Well I have been all over looking for a driving job and I have found some but did not work out for reasons being my school is not approved or wanting me run illegal and now my funds are low so it looks like I'll have to find a job working at Autozone or something just to try to make ends meet. Its hard to get on with a company when your experience level is low, and you cant explain to them that you can drive the truck just to let you show them but I guess that is how it works. I'm going to give it until this weekend and see if anything comes up and if not I guess I'll start looking for some crap job here local.

 

Autozone has their own trucks. I don't know if they are company trucks or owner operators. I would think that there would be a training program that you could get into with some of the larger carriers. Regardless, sometimes we need to take a step back to jump forward.

 

sbatson....What is it you want?? You come on this forum asking question after question, poll after poll, and now your going to give up?? I agree with GMAN on this "sometimes we need to take a step back to jump forward".
What "kind" of driving job are you looking for??? Why not run OTR for a while get some "experience" apply Locally or whatever it is you are looking for while gaining your "experience" OTR. If driving is what you want dont give up so easily. You may not beable to walk into the perfect job right away....go get a job driving a dang truck.
GMANs advise about Autozone is also good, find out the job requirements and experience to drive there trucks.

 

Autozone is company trucks, they require hazmat because of hauling batteries.

 

Now dont get me wrong I want to go OTR for awhile to get that experience in my life and decide in 6 months to a year if I want to stay with it or go else where.It just seems like everything goes wrong like the Fed Ex deal was all good and then my school was'nt on there approved list so there went that and then I got on with this small o/o company and they wanted me to tear out log pages all the time and that wasnt safe so I got out.I guess its just hard to trust people any more but I am taking in the "take a step back" deal and maybe see what happens.

 

why not look into some medium sized carriers. Baylor is solid out of indiana, about 300 trucks. you need to quit coming here and listening to the CFM's and Lebron James of the world. there are lots of jobs out tehre if you go look and maybe not set your standards to high...until you got the experience to set them high. i myself am changing jobs here next week,, maybe the week after depending on if the current boss will take one week or not. i got same pay, home everyday, driving in daytime, well starting at 2am. benefits...which i have not had for four years, other than what i bought on my own. you got to be patient and take a good job until the dream job comes along. remember, don't listen to alot of crap on hear and on the cb. you gotta do what is best for you and your family and what makes you happy...not what CFM and others tell you will make you happy.

 

Halliburton, Schlumberger, BJ Services, Weatherford Well Services, Superior Well Services, plus a fistfull of smaller but similar companies, are all in the Dallas area, and all of them are looking for young, healthy and competent men and women, to work for them.

They all are service companies in the oil industry. The work they provide is hard and grueling. You will spend plenty of days sitting out on a well-site...but every second that you spend at work...from the time you walk through the door to dispatch, is paid for. The pay they offer is middle of the road to start, but once you prove yourself...YOU will set your own pay scale...but YOU have to prove to THEM that you are worth their time, effort and the "On The Job" education they will provide you.

The kids I have talked with, whom are working for all of those companies, are making in the $20 per hour range(plus overtime pay), working 75 to 90 hours a week (right now)...and all have said they are enjoying themselves, while learning things they had not thought of 2 years ago. BTW...yes..working 75 to 110 hours a week in the Oilfield" is legal, because of section 395.1(d) & (d)(2)in the fmcsa regulations driver handbook.

If you want to be "home every night" immediately..then..maybe truck driving is not the job for you.
But then again..unless you have a specific college education, that put's you in a work category that offers something better than driving truck...you have to put in some time doing the job(driving truck), before the premium "home every night" jobs will be offered to you.

SB...you are young. Give any one of those first five companies I wrote down a chance. Go by all or some of their offices in your area. Talk with them, see what they are willing to offer you. You never know...you might work for one of them for 40 years and retire from the job with a very decent check.

Just so you know...I worked for Dowell...which is the "Well Services" portion of Schlumberger, back when I was a kid (21-30 years old). If I had stayed, I would be looking at retirement in 3 years, with a monthly check in the neighborhood of $6700 a month + bennies. My best friend is still employed by Schlumberger...his yearly retirement income is going to be in the $83,000 range(2/3 of what he makes now),plus his 401K income & bennies, 3 years from now.

Stop being negative, hitch up your pants, (hide your tattoes and remove your piercings if you have them), and make a prospective employer want to hire you, based on a clean appearance, a positive attitude and a willingness to learn.

Oh yes...if you do go to work for one of those companies, and decide to move on 3 to 4 years from now..most any trucking company will offer you a job..just because of the calibur of company each of those 5 companies are. They all have a decent industry reputation..and expect their drivers to maintain that reputation.

 

Yo, If you've been on these boards to the tune of 157 Posts you should know by now that you do have a number of Options, I don't know what Ur background is though, And I'm not advising you but, Knight Trans 4 months exp ,Melton 3 month EXP, Schneider Training, Gainey Trans Training, Steven Transport Training, Swift Training. So there are a few choices out there for U. Hope all goes well for U









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Thanks for all the help and I'm hitting it hard tommorrow and see what turns up, I already have a few that I found this weekend and I will look up those companies you posted on here Orangetxguy and I will update Monday and let you know what came out of them, but once again Thank You for all the help and I'll stay postive tommorrow and see what comes out of it.

 

Have ya checked with Texas Star Transport - their terminal was a little east of Dallas!