Do You Have To Become A Resident Of Your Employer's State To Work For Them?
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The only reason companies make you get an out of state license and waiver is so you can drive and train in their state. Once you get the cdl , you transfer it back to your home state. Be aware,you will most likely have to retake your motorcycle test to have a new endorsement added to your license. I guess you could pay and take certain tests, but each state might have different requirements.
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.
The law is you must have only one CDL and it must be from your state of residency. you can work for any company that will hire you. I have lived in florida since i was stationed here in 74. not all companies will hire out of florida and it is best to get prehires from some companies first. I lived in west palm till 2004 and i got lucky and hired by south west motor freight out of school in 93, i bought my own truck and trailer when us express took over and merged the two companies. it is tough getting work in the southern part of the state. I moved to titusville and worked local now i have to decide to maybe move to yulee fl just north of jax. for a job i want. i have a interview on monday and will decide then. good luck, put in lots of apps and try to get a lot of prehires. now untill april is dry box slow season but refer is running good, tank will start moving about now and open deck about the 2 week of feb. i pulled box, refer and open deck trying to get a good rate out of florida it is just not there.
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.
Prehire:
What Exactly Is A Pre-Hire Letter?
Pre-hire letters are acceptance letters from trucking companies to students, or even potential students, to verify placement. The trucking companies are saying in writing that the student, or potential student, appears to meet the company's minimum hiring requirements and is welcome to attend their orientation at the company’s expense once he or she graduates from truck driving school and has their CDL in hand.
We have an excellent article that will help you Understand The Pre-Hire Process.
A Pre-Hire Letter Is Not A Guarantee Of Employment
The people that receive a pre-hire letter are people who meet the company's minimum hiring requirements, but it is not an employment contract. It is an invitation to orientation, and the orientation itself is a prerequisite to employment.
During the orientation you will get a physical, drug screen, and background check done. These and other qualifications must be met before someone in orientation is officially hired.
Prehires:
What Exactly Is A Pre-Hire Letter?
Pre-hire letters are acceptance letters from trucking companies to students, or even potential students, to verify placement. The trucking companies are saying in writing that the student, or potential student, appears to meet the company's minimum hiring requirements and is welcome to attend their orientation at the company’s expense once he or she graduates from truck driving school and has their CDL in hand.
We have an excellent article that will help you Understand The Pre-Hire Process.
A Pre-Hire Letter Is Not A Guarantee Of Employment
The people that receive a pre-hire letter are people who meet the company's minimum hiring requirements, but it is not an employment contract. It is an invitation to orientation, and the orientation itself is a prerequisite to employment.
During the orientation you will get a physical, drug screen, and background check done. These and other qualifications must be met before someone in orientation is officially hired.
Randall.
As you may have surmised - there are VERY FEW COMPANIES that hire out of our area. Reason being - there is VERY LITTLE FREIGHT coming out of this area, not enough to try and get you HOME, for sometime.
A few that have terminals mid-state, may allow you to get on, and leave your truck there and drive your POV home for sometime.
WERNER hires out of this area - and Tony tells me their recruiter visits the school. CRST & Armellini also hire out of this area - but you have to run TEAMS with them (YECH!). Swift, Prime, CRE do not. Knight (Squire) "might" hire out of this area.
The I-4 line, mid-state - is typically the "cut off" for hiring in Florida.
So for "starter companies, fresh out of private CDL school - the options are REAL LIMITED living down this way.
Once you have a year or so under your belt - the options for NON-TRAINING COMPANIES, that are looking for drivers with OTR experience begin to open up - and many of them DO HIRE from this area. But for the first year or so - you're going to have to relocate - or find someone mid-state that will let you "establish residence" with, and do a change of address on your license. But if you use someone else's address for your DL, you're not going to be able to bring your truck all the way down here for hometime.
You are NOT going to want to change your residency - nor do companies REQUIRE you to do so.
South Florida is a real PITA to get a start from - the companies that hire to train, or take students right out of school are REAL LIMITED. This is one of the things that's kept me in my (suicidally boring) computer gig - not willing to RELOCATE. And being that Florida & Texas are pretty much the only states that don't have State Income Tax (and personally property taxes) - those are the only two states I would want to keep legal residency in.
Rick
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.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
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
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Prime does hire in Florida at this time. They have loads that do come up from Florida.
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Say,for example that you live in Florida but you want to work for a company that's in Tennessee or Texas, do you have to move to the employers state in order to work for them,or can you work for them while still remaining a resident of your home state?
I want to remain a resident of Florida,I want it to be my home state.But the company I'm considering is not here,and I don't wanna be a local driver.