Does It Ruin Your Class A To Drive B
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If you do a local Class B job for a year then you'll be treated as a complete rookie. A Class B job/license doesn't mean anything in the trucking industry. So you'll need to go through training as if you never drove a truck in your life.
If you do a local Class A job for a year then you'll still probably need to do some training just not the full extent of their program. Which means if the company requires 30,000 miles then you'll only be required to do 15,000 for example. Either that or you'll completely skip training and just get a solo truck out of orientation. It really depends on the company though. Every company has their own ways.
However, it will be extremely tough to land a local Class A job straight out of school! If you get one great, but don't expect it. 
If you do a local Class B job for a year then you'll be treated as a complete rookie. A Class B job/license doesn't mean anything in the trucking industry. So you'll need to go through training as if you never drove a truck in your life.
If you do a local Class A job for a year then you'll still probably need to do some training just not the full extent of their program. Which means if the company requires 30,000 miles then you'll only be required to do 15,000 for example. Either that or you'll completely skip training and just get a solo truck out of orientation. It really depends on the company though. Every company has their own ways.
However, it will be extremely tough to land a local Class A job straight out of school! If you get one great, but don't expect it.
Ok. Thats what i was thinking. I came through school with friend and he has a hookup for a local job but it sounds like a b class truck. I hate to see him do it cause if he wants to go otr later then he is up a creek. Thank you.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
If one were to take a local job with class b truck for say a year then decided to go otr. Would that blow my chances?
-Ricky
Yeah, don't go there. I was considering a hostler job and it would have "killed" me a year from now. Might as well not have gotten the CDL-A after a job like that.
-mountain girl
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.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
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Just graduated school. Class a. If one were to take a local job with class b truck for say a year then decided to go otr. Would that blow my chances? Also what about local class a. Dont want to make any decisions that screw up otr later. Thank you
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.