New Here With Some Questions

Hi all Im new here and considering a trucking career. I have been in the residential construction industry for 30 years now and have come to the point of hating it. My last company I was with employed me for 8 years and the one before that was 13 years. It's very seasonal and unemploymet does'nt pay the bills. The last company layed me off due to the econemy and I was off for a little over a year. This has came to ruin my credit and that is one of the questions that i have. How important is the whole credit thing in trying to get a decent job in trucking? The second question is DUI. I have had two of them, but it was 25 years ago. Will this or should this blow my chances of getting on ? No other serious traffic violations. I have wanted to be a trucker since I was a little kid. When I was younger my family traveled across country from San Diego Ca. to Oakland Md. several times and I loveed it. I would talk to the truckers on the CB and once rode with my cousin who also was a trucker. When I was 20 I even hitch hiked across from Va. Beach to San Diego and back, so you can see I like the traveling part. I have applied to driver solutions and have an interview call tomorrow at 3. On the requirements it said no more than one DUI in a lifetime. I applied any way. I have signed up with the WIA program in my state to go to classes but it could take 6 months for funding and even then, I may not get it. I have started with another construction company but its not where I want to be. I would like to get a cdl and some experiance so I can apply for a state job driving truck here in my home state of Wv.. Any thoughts on these questions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Gerald (better known as Doc)

Gerald, I am by no means an expert, but I've been reading these forums for months. Dui that long ago won't be a problem. I just posted on the WIA program which I just fouond out that I was approved. I don't know what state your in but the 2 local driving schools told me to constantly call your case worker to "keep your file on top". Well I'm in Nebraska which means a lower population. Which also means less workload than Houston, KC, you get what I'm saying.It took me 2 weeks here to get funded. Again, I would probably call your case worker every day to check on progress. Good luck, Ron

Thanks Ron, I applied a little over a week ago and have already made a call to find out the status. Im in West Virginia and I just replied to your thread as well about a minute ago. Thanks Ronand I hope all goes well for you. Doc

Welcome aboard!

You will indeed find some companies will not hire anyone with a DUI , but many companies will be fine with it since it was so long ago. So that won't keep you from getting your trucking career underway.

As far as your credit, that won't be a concern either. There may be some companies that want to pull your credit and have a look, but it certainly wouldn't be a deciding factor on whether or not they would hire you.

Thanks Brett. I did talk to the recruter today and he said my app looked great and wanted to know when I was interested in starting. I told him I had some things to get taken care of around home before I could start and he said no problem just call him about a week before I was ready to go and he would get things set up for me. So I guess my worrying about it last night was unwarrented. Thanks again Doc

Thanks Brett. I did talk to the recruter today and he said my app looked great and wanted to know when I was interested in starting. I told him I had some things to get taken care of around home before I could start and he said no problem just call him about a week before I was ready to go and he would get things set up for me. So I guess my worrying about it last night was unwarrented. Thanks again Doc

Thank god you found use and we are here to help you out. 10 minutes over at that 'other' site and you would not even be thinking about driving a truck.

Yes Guy, I too am glad I found this site.I have learned a lot just in the short time I have been a member.I read the forums every day to see what is going on.I am using allot of the advice I get here to get things figured out. Thanks to all of you and be safe on the roads. Doc

Welcome aboard!

You will indeed find some companies will not hire anyone with a DUI , but many companies will be fine with it since it was so long ago. So that won't keep you from getting your trucking career underway.

As far as your credit, that won't be a concern either. There may be some companies that want to pull your credit and have a look, but it certainly wouldn't be a deciding factor on whether or not they would hire you.

That is so true Brett. A friend of mine from school wanted to work for this one company, and they turned her down. She is doing local now, I think, which is what she rely wanted to do in the first place.

Dave