Newly Licensed Truck Driver? TIPS On Getting a Job in the Trucking Industry
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- Newly Licensed Truck Driver? TIPS On Getting a Job in the Trucking Industry
This video is dedicated to the new truck drivers out there looking to find their first job!
How do you find a job as a brand new driver? Why do companies NOT recruit newly licensed drivers? What will you expect when you find your first trucking job?
In this video, Ronen reviews your comments and shares detailed tips on how to successfully find your first job and ends the video with a 15 Day Pay Statement!
🚛 New drivers! Please leave a comment asking Ronen any other questions you may have when it comes to trying to get your first trucking job.
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I wanted to get into trucking late 2019. Found a local 300 truck fleet company that had their own CDL school . I paid $4000 cash. Took about 2 months. They hired me after school, and gave me 5 raises in first 20 months because I was such a good driver. I have found my craft ! Praise the Lord.
Grats brotha! I’m on the same path - drive safe
What is the name of that company?
In Toronto? O where?
Hey brother, congrats for your hard work and success… Can you please share the name of the company please 🙏🏼
@@tanythaniga8256he doesn’t want anyone else to compete with so of course he will say some BS and disappear lol
Ronen - Thank You! I will never drive with a CDL. At 17- 18 - I spent a few weeks with a Driver with 36 years - accident free. Much Later - 2010 or so, I was getting Fuel at a small garage. The pumps were split - so you could fill a Class 1 and a small hose separated for cars. I was driving a 15 year old diesel. The trucker asked If I was interested in driving woods work. I wondered if he was serious. He said - it is obvious that you fix most of your problems. And you know how not to break stuff.
PS - I met one of your drivers - in Fredericton NB last week. The turn he had to make was tight. I punched my flashers and stopped 3 car lengths short of the intersection. We waved at each other and went on our ways.
Nice move
Ronan and all of your fellow contributors are top-notch. I find your videos very informative. Right now I'm waiting for my driving to clear up. Hopefully, I will be in school soon if I get some outside funding so that I won't be a contract driver for a Mega Carrier. Once again thanks for your videos. Brian is my favorite contributor.
Thanks a million for this video!! Your videos are amazingly informative. Keep up the great work!
Thank u
Appreciate the positive feedback
Wizzy he's doing a great deal with these videos 👍
Yes this was helpful, still in training. I just finished classroom, and should have my learners in a couple days.
I went to a school, got my class 1 and went to work for a plant nursery in the spring when they're a bit desperate. Spent two years working there, it was good, and bad like anywhere else. I basically got lucky. Been out for a long time working with self loading cargo LOL. Might be an idea to do a video for guys that might be wanting to return, after a long absence.
Informative for sure, screw this bull shit. This shows how this industry is high jacked by the insurance and fleet companies
I just earned my Class A CDL or Class 1 and it's really hard to get a job without experience. I have a small family so home timenis extremely important to me. Where else should I look for gainful employment in U.S. New England area other than going team driver or OTR?
Isn't Swift calling you? When I graduated 4 years of engineering, none called, but after 2 months of CDL training, lots are calling.
Russian companies hiring with 1 day old class A drivers
Thx for this great vid.
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What if you’re in a position where you cant go over the road to wrk these big companies? Its so depressing, i really have a passion for trucking but i feel discouraged. Now i have student loan of almost 12000 to pay back but yet still nobody wanna hire. sigh!!
Had my CDL since 2020 and cannot find work
Thank you so much sir
So sir can you make a video for foreign truck drivers how they come Canada as truck drivers I have good experienced of trucking line currently I am doing work Dubai as truck driver please make it one video for us how they can apply
They do not employ foreign drivers.
No lease purchase are making 10 k anymore. This video is two years old
Hello am new here and am chatting from Africa Nigeria. My name is Abel and am willing to apply for training… please you can help out family
Hi do u hiering also people from Europe? Im 12 years experience and I want to emigrate în Canda .
