 years of age to repair a subaortic web. So far, EKG's and all other tests have gone great. They want to make sure everything's looking good before I can get off the chains. I'll keep y'all updated on the progress. I've applied for PAM Trucking a while back and still talking with them, and I just recently applied for PRIME, inc on Saturday, just to test the waters and see if they'll accept me or not. If they don't, oh well - at least I've got one back up plan, right?

I'm looking forward to meeting y'all and hopefully to get on the road soon. Thank you for giving me an amazing opportunity to join this awesome site. I'm learning a lot through the CDL High Road Training Program that y'all have here. It's beautifully built and very informational. I am breezing through them without too much trouble. Hopefully soon I'll pick up a nickname around here, so y'all can have some fun coming up with one! If you're interested in communicating with me, please don't hesitate!

P.S. Sorry for a long intro!

Thank you again,

Chris

Welcome to TT!! Have you tried maverick? They have orientation pay $550 plus training pay salary $550 and $800 bonus! :-) Plus the pay and training are both top notch!!

Chris welcome to TT, anywho trucking companies are not the only way into the industry, I went to my local state career source and after filling up some paperwork that was required and providing some personal info that they needed I waited 30 days and the state pay the $3900 dollars that a private CDL school cost in my state of Florida, all you have to do of course is apply yourself and acquire the actual license, than your free to choose whatever company you wish, good luck brother it sounds like your due for a brake in life, Godbless......out

Keep in mind though - even with a private or state truck driving school and a newly issued CDL-A, you will still not to get on with a company that hires inexperienced/recent grads. For many of these companies - the "contract obligation" for "finishing training", is similar to those companies where you go and also get your CDL as part of the process.

While having your license FIRST, may open up more opportunities with companies that don't train in-house (or sub it out) - not all areas have state/federal grant $$ available for CDL training, and not all schools are created equal.

So "choosing whatever company you wish" - doesn't apply to a whole lot of companies out there, that still require 1 year or more of OTR experience to apply.

Concentrate on getting that first all-important year under your belt (regardless of which route you take to get your CDL), and more choices will open up. Some of the even (supposedly) "more desirable companies" out there, are still requiring 2-3 years experience to apply.

Everyone start somewhere - and there are many success stories here on TT.

Rick

My name is Chris, will be 24 in June of this year. I am happily engaged to a wonderful woman in my life. I am new to the trucking industry. I got the inspiration from my father and my fiance's grandfather to get into the trucking industry. My father used to drive for a trucking company for a few years until he decided to do something different in life. He then decided to run an auto restoration shop for over 10 years, and used to own a 1950 custom Mercury that had 650hp Chevy small block motor, and 650 ft lb torque towards the rear. So anything automotive runs in our family. It was a lot of fun while we had it until we had to move to Texas. My fiance's grandfather has been in the trucking industry for over 25+ years, which has motivated me more to get into the truck.

In 2012, I held a steady career in Texas at a 255-bed hospital as a housekeeper and worked my way up to leadership for 3 years (2015), until my former assistant manager that came in 2 years after I started decided to stab me in the back and replace me with a buddy of his during my 3rd year. I lost my apartment and car, I've had to move to Virginia, where I'm at now with my fiance, and haven't had much luck with holding a steady job due to family medical emergencies and just not getting loved by other corporations to get hired (due to the fact that Virginia really doesn't stick with Equal Hiring Opportunities). With that said, I've hit some pretty tough rocks in the last year, hopefully to get back up on my feet, climb into the truck, and start running on the road soon and help support my family. I'm excited and nervous to get behind a wheel of a semi-truck, but I've jumped through many obstacles in my past life seeing as I've gone through 40 major surgeries throughout the first 14 years of my life. Nothing has stopped me and I've battled hard to get where I'm at with the help and support of my parents. I will continue to take down barriers as I go on with my life, and this is one of my obstacles that I'm currently processing through.

I'm currently in the process of getting my DOT Physical done, I've already done the physical part, but in order for me to finalize everything, I have to go through a cardiologist to check out my heart. I've had an open heart surgery when I was about 2-3 years of age to repair a subaortic web. So far, EKG's and all other tests have gone great. They want to make sure everything's looking good before I can get off the chains. I'll keep y'all updated on the progress. I've applied for PAM Trucking a while back and still talking with them, and I just recently applied for PRIME, inc on Saturday, just to test the waters and see if they'll accept me or not. If they don't, oh well - at least I've got one back up plan, right?

I'm looking forward to meeting y'all and hopefully to get on the road soon. Thank you for giving me an amazing opportunity to join this awesome site. I'm learning a lot through the CDL High Road Training Program that y'all have here. It's beautifully built and very informational. I am breezing through them without too much trouble. Hopefully soon I'll pick up a nickname around here, so y'all can have some fun coming up with one! If you're interested in communicating with me, please don't hesitate!

P.S. Sorry for a long intro!

