Tre,
if you do the community college 8 week program you will have a better chance local then if you do one of those 3 week programs plus you will be more comfortable driving and backing...
Dont listen to everything you hear as the economy in Florida is no worse then any other state, just live with in your means. We have guys at my barn that lived as if the made $1300 a week all the time and when the sh.t hit the fan these past few months some of them got starved out of work as they could not live on $500 a week.. I never understand that kind of mentality...
As far as companies go I did the 8 week program in Orlando and went right to work for Commercial Carrier Corp pulling dedicated Beer out of the brewery in Jacksonville. I did it for almost 3 years, then I went to UPS Frieght with high hopes that being a teamster would pay off in the end...Yea Right...
( Union Jobs in Florida are useless) from there I went to pulling fuel for Florida Rock & tank Lines and I love the job..
Commercial Carrier is not the best outifit to work for but its a start, the trucks are slow 55mph and the pay is percentage you can do well but dont expect over $500 take home a week for 6 days of work. It can vary some what but this is a realistic number. Plus times or slow and they have shut down some terminals and are losing frieght so it is hit and miss..
You can get a local job out of school but it may take some time and research on your part given the economy, I can tell you right off the bat to stay away from OTR if you have a family. I knew from day 1 it would be local or nothing You can do the same thing too...
Good luck..
Timberwolf
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The Irony behind the fact that I find Solace behind the wheel of 80,000 lbs of explosive material..
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