I went through Werner's driver school and was offered a job from them as soon as I got my cdl. They helped pay for the school as well. The only thing I didn't like was how quick the training was (only about a month) and how quickly they are willing to send new drivers to more dangerous areas. In the first month I was driving through wyoming in snow/ice conditions. Luckily I wasn't sent to New York City until I was about 6 months in. Big tip for new drivers, GET OUT AND LOOK before it becomes an accident. It doesnt matter how many times you get out, it's not a test nor a rush. Keeping your driving record clean is what it is all about!
Couldn’t agree more. Thank you for sharing your story. Glad your career has taken off! Stay safe out there.
I trained last year with Cr England. Training was 10 days of self study. When I took the cdl test, I'd only been behind the wheel of a truck three times. Spent two weeks with a trainer and another trainee in a three bunk truck. That was a joke because the entire two weeks was nothing but me and the other guy driving while the trainer slept or argued with his wife on the phone. A week in the trainer kicked the other trainee off the truck, and two days after that went on home time and left me with the truck at a the flying j in Hesperia CA, but the dispatcher wouldn't let me idle the truck to have air conditioning. Spent three days roasting in the truck until the trainer came back.
@@SpartanB209 that's exactly why I would never train with a company like CR or Swift. I know Ronan has his reasons but his idea that a mega company is going to be spending months training a driver is crazy. I'm doing exactly what he sead not to. In 2 weeks my notice will be up and I'm going to be driving one of my friends trucks. He promised me 2 weeks of me driving the rig and to be available on the phone for any questions I'm going to have.
Is all wat yu saying is the same in the USA?
1 month training ? That's alot lol in montreal Canada alot of small company's say 1 day or 1 week maximum and that too not paid. The company i started out with it was 80 hours so about 7 days of work and training is paid after 6 months of staying with them.. so you pay truck course and work less in that time then start findinf trucking job which takes 1-2 weeks then don't get paid for another 3 weeks so you're out of money for quite some time before you start seeing the first cheque and then with deductions and so on you're making like 1.5k every two weeks at 21$ an hour.b
I just recently got back into the industry after a 25-year hiatus. I needed some time to get my “truck legs” back and learn about EDLs, new FMCSA regulations, and so forth. A little rusty with backing but I knew where I was deficient and worked on it. For me, I damn sure wasn’t about to go through a 3-4 month program with a mega-carrier who doesn’t have your back (been there, done that years ago)! 2-3 weeks with a trainer would’ve been fine but I’d certainly recommend more time for anyone coming in with zero experience! I went out on a couple of team runs with a driver having much less total CDL experience than myself and then I was turned loose with my own truck. Didn’t do too bad. Close to 100,000 miles all accident free and made about 80K! Not bad for a retread rookie!
Heh, how old are you?
I live in manitoba. I might actually have to move to another province to get recruited by a mega carrier.
Winnipeg has Bison, but who knows if they will take me. Fingers crossed!
Fingers and toes crossed! Good luck 😊
I was thinking moving outside of Toronto because trucking Carrrier hiring non experience drivers. The only problem is it's expensive to live there as well
One year ago, I was given the opportunity from a mega carrier. Be prepared to take what is given to you and wait until you have your year in. Thank you for posting this!!
Very informative! And great to see ET embracing new drivers! Even for a driver like me whose dream to join ET seems farfetched, everything will align someday! This is a wonderful company you have Sir!
Thank you for your kind words Kinuthia! We really appreciate your support.
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Thanks
Very good video. It is a brick wall for me. I realize that at 65 starting in the trucking industry is probably a bad move. But I can be proud of me getting to the top class 1 license. Thank you for opening my eyes. HOURRA.
I'm 47 and just getting started. Comments like yours fill me with faith.
I respectfully disagree regarding people not being prepared after 30 days. Speaking from experience, personally. Every candidate is different. I know I am cus I drive on my own after I was trained for 30 days, got tested and passed. On top of that I do flatbed, which isn't easy. Most importantly I work local within the GTA with the opportunities of doing long haul. The opportunity I came across is rare yet I'm taking full advantage of it with confidence and support from my company.
But in most cases I do agree people should take the route of training for a longer period of time. But flat out of saying no one is ready after 30 days is being narrow minded as you can see I'm a walking example. Great video. 👍🏽
@Clint Eastwood thank you for the kind words brother. 🙏🏼 drive safe!
