NO EXP /NO HIRE

within those 6 years I was straight up with the employers stating to them: “ I don’t want to waste your time so what I need is 3000 miles per week. I don’t need to get home but 3-4 days every six weeks. If you can accommodate that then let go to work.

AI T, you are a classic example of a person who doesn't understand how to make it in this career. Listen to yourself when you say things like...

From 2015-2021 I bounced around every 3to 6months cause the pay wasn’t sustainable.

Are you serious? You couldn't keep a trucking job for six months during a time when most truckers were making great money easily. I want to tell you something I'm sure you won't believe, but it is true. I have never said anything even similar to what you claim you told potential employers. I've never told them how many miles I need because I have bills to pay.

I took the job they offered and then I began showing them how well I could manage my clock, my customers, and my loads. I have over a million miles without ever being late to an appointment. I never tell my employer what I need. I show them how much they get from me.

A successful truck driver creates their own value. It's a simple formula. You are productive, safe, and easy to work with. Somewhere along the way you missed the fundamental things that make for success at this. You've got that mentality that assumes there's a conflict between the company and the drivers. You wrongly assume they want to keep you broke and sitting at truck stops. Then you assume they give their friends, relatives, and brown-nosers all the good loads.

You are so blind to the realities of this career you think you just need some school hours, like a notch in your gun, so you can procure a job. You cannot even see how you messed up your own work history. It's a patched together disaster with nothing in it to speak well of your abilities to be productive or helpful in any way.

That's your problem. You have nothing to show for yourself. That is not your dispatcher's fault. I'm hoping you can figure out who wrote your job history, because that's the one guy you should kick in the butt.

I know you came here for something else, but we do our best here to be honest. You need some trucking truth.

So if my math is correct, switching companies every 3 to 6 months for 6 years would be 12 to 24 companies in that time frame.

I'd say pretty good odds that you'll not be finding too many takers...well any really. Maybe a fly by night 1099 company.

On the upside, you probably have a lot of interviewing experience.

Appreciate the upside. Good thing I have the entrepreneurial spirit. Plus a company like Metropolitan Transportation Authority is not a fly by night company. I been there 3 years they also have inside positions come up such as commercial towing. My plan was to get back out there get a lead on a good contract under my authority go that route. JUST TALKING OPTIONS! ya dig? Imma GO GETTA. I thrive on adversity! I also like serving PEOPLE. That said, I’ll keep y’all posted what comes next so that if there’s anyone else’s circumstance is like mine they’ll have an additional possible option.🙂

So if my math is correct, switching companies every 3 to 6 months for 6 years would be 12 to 24 companies in that time frame.

I'd say pretty good odds that you'll not be finding too many takers...well any really. Maybe a fly by night 1099 company.

On the upside, you probably have a lot of interviewing experience.

“Imma GO GETTA”

Yes you are! As in “Imma GO GETTA another job!”

He! He! He! Been doing it for 6 years now!😉

“Imma GO GETTA”

Yes you are! As in “Imma GO GETTA another job!”

Good contract own authority . Good luck. I would put off trucking for a bit. This market is eating people up... experience drivers of decades with real experience, and solid records without DUIs.

Do a lot of research before you jump into anything.

Thanx TAWK… Yes I know, it’s a brutal industry. And been so for along time. We must be adaptable! Cause everything changes NOTHING stays the same. Appreciate the heads up.

Good contract own authority . Good luck. I would put off trucking for a bit. This market is eating people up... experience drivers of decades with real experience, and solid records without DUIs.

Do a lot of research before you jump into anything.

“Imma GO GETTA”

Yes you are! As in “Imma GO GETTA another job!”

Dammit Bruce 😂😂

“Imma GO GETTA”

Yes you are! As in “Imma GO GETTA another job!”

Wow! Can we flag this as the "BEST ANSWER"!?! I haven't laughed so hard at a reply in quite some time...

I think we are dealing with a troll here....

At the top of this thread, Al states that he has 20 years experience...

Then in another thread under the same title in the Training Diaries he claims to have 15 years experience...

But, as Banks already pointed out, Al bragged about getting his CDL without going to any school less than 8 years ago...

So how does anyone who has held their CDL for less that 8 years have 15 or 20 years of driving experience?