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Yeah that’s very true, I’m looking at warehouse and yard hockey positions and hopefully working my way up to driving. Definitely rethinking things and trying to think outside of the box. Thank you for your input, greatly appreciated

All that admiration of you being a dedicate mother is crap and was probably an easy way to let you down easy. Mother's have a tough gig and kids are the number one reason there are so few women in trucking. Women enter when the kids are grown.

Get a job in a local.warehouse for money and keep applying to companie in the mean time. If there is an internodal in your area that may be a good option. A warehouse may have their own trucks so you may be able to move later if hired for a warehouse job.

Good luck

Discretion is the better part of valor. Have you noticed two common threads in the replies you have received?

1) everyone admires your determination and attitude

2) everyone is urging caution about the commute.

Kersey’s advice is sound wisdom. Forget any job with that brutal schedule. Get something local until you can get a job without a 3 hour commute. Have you noticed that no experienced driver is saying “Great job opportunity! Go for it!” ????????)

Remember, a live dog is better than a dead lion.

Did you ever look into Black Hawk or Progress Rail ?? It's shuttling parts to & fro the rails (wherever they are, in your area!) and pays rather well. Not sure about experience level, however. The Black Hawk guy here by us does dedicated hauls for CFX (railway) and .. I forget the other one; Mansfield Ohio is a major 'commercial' rail network/hub. Awesome history & pics, if you ever want to look it up!

It'd be a 'dirty' job, but ... much of trucking tends to be!

Yard hostler (dog) jobs OFTEN involve shuttling trailers from one facility (yard) to another, and WILL include some highway driving, as well as moving stuff in a certain (home) yard. If you COULD get into something like that, IMHO it'd be awesome. The yard guy at FAB (hubby's place) LOVES his job; and Tom's probably going to grab it up, when he retires. It's really NOT a bad thing!!!

Wish you the best; keep the gang updated!

~ Anne ~

Of course, it’ll be great to keep track of your progress. I’m sure I speak for everyone when I say that, with patience, you will find a suitable job.

I left a message for the hiring manager today hoping to get a job as a dock worker here in town with OD, has the same idea. Just trying to get my foot in the door

Thank you so much for all of that insight. I just got notified that I didn’t get the job, so I’ll be looking at a yard jockey position with either OD or AFW to get my foot in the door with a company and hopefully work my way up to driving for them. Thank you for the link, I’ll definitely read that to get a better understanding of those positions

Is the OD near you hiring dock workers? If they are that would be great way to get your foot in the door. We have a bunch of drivers who came off the dock, prove yourself reliable and they will probably move you into a driving position at somepoint.

I left a message for the hiring manager today hoping to get a job as a dock worker here in town with OD, has the same idea. Just trying to get my foot in the door

Thank you so much for all of that insight. I just got notified that I didn’t get the job, so I’ll be looking at a yard jockey position with either OD or AFW to get my foot in the door with a company and hopefully work my way up to driving for them. Thank you for the link, I’ll definitely read that to get a better understanding of those positions

Is the OD near you hiring dock workers? If they are that would be great way to get your foot in the door. We have a bunch of drivers who came off the dock, prove yourself reliable and they will probably move you into a driving position at somepoint.

Always pulling for you, m'lady!!

~ Anne ~

I looked for a company with that name and wasn’t able to find anything honestly, black Hawk, it kept taking me to other jobs and websites when I looked it up. Yeah I’m hoping to find a job being a yard hostler. That’s my only option at this point

Yeah that’s very true, I’m looking at warehouse and yard hockey positions and hopefully working my way up to driving. Definitely rethinking things and trying to think outside of the box. Thank you for your input, greatly appreciated

All that admiration of you being a dedicate mother is crap and was probably an easy way to let you down easy. Mother's have a tough gig and kids are the number one reason there are so few women in trucking. Women enter when the kids are grown.

Get a job in a local.warehouse for money and keep applying to companie in the mean time. If there is an internodal in your area that may be a good option. A warehouse may have their own trucks so you may be able to move later if hired for a warehouse job.

Good luck

Discretion is the better part of valor. Have you noticed two common threads in the replies you have received?

1) everyone admires your determination and attitude

2) everyone is urging caution about the commute.

Kersey’s advice is sound wisdom. Forget any job with that brutal schedule. Get something local until you can get a job without a 3 hour commute. Have you noticed that no experienced driver is saying “Great job opportunity! Go for it!” ????????)

Remember, a live dog is better than a dead lion.