@Clint Eastwood I agree. I've seen some horrendously insecure loads. Or loads protruding off the flatbed with no oversize flags shown. Personally, it doesn't stress me out nor make me nervous anymore but I am constantly looking at my load to make sure all is well. However i completely understand the stress you're referring to as I encountered it when i began my training but once you get the hang of it and do the load securement properly, it goes away. One thing I do is check my binders again after 10 mins or so, depending on my route but I make it a habit to check em again cus they can get lose due to the bumps and turns.
Personally I applied everywhere for long haul and no one would hire me. I even tried E.T. Transport but their recruiter said two years experience is needed. I got lucky with this opportunity and I enjoy it. For my first gig within the industry it's teaching me more than I expected.
That is why even student come here and get commercia drivingl license. It should be longer stupid country Canada. And one of the bad reason for this short training is so many truck drivers flooded the industry and companies pay less now because they know there are tons of drivers.
I was a Registered Nurse for 31 years and we share many similarities with trucking. The infrastructure is really close. Great video.
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing Stephen. Glad you enjoy our content!
how is infrastructure close? trucks operate on roads and nurse operate on people. how in any way, shape or form those are close? lol
@@SirSidi We both serve people, Einstein; remember that when you're in the Emergency Room.
Hello, 👋 I'm Joseph with ROADPULSE LLC & TPA CARGO LLC. We are Hiring CDL Truck Drivers with experience send your application for Lease owner operator position and truck driver? You can earn up to $3500 to $4000 weekly and you can earn more money as you go extra miles! If you're determined to stay 2 to 3 weeks OTR.
When will you be available to have a phone call or should I send you more details and examples of our drivers paychecks! So you can get better understanding how our Company works.
You mentioned ET doesn’t hire foreign drivers. Does that apply to US drivers too or overseas only?
We hire Canadians for our Canadian branch and Americans for our American branch
@@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News are you guys hiring at the moment for your American branch? Where is your headquarters located? I’m reaching out from NY by the way.
Our American location is based out of Atlanta, GA. But yes, we are hiring
Insurance is such a scam
I got my start with Schneider National (in Canada). It was two weeks in class/truck, and a week on the road (55 hours of driving/on duty time over 5 and a half days) with an (experienced driver) trainer and ran about 2700 miles (4400km), where I probably drove all but 10 miles. The first two days on the road I was feeling overwhelmed, but Day 3 I couldn't wait to be on my own. Started in Guelph, ran a hazmat load up to Milwaukee (WI), took a load of paper to Kingston, grabbed a 3M load in Brockville, and ran all the way to Dekalb (IL), and ended back in Guelph.
It probably helped that I was in my early 40's and I had been driving for 25 years (without any accidents) when I got my CDL. It might have been a much different picture if I had been in my 20's.
While I can understand the insurance company's reasons for not wanting to insure a driver with less than two years, I think there should be some flexibility if that newer driver has a decade or two of clean driving (even if not in a Commercial vehicle).
That would be fair yes. Unfortunately, the system does not consider experience
I'm a 53 year old man who worked in a machine shop all his life. I took a 20 hours driving school (manual trans and air brake) so i could get my drivers license. Went on 4 interviews, 3 road-tests and got 4 job offers on local driving jobs. Chose the one who was the biggest, best salary and advantages. I started in the container division witch services the Montreal Port, CN and CP terminals. Lots of traffic jams, city driving, port and railroad procedures. I do an average of 3 to 5 trips a day, 50 to 60 hours a week. For my training, i spent 3 days on the passenger seat and 3 days in the driver seat with a trainer before sending me by my self. I remained in phone contact with my trainer for any questions. After 3 months, i started 4 axles drybox and B-train. The driving part was easy....its the paperwork who was the hardest. Its been 6 months now and i'm looking foward to my first Quebec winter.
Hey man I live in the montreal region and pretty much doing the same thing my final saaq exam is april. How hard was it to get a job and what is your employer if you dont mind me asking ?
