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I truly do not think all is lost if you can still meet certain criteria. If it were me, and this is just my opinion, you need to find a local company and sit down and talk with them. Be very open, truthful and specific about the "Wheres and Whys" concerning your suspension.
They are OUT there. One of them had a special relationship (above board) with the school I went thru. If your record was clean enough (though not spotless,) they would take you on in what SOME here decry as 'team training.' Then... if you didn't mind being HOME every weekend, and getting lots of miles at "reasonable starting pay," ... you could make more money in your second month than MOST new drivers make in the first 3 months or more... if they didn't get "washed out" by the company they thought was "hiring" them.
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Without knowing what the suspension was for, my hands are kinda tied. If it was for unpaid tickets or even child support, that is much different then say,
What HE said... (I think Dana is a HE.)
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...leaving the scene of an accident while intoxicated... doing 108 trying to evade the law... (I think you can kinda get my meaning here. )
ROFLMAO! Hit me over the head with that citation a few more times, DANA... Not sure it has sunk in yet! .... "Mach 2 with my hair on fire!" LOL! [Sorry... addicted to speed!]
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Everyone makes mistakes and it will have to depend on how you handle this matter, that will determine your future.
Gotta say... extremely concise... but, BRILLIANT. Depending on YOUR age, and circumstance, you may have no idea how prescient and applicable that thought was! I could say that even when we think we are NOT making a mistake, BAD things can happen to ANY of us. But, as you say... it is how we HANDLE the matter that will determine our future. And I cannot stress enough how much these decisions DO 'determine' one's future.
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List the good features you can bring to their company. Tell them you are willing to go on a 6 month probation period. Tell them you will come in and practice pre-tripping every truck in their fleet, tell them you will be the first to arrive and the last to leave, tell them you will ride with them 30 days for free, tell them what ever you have to, THEN BACK IT UP WITH ACTIONS! Honesty goes a long way in this day and time. I wish you well. Good Luck!
Not disputing any of that, but.... MOST drivers want to start their careers with their dream of being "solo rider" on their metal beast. And most companies NEED a lot of these solo drivers. But, MANY of them have good paying "steady" contracts for longer runs that require TEAM trucks. TEAMS usually make more miles. TEAMS are in demand... hell, they pay $5k bonuses for us sometimes!
That "local" company that might talk to you, might well ask you if you will go TEAM.... cuz, the MONEY is in runs to the West Coast. And the produce "backhaul" that pays as much or MORE. If you can't make that decision right then, well... at least tell them you will put it at the TOP of your list (and talk to your wife or something about it.)
Welcome to CAD, NAIM215... now... explain your username before I go NUTS trying to figure it out!
[yes... I know this is DANA's post.]
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