Did you ever look into Black Hawk or Progress Rail ?? It's shuttling parts to & fro the rails (wherever they are, in your area!) and pays rather well. Not sure about experience level, however. The Black Hawk guy here by us does dedicated hauls for CFX (railway) and .. I forget the other one; Mansfield Ohio is a major 'commercial' rail network/hub. Awesome history & pics, if you ever want to look it up!

It'd be a 'dirty' job, but ... much of trucking tends to be!

Yard hostler (dog) jobs OFTEN involve shuttling trailers from one facility (yard) to another, and WILL include some highway driving, as well as moving stuff in a certain (home) yard. If you COULD get into something like that, IMHO it'd be awesome. The yard guy at FAB (hubby's place) LOVES his job; and Tom's probably going to grab it up, when he retires. It's really NOT a bad thing!!!

Wish you the best; keep the gang updated!

~ Anne ~

Of course, it’ll be great to keep track of your progress. I’m sure I speak for everyone when I say that, with patience, you will find a suitable job.

Thank you, I know that I’ll have to be patient waiting for the job that I need. Trying to think out of the box and rolling with the punches

Of course, it’ll be great to keep track of your progress. I’m sure I speak for everyone when I say that, with patience, you will find a suitable job.

Yeah I live in the springs and have been applying from Pueblo to Denver for jobs, which DC is hiring in fountain? I’ll go knock on that door right quick lol And yeah I’m sure that’ll look better on my resume rather than all the medical field stuff. It would definitely help me with my backing because I do struggle

There's a DC right off 85 and i25 in fountain, last time I was there, they had a help wanted sign out, check with them for a yard dog slot. I think that would be a fun job and I bet it would be great experience for backing.

Also I usually see at least a couple shuttle and or yard dog positions in craigslist.

I live in the springs part time so I know the challenges we face with wether and traffic. My terminal is in Denver. It takes 4 hours in bad wether and wrecks. Think about working and trying to get back home. High of 15 today, 6 to 12 inches. Monument pass will likely close by tonight.

The weather is bad enough that I actually take my home time in Dallas and fly to Denver during the winter. It works out cheaper by far because I can't run for a week at a time due to weather shutdowns if I'm there. If I understand what others who have experience are saying, you will still have to run in that weather.

I respect your drive, I'd say take that drive and apply it to something in springs or even Pueblo. There's several DCs right down off 50 in Pueblo. I would go down there in person and beat on some doors. They Always seem to need staff.

Besides a yard jockey spot pays hourly, and probably has a more set schedule, so you can be home with the kiddos.

Lazer Spot.....Yard hostler jobs all over craigslist, probably in all states?

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Weekly Pay $1000-$1500 or more depending on where you live!

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Yeah I live in the springs and have been applying from Pueblo to Denver for jobs, which DC is hiring in fountain? I’ll go knock on that door right quick lol And yeah I’m sure that’ll look better on my resume rather than all the medical field stuff. It would definitely help me with my backing because I do struggle

There's a DC right off 85 and i25 in fountain, last time I was there, they had a help wanted sign out, check with them for a yard dog slot. I think that would be a fun job and I bet it would be great experience for backing.

Also I usually see at least a couple shuttle and or yard dog positions in craigslist.

I live in the springs part time so I know the challenges we face with wether and traffic. My terminal is in Denver. It takes 4 hours in bad wether and wrecks. Think about working and trying to get back home. High of 15 today, 6 to 12 inches. Monument pass will likely close by tonight.

The weather is bad enough that I actually take my home time in Dallas and fly to Denver during the winter. It works out cheaper by far because I can't run for a week at a time due to weather shutdowns if I'm there. If I understand what others who have experience are saying, you will still have to run in that weather.

I respect your drive, I'd say take that drive and apply it to something in springs or even Pueblo. There's several DCs right down off 50 in Pueblo. I would go down there in person and beat on some doors. They Always seem to need staff.

Look up the Walmart DC near Denver, not the one in Cheyenne. They may be hiring?

Windigo Logisitics, its right across the street from the tomohawk truck stop. Ive dropped there a few times. it was a couple months ago that I was there. Also, Pepsi in the springs has a yard jockey position open, but its nights. Theres a DC in that industrial park off 50 in Pueblo that I hit, I forget who it was for, but they do auction stuff, so the trailers are a weird load because they just throw all the broken crap in there. I remember it because there was a trailer fire last time I was there, it was still smoking when I got there....sorry touch of add. But there is a bunch of big DCs down in that park and trying to get labor in Pueblo is next to impossible....It Pueblo ya know.