Hey ronen I just got my AZ license and I do have some experience from my home country I am following your videos since I came to canada I am really willing to get into ET transport but i can't find the link here would you please help me out with it thanks
Just getting started with the switch to this industry. Very useful information with what to look for and what to expect. I'd be quite uncomfortable starting right away, so it's nice to see that you can be paired up for the first 3 months, learn the essentials, and then can get started on easy routes.
So basically if you have a family and cant be OTR your screwed, wish i knew this wouldn't have wasted $7400 on school , damn.
The road truckers must tread is not the easiest...
Good information, Ronan. When I started OTR, I had come from the oilfield, so driving the truck wasn't a problem (nor was fixing minor stuff on the road). I went with a Driver Mentor for one week (Calgary to California & return) simply because I had no clue what had to be done to cross the border - that didn't happen in the oilfield service company I was working for. The carrier was willing to give me a truck and send me out on regular runs, but I asked for a Mentor for one run so I could learn what was needed and expected of truck drivers crossing the border both ways. After the one trip, I was given the tractor and placed on the board for the California/Arizona runs.
Hello, 👋 I'm Joseph with ROADPULSE LLC & TPA CARGO LLC. We are Hiring CDL Truck Drivers with experience send your application for Lease owner operator position and truck driver? You can earn up to $3500 to $4000 weekly and you can earn more money as you go extra miles! If you're determined to stay 2 to 3 weeks OTR.
When will you be available to have a phone call or should I send you more details and examples of our drivers paychecks! So you can get better understanding how our Company works.
After applying endlessly to companies after getting my license, i finally found one to take a shot in a newbie, it was a mega carrier, everyone else needed minimum 2-3yrs experience, many companies said they wish they could hire me(specifically an ower of a medium sized company who is desperate for drivers), just based off my resume and speaking to me and it was all due to insurance proposes. Did my road test today for the mega carrier, they're taking me on in their reefer division. At least I've finally gotten my foot in the door. Maybe I'll start a vlog when i start my journey and my training ends
Could you please share the details of the mega carrier?
right 😂
Currently on week 3 of truck driver school and completely revamping my resume (I have 0 commercial driving experience prior to school). I'd love to know how you did yours.
First here , my question exactly the video title . Now days a big problem for new licence drivers to get hired 😅
Hi i'm very much inspired with your lecture i'm truck driver based in South Africa i have over 25 years of driving long distance on cross border i really want to work in Canada or America how can i be connected to those companies which can employ me
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I got lucky and got on with a local carrier and I’m home every night, didn’t have to do the mega carrier otr thing. I was offered by every carrier I applied with. I drive a well maintained 35 year old KW, every time I see one of the mega carriers on the road that offered me with their pretty trucks I think, nice house! 😁
Hey ET thank you so much for the videos …. Quick question- am in Toronto region …. Can you suggest best trick driving schools …. Thank you
CHET Academy is a good school in the GTA.
Easy...try all your local beverage companies, its all local, 12hr days, hard labor. They care more about your back than your experience.
Ronan Thank you for the videos man! it has been really mind informative! I am currently in driving school through my college and am so excited to enter the industry and make big buck after being OO. I will take your advice! I will drive for mega for 2 years and save the money that I made with them. once I get 2 years of experience and some money saved up to buy my own truck with the loan and advance a big chunk of deposit I am really HOPING I will start to make more than 200k amount of money or close to 200k.
how does my plan sounds? :P
How do South Africans apply for truck driver jobs abroad
LMIA programs are a good start
I can’t get a job because I don’t have recent experience, although I have over forty years CDL A experience, I retired in 2017 and gave up my CDL and I’m now bored and want to go back to work so I went to a CDL school and got my CDL again, the school was a CDL school not a driving school, I basically just had to brush up on the Pretrip but employers say I need recent experience, so what now, I took a road test for Sunbelt equipment rentals and the tester said I drove better than most of the drivers that were already working there but they couldn’t hire me because I didn’t have recent experience
Damn that’s crazy I just got my CDL I didn’t know it was a struggle
Your never done learning every trucking job or industry has it lesson to learn be confident
There's always more to learn
Nope I just learned that people just don't like me so I just don't get the training
Just entering the industry, beginning school soon in Arizona. This video was very helpful. Thank you for the advise on this video. All your videos are worth watching..
Thank u for the positive feedback
Best of Luck with the licence
(Ronen)
I got my license in '02. Got hurt in '13. Rehabbed the injury til now. Now it's like all that experience means nothing, they want "recent" experience. I'm not doing teams, fk that!
I cant do teams either. I just cant sleep with the bouncy truck moving. Got my CDL in ‘16 but left the mega i was with because i just couldnt handle 6 months otr not getting good sleep.
The video was very interesting, informative and on point, viewing from Kingston Jamaica 🇯🇲👍
Tnx for all the information.
Have been watching your show for long time.
My Question is what's the benefit of buying brand new truck or newer used trucks form the dealership. Pls do video on that 🙏 the benefits
Two different paths to that first driving job:
I started pre-internet. Answered a newspaper ad for a mega. They didn't have their own school then. They contracted me to a technical college CDL school. 3 weeks of school, 6 weeks with a trainer. Over the road for a year, then a short stint with Pepsi, then 7 years of local food service, driving mostly 35 foot trailers with a day cab. Sometimes shuttling doubles as well. Great experience. Quit after building a side business, did that exclusively for 15 years, but kept my CDL active even though I didn't need it for that business. Did occasional driving work for a couple of local trucking companies, just to keep skills fresh and earn Christmas money. Sold business a few years ago and am back to driving full time, now with one of those local/regional companies.
My son wanted to drive. At 20, we loaned him half the money for CDL school. He also applied for, and received, a grant from our state's trucking association. Little known secret, free money. I think it was $500. Immediately out of school he hired on with a local building supply, hauling drywall and whatnot. Even though it was straight truck flat bed work, it qualified as driving experience. Started working food service himself when construction slowed down. Did that for three years. Upgraded his license to interstate instead of intrastate somewhere along the way. Starting a new job today, in fact, with a mail contractor. Great money for a 25 yr old.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
I feel like this is for city kids.. I took my written test after a week of studying couple weeks later I took my skills test passed both and was hauling grain to the elevator later that week but I also grew up on a farm and started driving tractors at 5 yrs old
Hi Ronen, Love all your videos. I’m 62 years old and just getting into trucking now as a second career after 40 years as a mechanic. Can you clarify your driver’s pay statement? It looks like he has not paid any income tax yet, just what he owes back to your company. On which gross amount does he claim for income tax purposes? Thank you
What Is team trucking ? Is it 2 drivers in 1 truck or is it 2 trucks following each other ?
The former
@@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News im unsure what you mean by former.
More trucking companies should want to properly train their drivers because it is less costly in my view to do so than to have to pay out substantially more after such a driver has been involved in a crash that has turned out to be his or her fault. 2018 featured a novice trucker, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, Who have had, combined, under a month of experience, driving tractor trailers before his involvement in a crash that would at the very least severely injure over a dozen people on a bus that crashed into the semi-truck that he had been driving. That he had run a stop sign contributed to the crash.
That Sidhu pleaded guilty to multiple counts of dangerous driving (some for cause death, others for cause bodily harm) may have gotten him a shorter prison sentence than he likely otherwise would’ve received although the damage that he caused will likely not be forgotten for decades to come. Add to long-haul, not everyone wants to do that type of tracking. Some may only want to do regional work, whilst others will have a preference for working local. The rest may be the least working long haul, but I believe that working local means getting used to doing deliveries in locations with tight turns and limited space. Even truckers who do regional or long-haul work often eventually encounter tight loading and unloading areas.
i started almost 3 years ago working in Chicago doing Crosstowns with no experience it was a small company but i was a company driver making 12 bucks and hour LOL. I then moved to intermodal chassis a year later and moved up to 20 bucks an hour as a company driver. now im with my family company and insurance got me and own a truck and pulling around 80-100 an hour local it was a long road but it was worth it. I never got paid by hour i always got paid by percentage and i calculated hours to load pay thats how i got my estimates lol
I am a Canadian citizen,just get my AZ License and would like to get into the job market. COULD YOU HELP ME.
It's hard for a rookie driver to get a lot of miles... between 200 500-mile loads... the downtime will cut into your drive time!
What would be really revelatory in this market and industry, is if you could enlighten us all how experienced drivers, with over a million safe miles, can receive the pay and respect that they are due and not be treated the same as a rookie driver who brings way more risk to the table.
How do we keep experienced drivers in this industry, and pay them what they are worth?
Any answers?
Because no one's actually doing that, which is why we're having this discussion about new drivers all the time.
So again the only question is, why is this industry a driver mill, that destroys experienced good drivers and just brings in new inexperienced risk hazards to replace them with?
If you're an owner of a company, and you pride yourself on good investments, why aren't you actually investing in more experienced drivers? Why are you out there taking on all the risk, and then complaining about it?
I think it's because you don't actually want what you say you want. What you want is cheap exploitable labor. What you don't want to do is pay the money necessary to keep talent.
Do you want to build a strong business, keep respected safe drivers, and be in business for years? Or do you want to extract as much wealth as possible from the industry and leave it in a shambles when you inevitably cash out?
Either you live long enough to become the next mega Carrier, or you sell out to the mega carrier when times are tough.
Tell me I'm wrong. "You" btw is the vast majority of trucking carriers out there. Sure there might be a 5% company that only hires experience drivers, but if they are they're very small and aren't looking to "grow grow grow", which is the only thing investors, Wall Street, and venture capital want to see.
how do you deal with a shipper like budweiser in colorado - load going to clovis nm... that sends you out off their scales- overweight-- the ticket said 79500 and just to be sure i went on the cat scale 150 miles away--- it was like 83500 showing i was several hundred lbs over--- even after burning the fuel weight getting there?
How to apply for truck jobs, I’m in South Africa?? I got c1 = code 10, EC= code 14 and a forklift license
Hey I like to know if you have any international opportunities I’m in El Salvador but which job offer I can get a visa work is I’m a 10 year experience in trucks must of them in flatbed Well let me know all my experience was driving in usa
Thanks, Ronen. Really appreciate your channel! It is one of the main ones that inspire me to get into trucking. The way your vids are presented are definitely informative and clear. I really hope to be able to work with you guys one day!! :D
Welfare express 70 hrs training then put on the road lol definitely needed more practice but practing in between loads I'm 2 month's in just steadily working at it.
Am a Nigerian truck driver
10 gear manual shift
With 1 year and 6 months experience
How Can I get a job in Canada ??
I want Brian for my Trainer . . . . Especially for the "California Runs" 😃
How can I work for a company
You apply for the company of choice
Am a truck driver in Nigeria with experience of 6 years please can I be employed by this company? I don't mind going through the training
Virtually impossible...basically wasted my money...I have an A class B class and Z endorsement..
I don't see any pay that's worth a shit!!!
I'm a company driver In USA, and I'm making way more money than a Canadian OO.... that's hilarious
I am a licensed truck driver in Jamaica 🇯🇲 not in USA nor Canada so I know ET. Transport not going to hire me.
If only we could hire everyone!!
It's WARM in Jamaica, stay there dummy ;-)
I found company tht will hire 1 year driver. Also6-8 mo experience it’s not how it used to be even 3mos experience
you guys at ET Transport asking 2 years experience to get a driver job , but yet you guys telling new drivers not to buy their own truck and start as owner operator ...
how the hell they gonna get the experience ?? or you guys just want to control the market?
Good question how do i find a job if don't have 2 years experience ?
im around 8 years driver her in philippines...but for not a trailer...for me or just maybe going to a trailer driver...maybe a few or a little adjust espicially in reverse mode.
im around 8 years driver her in philippines...but for not a trailer...for me or just maybe going to a trailer driver...maybe a few or a little adjust espicially in reverse mode.
No Canadian Truck Driver shortage?
Justin Trudeau-,"Hold my Beer".
Excellent information since I will be a new driver before the end of December
Not sure how to spell Adella but she is the real deal. Glad to share the road with her.
Tough it out for a year or 2 with someone like Swift and get the basics out of the way in their dime. Then you can decide which way to go as long as you keep a safe record and zero accidents
Licensed in April, Have Fast card, Permanent resident and a big fan. Would you train me? @et transport
Another way to get a job with a cdl a license,is starting a job with class b get your year experience,then move to class a...
Nolan? You're the MAN!
Thanks for watching1
Thank you brother. I am very excited about this career. 🇺🇸💯
Windsor to Toronto and back to windsor. Is that a possibility? I like the training opportunity with this company
Schneider just recently told me I will be with a mentor for 4 days, and be release. Which was weird because I only had less than 3 months experience.
ET Transport someday I will visit your place Concord Qntario if have my Class 1 CDL Driver soon,,,
Hi Ronen, thanks for the video, very informative. At 64, am I too old to get into trucking? I am a retired Accountant, and took early retirement because I had enough of the desk job. I have no health issues and stay fit by hiking and daily exercises. I'd appreciate your response. Thanks.
It's never too late to get into trucking. Would you want to do Long Haul or Local?
I would like to do long haul
Had my CDL A with HAZMAT , TANKER ,DOUBLES , TWIC Card , endors. , 1 year looking for a job , companies wanted 1 - 2 years exp. got frustrated , i just upgrade my lisence to Class C 😢.
New drivers looking for local work right out of school should reset their expectations
Well this video was very helpful but disheartening at the same time. I am going to start school on the 14th of March with the goal of getting into hazmat/ tanker work for a regional company. Sounds like I need to reassess my expectations. Excellent video thank you.
One more thing, they make you sign a contract which is usually 2 years.
USA visa required
While I do recommend team operations for new drivers, One question to ask... Will you be starting as a true team, alternating driving with your trainer, or will the trainer actually be sitting in the passenger seat ACTUALLY training you instead of being in the back sleeping, watching tv, or whatever, while you try to figure your new job out for yourself. I have heard horror stories about these scenarios. Make sure you know company policy on this, and that your trainer understands it too, and will comply with that policy. A driver facing camera can be a big help if this situation becomes your trainers word against yours. This should NOT be a problem, but it DOES still happen.
You can always move to true team (not to mention solo) driving when you, your trainer, and the company all agree that you are ready to do so, and you are ready to the face the many daily trials that truck driver face mile after mile. After all, trucking is 95% problem solving, and you better get used to getting that proverbial square peg into the round hole. That does not mean you should accept anything but the best training to set you up to succeed in your chosen career.
Should make a video on how and where to find drivers.
Honestly almost everyone I know got there CDL from work. Most construction companies or companies that own and use trucks will help you out and often give you a raise.
Another great opportunity is to get a F (farm) endorsement on your license. That's going to get you in the door with any of the big agriculture operations.
Yet another one is I got a B from a bus company and a friend helped me upgrade that to a class A. I just gave the bus company notice after many years of driving and I'm going to be driving for my friend who helped me out. Probably until he is done with running his company because he is the one who spent a few days letting me learn the differences between the fright world and the passenger side of things.
Can you do local when you just get your CDL?
@@shiftautomotive854 yeah for sure. I have yet to do even a single over night trip.
I tell you one thing starting pay for a long haul was so said. As a new driver. I was so upset but did not quit. After a year i was training then solo. Love this channel.
Do what i had to do, join the army
Ronan, I've been watching your videos and I like how detailed and concise they are.
My name is Victor and drove for different companies since 2015.
I was new to the trucking industry and didn't know who to listen, wish I would have known about your site.
I probably would have stayed with a good reliable company.
I started with a CLASS B Commercial license being fresh out of the military went to the first CDL driving school I could find not knowing really what to look for upgraded my license to a ClASS A with endorsements.
As a new driver I wad told to go for the highest paying job when I should focused on better training first.
Have I struggled, yes.
My goal is to be owner operator and if all goes well some day start my own fleet partner with a reliable company.
For now like you say team with a good training company just not sure if their willing to retrain since I already have a CLASS A or put me in a truck with a trainer for the full exten of training period.
Sincerely
Victor