I Need Help

I have just got my cdl but I have had my permit for rt around a year I have a small company willing to give my a chance to go solo rt now I can drive pretty good and have drove in two major cities my backing still needs work but I can get by without hitting anything just takes me a few tries at it and I ok be drop and hook but the runs will be a lot to LA and other very large cities but I am not for sure if I am really ready to be out on my own I don't want to tear up anything or worse kill someone or lose my cdl by not being ready but with two felonies I don't have a lot of compines willing to give me a chance maybe if I had someone drive team with me I would feel better til I felt ready should I take this job or keep looking

Stump, you didn't really tell us how old those felonies are, but I understand it can be very tough to land a driving job with a troubled past. If the felonies are over ten years old, I would say to keep looking, but if they aren't you may just need to take whatever you can get.

Let me tell you something - nobody is really ready to go out on their own at first, even after I spent four weeks with a trainer I didn't feel I was ready, but I wanted to get away from that trainer so bad I was willing to take the chance!

I wonder if you could explain your concerns to your new employer and see if they would at least let you ride with another driver for a few days or even a week just to get a feel for how everything is done at the company. Where I work, they only hire experienced drivers on to the account I am on, but many times when we get a new driver in he will ask if he can ride along with someone for a few days just to see how everything works, and they always accommodate that request.

Stump, you've already got a few strikes against you with the felonies. You've got to be really careful as you start your new career. Accidents can really put a dead stop to your career. Be very careful out there. Always leave yourself more than an ample following distance, and slow down your thinking and your truck when in any type of backing situation - Get Out And Look - GOAL - as many times as you need to - don't let anyone pressure you into getting yourself into a big hurry. That is when people make mistakes - slow and easy wins this race.

Thanks old school one felony is from 2008 and the other one is from 2011 it's a good idea I ll talk to the owner and see what he says it's a small company just getting started but he seemed like good people thanks again