CDL Sponser Companies Hiring From The NYC Area?
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What companies turned you down? I don't currently know of any. Also do you already have your CDL , or are you looking for a company sponsored program?
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.
Looking for a company sponsered program.
Again - which ones have you applied to - that turned you down?
With NYC -it's probably less of an issue of available freight in the area - but where you're going to be able to leave your truck for home time.
Most of the "issues" with company hiring areas, really do center around HOME TIME. If there isn't a lot of freight going to/from/around where you live, then the company has to pay your fuel etc., to "deadhead" you in and out for home time (my problem here in So Florida). The other issue I could see, being from NYC, is the lack of "wide open spaces" to park a rig for a few days, UNMOLESTED (that is, not vandalized or stolen).
Again - letting us know WHO HAS TURNED YOU DOWN, would be a big help in trying to steer you towards who MAY NOT.
Rick
Deadhead:
To drive with an empty trailer. After delivering your load you will deadhead to a shipper to pick up your next load.
Off the top of my head, Roehl, Knight and Maverick told me that I'm outside of their hiring area. I've researched a few other sponsor companies and saw that they too weren't hiring from my area.
I wouldn't even mind driving to/from PA if I can land something. It's only about an hour and a half drive from where I live.
Weird thing is, Roehl has a northeast regional fleet yet when I punched in my zip it told me that I'm outside of their hiring area.
http://www.roehl.jobs/truck-driver-jobs/detail/32/van-northeast-regional-fleet-truck-driver-job
Regional:
Regional Route
Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.
Look on Craigslist. Yes the larger companies will post on there. It may be a good place to look to see what companies are hiring in your area. Contact local CDL schools. They will know who is hiring in your area. See if those schools are partnered with any companies. Sometimes you will be outside of their "hiring area" to go to one of the company schools, but some of those companies will send you thru a local school to get your CDL. You still sign a contract as they are still paying for your school.
For example, where I went to CDL school they were partnered with CRST, CR England, and Roehl. You could go thru the school to get hired and contracted to one of those companies. Doing it that way is a halfway between company sponsored training and private school. You go to the school for your CDL, but you are contracted to a company just like if you went to their CDL school. The company only foots the bill when you show up CDL in hand. Since you are contracted with a company you are not allowed to hear from other recruiters. So when everybody else is listening to recruiters, you are either studying or practicing yard work.
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.New Reply:
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Looking for a reputable Sponser Company that hires from the NYC area. Almost every company I look at or have called, they tell me that I'm not within their hiring area.
Off the top of your head, does anyone know of one?
Thanks!
EPU:
Electric Auxiliary Power Units
Electric APUs have started gaining acceptance. These electric APUs use battery packs instead of the diesel engine on traditional APUs as a source of power. The APU's battery pack is charged when the truck is in motion. When the truck is idle, the stored energy in the battery pack is then used to power an air conditioner, heater, and other devices