Companies that will hire a driver with a rollover accident.

[dewercs2]

Mbadriver....
I had a rollover in 11-07 and my company wanted me to stay with them. They even asked me to become O/O via lease purchase program.

Bentstrider.... I've spoken to System Ttransport. I am just waiting to get cleared of my injuries before going with them.

good luck.

pb

[stormothecentury]

Termination is standard for rollover accidents. Other than mechanical, a rollover is always caused by speed and not having the vehicle under control.

Not necessarily - a good friend of mine was literally blown off of I-90 outside of Bozeman a few weeks ago. 80 mph winds blew his truck (and about five others) right off the road.

[bentstrider]

Mbadriver....
I had a rollover in 11-07 and my company wanted me to stay with them. They even asked me to become O/O via lease purchase program.

Bentstrider.... I've spoken to System Ttransport. I am just waiting to get cleared of my injuries before going with them.

good luck.

pb

Is this them?
http://www.trans-system.com/index.html

[bentstrider]

I've studied some CDL manuals over the past, few weeks.
I'm going to go ahead and get my doubles/triples endorsement tacked on shortly.
I feel if I want to fund any other career options, driving some powder truck might be the ticket.
Nothing wrong with going to school, but I don't particularly care for
student/hipsters living off of gov't aid, and Starbucks checks.
Neither do I want to join them!!

[BIG JEEP on 44's]

Termination is standard for rollover accidents. Other than mechanical, a rollover is always caused by speed and not having the vehicle under control.

Not necessarily - a good friend of mine was literally blown off of I-90 outside of Bozeman a few weeks ago. 80 mph winds blew his truck (and about five others) right off the road.

At Werner if you were blown over by wind ,and the weather was documetable they would not terminate you they would list the incident as non -preventable ...However because the truck is going to need a wrecker it is going to show on your DAC as DOT non-preventable where as most companies do not report non-dot non-preventable to DAC/USIS . And one could say that you were aware of the weather ,but in some places not driving b/c it's windy would mean avoiding those states for entire seasons .

[bentstrider]

Well, got the doubles/triples added, so here I go again.
As I said, once I'm back into it, 2 full years, then I'll officially put it behind me.
After that, I'll start plugging away at a BSN.

[Elmdor]

I dont think getting a doubles/triples endorsement is going to help very much. The way companies are going to look at it is, why let him pull doubles if he has a hard time pulling one trailer.

They handle a lot differently and are not as forgiving as a single tractor if you screw up.

[bentstrider]

Well, this was a fatigue-related matter.
So, I'm pretty deep in the hole as far as that one goes.
Anywho, plenty of owner-op's I've come across that may give me a chance.
Only thing I have to remember is get enough rest/sleep.
As true with any other career that has been fired towards me.
Asleep at the wheel=crash
Asleep while engineering a bridge component=collapse
Asleep while performing an operation=malpractice lawsuit.

Not trying to be funny, but I'm just stating that my weakness is over-commiting, and throwing everything else to the side.
Anywho, persistence is eventually going to pay off in on way or another.
And I'll be saving up my future, college funds, while those fratboys are flooding those late-night, college-loan commercial hotlines.

[Elmdor]

If you had your own truck and someone came to you and said, "Will you hire me? I had a rollover accident and fatigue related issues, but I have 14 months of experience" would you hire that person? Probably not, because if something happened, the owner is going to take a pretty big hit to his bottom line.

This probably isn't the right career for you if you think you're going to make big bucks or if you think you need to do it to prove something to yourself or to fix your ego.

Also, Company's that can't afford to lose drivers, or have an open position (like delivery drivers, or someone with a specific route that's been around awhile and knows ins and outs or can cut through office politics) will usually keep a driver even if he screws up big. In 2003 I hit the same car twice, but I kept my job because it's not easy finding someone who will hand unload a 53' ft trailer full of biohazardous waste.


I'm not trying to be a dick, just being realistic.

If you want to pull Reefer Try Henderson they may give you a try they have a regional plan out of CA or you can run OTR.

[bentstrider]

Ha Ha Ha.
Maybe not "big bucks", but much more comfortable than the job I'm doing right now.
And if I wanted to have a job with a big ego, I would rather have gone to college, straight out of high school, and became a doctor.
Aside from punk-lawyers, I could've put people in their place quite fast.

Patient-"You suck."
Myself, if doctor-"No prescription for you dipwad!!"

Oh, and I spoke with Robertson's Transport today.
I told them about the accident and they said that as long as there were no points on my H6, that they would be able to train/hire me.
Since I still don't have any points, it looks like there's still hope for me after all.
The job is also local, and shift-work.
A plus and a minus, but I'll still be able to shuffle in a college class, or two and not have to resort to Socialist-Aid.

