Please Help New To Trucking And 100% Lost About This!!!
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I so want to truck drive! I kind of did it before. I used to run a 40 foot box truck otr half the country for a small company. I loved it so much. But unfortunately they didnt have enough work when the economy got bad. Anyways not to waste your time here is my question.
I was out of the country for 4 years teaching English. During that time my license expired i didn't even know. So when I got back I couldn't get a job trucking with my new license.
I tried to get a job threw driver solutions a year ago they said they couldn't help me.
I have no criminal charges ever!, Pretty solid work history outside of living in asia for so long. No accidents or points on my license.
I'm not sure actually how long my license was dead for back then, maybe 6 months?
Do you think I still have a shot at a company sponsored cdl school? life swift etc? I say this because Im currently back in asia, but I want to go back to usa for trucking. I really really want this as my career, the little i did I loved it so much. Any and all responses will be greatly appreciated.
First you will need to hold a drivers license for 1 year in American then you can contact as many company sponsored training programs as you like
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.
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.
Yeah you might have to live here for a year or so and get a recent work and driving history established before they'll want to give you a shot. You really won't know until you ask em. But having your license expire isn't going to give you many problems, at least after a little time passes. For some companies they may want to see three years pass since the expiration. Others won't care.
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I so want to truck drive! I kind of did it before. I used to run a 40 foot box truck otr half the country for a small company. I loved it so much. But unfortunately they didnt have enough work when the economy got bad. Anyways not to waste your time here is my question.
I was out of the country for 4 years teaching English. During that time my license expired i didn't even know. So when I got back I couldn't get a job trucking with my new license.
I tried to get a job threw driver solutions a year ago they said they couldn't help me.
I have no criminal charges ever!, Pretty solid work history outside of living in asia for so long. No accidents or points on my license.
I'm not sure actually how long my license was dead for back then, maybe 6 months?
Do you think I still have a shot at a company sponsored cdl school? life swift etc? I say this because Im currently back in asia, but I want to go back to usa for trucking. I really really want this as my career, the little i did I loved it so much. Any and all responses will be greatly appreciated.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
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.