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If you can get someone to take you now then go for it. I would try getting on with a Company-Sponsored Training Program like CR England. You could go to a private school but with those tickets on your record you're going to have a bit of trouble finding work.
See what Swift and Knight say. But if CR England will take you I would say that's probably your best bet.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Company-sponsored Training:
A Company-Sponsored Training Program is a school that is owned and operated by a trucking company.
The schooling often requires little or no money up front. Instead of paying up-front tuition you will sign an agreement to work for the company for a specified amount of time after graduation, usually around a year, at a slightly lower rate of pay in order to pay for the training.
If you choose to quit working for the company before your year is up, they will normally require you to pay back a prorated amount of money for the schooling. The amount you pay back will be comparable to what you would have paid if you went to an independently owned school.
Company-sponsored training can be an excellent way to get your career underway if you can't afford the tuition up front for private schooling.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
I'm just curious.... what do crops have to do with it?
Rainy, I'm sure the OP will respond, but in the country if you commit to working with a farmer through harvest and leave early it's akin to kicking a dog or cheating on your wife. It's frowned upon.
Silly Jersey girl!
You might as well just cheat with the farmers wife lol. You dont leave a guy in the middle of Harvest just because you can go to a school. Some people still have a little pride in what they do and there word is everything.
Hahhaha. I'm from the "garden state" and most of the crops are gone. I was thinking "does he think they'll be more freight from the produce hence more miles?"
Hhaha
I'm still chuckling.. Not at the OP but at B Z, OS and Rainy. I grew up in IN. They lie and say their is more than corn in IN... but it's not true.
I'm still chuckling.. Not at the OP but at B Z, OS and Rainy. I grew up in IN. They lie and say their is more than corn in IN... but it's not true.
Omg.... u admit you're laughing at me???? You hurt my feelinf s and I'm a girl!" :::::crosses arms, stomps foot and pouts::::;
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.New Reply:
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I talked with CR England and told them i would like todo everythinv in November when the crops are out they said thats fine. My tickets are a 11 over and a 21 over a lady from plamer said her advice would be try bigger companies. So i talked with Western express he said the tickets are not a big deal to them and bigger company's long as it was just two. And he also said if i get my CDL on my own they would hire me. Cr england said they will send me to school waiting for swift and knight to come back with something. Like is there any hope im 23 would it be better if i get them and wait till 25 or 26 and get on with a clean record.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: