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Newbie needs advice
Does driving for a dumop truck company qualify as road experience? I haven't driven since the late 80's and am trying to get back in it. Everyone wants experience in the last 3 years. I don't want to go to school, so if I drive a dump truck or logging truck, would this qualify?
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In a word, no. That is if you mean by road experience OTR experience. The only ones who would consider that as experience would be others in the same line of work.
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Basically since you have not driven a tractor trailer for at least six months within the last three years you have no better status than a driver that just turned 21 and got their cdl yesterday, sorry. Most places do not count driving anything less than a tractor trailer as experience so working your way up isn't going to work either, sorry. You may find a small local company that will take you on, but I imagine you will need to attend truck driving school and take a job with a training carrier to get the experience.
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The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
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