[mighty3]

Just curious...did you ever find a job? My husband rolled his truck after he hit the mud on a rain soaked median and tried to bring the truck back onto the highway. Rookie mistake but it cost him his job, his confidence and his career. He did pest control for a while till the company went belly up, now he is back calling trucking companies and seeing if one will hire him. Some mistakes just can't be forgiven it seems. Trucking is such an dangerous job, with absolutely no room for error. The companies expect so much out of their drivers, but there is no second chances!

[bentstrider]

Well, I stumbled onto a host of local companies, some of them posted on an EDD website.
I tried out this team-operation in Van Nuys, but the first-seaters they had available were all ex-cons for the most part, drug-abusers at that, so I left after a week.
I'm going to continue looking into a few other companies I spotted while I also try and get my old, security posting back.

If anything, I'll probably have to go to school and get a degree of some sort.
Best part of that is I could always seek out part-time work that pays $20,000-30,000/year, just for having a piece of paper.

[b00m]

All i can say is GoodLuck man. Keep trying and somewhere doors will open.

[bentstrider]

Well, I've been with this smaller, rail-container hauling company out of Montebello for the last month.
It's been working out very good, and the runs are healthy enough for me.
It's local, but 1 month down, 5 more to go before I'm able to get my old position back.

To sum it all up, persistence pays off in the end.

[bentstrider]

Well, keeping things in line, I've had six months with this current carrier and I'm not really feeling them.
I've tried to get on with some larger, Qualcomm-equipped companies and Swift keeps sending them the negative feedback in regards to the accidents I've had.

Currently, I have zero accidents listed on my MVR/DMV H6 printout, and I ordered a report from DAC/USIS that showed, "We have no information on you at this time.".

There were two, minor backing accidents that were non-DOT reportable and were assumingly rectified after taking a few, Smith-system courses.

Then there was the rollover which was DOT-reportable, but it's been more than a year, and still no record of it on my MVR/H6.

However, Swift seems to be intent on not wanting me to drive anywhere else, and with the economy in such a rough state, that seems to have produced "no dice" as far as trying to get back on with them.

For now, as repeated in other posts, I'm sticking to this 40 unit, community college, EMT-Basic-to-Paramedic certification program.

At least here, I'll get to focus on studying with other individuals trying to go to school for a better career.

Instead of say, a university where I would probably end up going to jail for attacking a hippie.

[golfhobo]

There ARE no "hippies" left at universities. Well..... maybe at Berkely.

[bentstrider]

There ARE no "hippies" left at universities. Well..... maybe at Berkely.

I'm not 100% against a university-education, I'm just disappointed they lead to office/desk jobs 80% of the time.
As far as UC Berkeley goes, I'm not Mormon, but BYU should over-run that God-Awful place and reform it.

Not to get off subject, but I also hate when I'm not only suggested to apply to a university, but one in "No-Cal".

Sorry, but I'll stick to desert areas where no one debates packing heat.

[golfhobo]

bentstrider said:

I'm not 100% against a university-education, I'm just disappointed they lead to office/desk jobs 80% of the time.

Only because 80% of graduates will take the first "office job" they can get! Think outside the box. Architectural engineering, Civil engineering, Structural engineering brings to mind Resort development or some major project like, say.... Hoover Dam.

Geophysical, Geological, Metallurgy, Earth Sciences..... outdoor work in the oil exploration field.

Oceanography, Marine Biology, Forestry, Climatology..... all outdoor workplaces.

I could go on.... but, I think you get my drift.

As far as UC Berkeley goes, I'm not Mormon, but BYU should over-run that God-Awful place and reform it.

Independent thought NEEDS no "reformation." The very root of the word implies forced manipulation to mold something or someone to CONform to ones own ideals. If you feel the need to play GOD, try Playdough!

Not to get off subject, but I also hate when I'm not only suggested to apply to a university, but one in "No-Cal".

I did neither. I referred to Berkely ONLY in jest. But one could do worse than "NO-CAL" for a location to live, study, or work in.

Sorry, but I'll stick to desert areas where no one debates packing heat.

O.J. would tell you otherwise concerning Nevada. I suggest you try Baghdad U.

I didn't see any smilies in your post, but I assume you were just having fun, as I was/am. If not.... oh, well.

[bentstrider]

Nice suggestions, but my math-level is currently nowhere near it should be to get into those programs.

It would probably take at least 3-4 years of refreshing and repeating courses to get me up to speed.
Last I checked, there were at least 6-8 different math courses required for any "hard-science" degree.

Then there would also be the threat of a recently graduated, 34-37 year old engineer wanting to choke out the 22 year old PhD bossing him around.

Hopefully by the time that ever happens, trucking will still be around, then I could just ditch that and go back to company driving .

And I also plan on paying out of pocket for any schooling I receive, I dunno about you, but financial aid is just a form of welfare/socialism that needs to be eliminated, ASAP!!

Hence getting the EMT-B certification first.