Thank you again,

Chris

Welcome to TT!! Have you tried maverick? They have orientation pay $550 plus training pay salary $550 and $800 bonus! :-) Plus the pay and training are both top notch!!

Thank you for the warm welcome, Flatie! I am currently looking at Maverick's student program right now. I might give a recruiter over there a call and see if I can get myself in. Thank you for giving me that recommendation! I would like to do flatbed and all different sorts, instead of just hauling paper and air conditioners with PAM. lol

Thanks again!

I am using a private school called TDI here near Louisville.

I decided to go to this school because a lot of local companies hire out of that school. I also only live 5 minutes from the school.

I honestly had the fear that if I used a company to get my to get my CDL that I could possibly get a bad trainer. I know this is rare but it is mostly a peace of mind thing with me.

My name is Chris, will be 24 in June of this year. I am happily engaged to a wonderful woman in my life. I am new to the trucking industry. I got the inspiration from my father and my fiance's grandfather to get into the trucking industry. My father used to drive for a trucking company for a few years until he decided to do something different in life. He then decided to run an auto restoration shop for over 10 years, and used to own a 1950 custom Mercury that had 650hp Chevy small block motor, and 650 ft lb torque towards the rear. So anything automotive runs in our family. It was a lot of fun while we had it until we had to move to Texas. My fiance's grandfather has been in the trucking industry for over 25+ years, which has motivated me more to get into the truck.

In 2012, I held a steady career in Texas at a 255-bed hospital as a housekeeper and worked my way up to leadership for 3 years (2015), until my former assistant manager that came in 2 years after I started decided to stab me in the back and replace me with a buddy of his during my 3rd year. I lost my apartment and car, I've had to move to Virginia, where I'm at now with my fiance, and haven't had much luck with holding a steady job due to family medical emergencies and just not getting loved by other corporations to get hired (due to the fact that Virginia really doesn't stick with Equal Hiring Opportunities). With that said, I've hit some pretty tough rocks in the last year, hopefully to get back up on my feet, climb into the truck, and start running on the road soon and help support my family. I'm excited and nervous to get behind a wheel of a semi-truck, but I've jumped through many obstacles in my past life seeing as I've gone through 40 major surgeries throughout the first 14 years of my life. Nothing has stopped me and I've battled hard to get where I'm at with the help and support of my parents. I will continue to take down barriers as I go on with my life, and this is one of my obstacles that I'm currently processing through.

I'm currently in the process of getting my DOT Physical done, I've already done the physical part, but in order for me to finalize everything, I have to go through a cardiologist to check out my heart. I've had an open heart surgery when I was about 2-3 years of age to repair a subaortic web. So far, EKG's and all other tests have gone great. They want to make sure everything's looking good before I can get off the chains. I'll keep y'all updated on the progress. I've applied for PAM Trucking a while back and still talking with them, and I just recently applied for PRIME, inc on Saturday, just to test the waters and see if they'll accept me or not. If they don't, oh well - at least I've got one back up plan, right?

I'm looking forward to meeting y'all and hopefully to get on the road soon. Thank you for giving me an amazing opportunity to join this awesome site. I'm learning a lot through the CDL High Road Training Program that y'all have here. It's beautifully built and very informational. I am breezing through them without too much trouble. Hopefully soon I'll pick up a nickname around here, so y'all can have some fun coming up with one! If you're interested in communicating with me, please don't hesitate!

P.S. Sorry for a long intro!

Thank you again,

Chris

Welcome to TT!! Have you tried maverick? They have orientation pay $550 plus training pay salary $550 and $800 bonus! :-) Plus the pay and training are both top notch!!

Thank you for the warm welcome, Flatie! I am currently looking at Maverick's student program right now. I might give a recruiter over there a call and see if I can get myself in. Thank you for giving me that recommendation! I would like to do flatbed and all different sorts, instead of just hauling paper and air conditioners with PAM. lol

Thanks again!

Don't forget to check for regional route in yout area! I'm in flatbed division too regional and will head soon for my orientation. Let me know if you have any question! And ur welcome! :-) Goodluck!

I am using a private school called TDI here near Louisville.

I decided to go to this school because a lot of local companies hire out of that school. I also only live 5 minutes from the school.

I honestly had the fear that if I used a company to get my to get my CDL that I could possibly get a bad trainer. I know this is rare but it is mostly a peace of mind thing with me.

Hey Michael C. I am going to TDI in Sellersburg also. When are you going to start? I have a tentative start date of May 2, and am going to see the school on Friday.

I am using a private school called TDI here near Louisville.

I decided to go to this school because a lot of local companies hire out of that school. I also only live 5 minutes from the school.

I honestly had the fear that if I used a company to get my to get my CDL that I could possibly get a bad trainer. I know this is rare but it is mostly a peace of mind thing with me.

Hey Michael C. I am going to TDI in Sellersburg also. When are you going to start? I have a tentative start date of May 2, and am going to see the school on Friday.

If all goes well I hope to start next month. :)