What company to go with?
#21
06-12-2009, 04:14 PM
well i just talked to my brother and he doesnt know what to do now. He had mentioned buying a truck and being an o/o and that is one thing i dont know much about so i couldnt help him with that. i dont know if he is really wanting to do this or if this was one of them ideas that last a minute. I am sure that once he realizes how much it cost to do that for the truck and insurance and everything he will be reconsidering it. He is trying to keep away from going into a different industry since he knows this is what industry he wants in. and he doesnt want to ruin his work history bc he is not happy with his job. Unfortunately around where we live there isnt much when it comes to trucking which is why my husband is out on the road, either that or its me and the three kids. Who knows but anyway i did talk to him about this stuff you guys have told me and the suggestions and I do appreciate it all. I agree with most of you on here and i think he would probably be better to just get something for right now and get a work history since all he has is the Navy and then maybe and if this country ever starts getting better he will have a better chance a year or two down the road.
#22
06-12-2009, 05:53 PM
don't worry! the lack of no experience will keep him out of that side.. it doesn't matter if he owns it or drives it. no is doing any hiring in this industry...
__________________________________________________ ___________________________________ some men!!! you just can't reach!!!! so you get what we had here last week. which is the way he wants it!!!! weeeelll! he gets it!!! I don't like it, any more then you men..... (cool hand luke) Last edited by Matcron33; 06-12-2009 at 05:59 PM.
#23
06-13-2009, 08:44 AM
To channel dave ramsey here for a second, if you have no experience and no prospects, DO NOT BUY A TRUCK. And as if that's enough, DO NOT GO INTO DEBT TO BUY A TRUCK. That beast will chew up a seasoned vet if not properly fed and groomed. The registration alone can cost a few grand depending on the state. Not to mention all the other factors that go into getting all the other permits, authorities, and god only knows what else. I've been driving for 3 years and I can't even begin to guess how to go about owning a truck.
As far as credit, I honsetly don't know how it factors in, i've just heard it referenced in passing that your credit history has the potential to be used during a hiring process. Don't ask me how or why. I find it backwards that someone with bad credit would have a harder time getting a job, seems like they could use the money more. But, I don't do hiring, I just drive. Just on a personal note, maybe the unemployed can try with the local temp agencies, like manpower or officeteam or whatever. It's an easy way to get into work sooner than later, and you can come and go as you please with little concern for a ding on your record for quitting for a better job. That's gotten me through a few lean times.
#24
06-14-2009, 07:15 AM
To channel dave ramsey here for a second, if you have no experience and no prospects, DO NOT BUY A TRUCK. And as if that's enough, DO NOT GO INTO DEBT TO BUY A TRUCK. That beast will chew up a seasoned vet if not properly fed and groomed. The registration alone can cost a few grand depending on the state. Not to mention all the other factors that go into getting all the other permits, authorities, and god only knows what else. I've been driving for 3 years and I can't even begin to guess how to go about owning a truck.
As far as credit, I honsetly don't know how it factors in, i've just heard it referenced in passing that your credit history has the potential to be used during a hiring process. Don't ask me how or why. I find it backwards that someone with bad credit would have a harder time getting a job, seems like they could use the money more. But, I don't do hiring, I just drive. Just on a personal note, maybe the unemployed can try with the local temp agencies, like manpower or officeteam or whatever. It's an easy way to get into work sooner than later, and you can come and go as you please with little concern for a ding on your record for quitting for a better job. That's gotten me through a few lean times.
#25
06-14-2009, 04:15 PM
well he did decide to go and try to temp agencies tomorrow and hope to find something but he is also going out to the college to see about the driving courses too. The way jobs are around here, hopefully he has some kind of luck finding something. He had heard that if he goes to school and gets his cdl and doesnt find a job within the first year he has to take the course again, is this true? If it is then he is going to wait a while to try to get something set up for after he gets out of school.
#26
06-14-2009, 08:11 PM
I would wait!!!! get a job first... he's done heard a ton of no's and until the economy improves. he will still here no for all the trucking companies. I would tell him to chill out for a couple of years. the ressession is going to take a while... so if i was him. I would focus on getting a job any job. maybe a couple of jobs. and recover my life first. if the state is paying for the school. I would suggest being a heavy duty truck mechanic. many truck drivers end up doing that or running a wrecker. and from whati've seen the work is more steady as a mechanic. he will make just as much. be home more. and have every weekend off... tell him not to limit his educational options to one career field... the last thing he needs. is a student loan and no job to pay for it with.... the schools can't promise him a job after words. that is the biggest lie they will tell him... he needs to think about all his options....
Last edited by Matcron33; 06-14-2009 at 08:19 PM.
#27
06-15-2009, 04:28 AM
Thats not a bad idea...i dont know if he ever really thought about going into something like that. He has always been one to work on things so i am sure that it is somthing that would interest him. I will have to talk with him about this and see what he thinks.
#28
06-15-2009, 09:19 AM
I was kind of in his place 10 years ago... I wouldn't listen to anyone. 10 years million miles later. I am a mechanic in a heavy duty truck shop.. I make the same pay as truckers. and i don't have the double living expenses of traveling. and now I ride a bicycle to work... it saves me tons over driving a car or a moped.. the only real benifit i have with holding a cdl. is i get picked to go out on a wreker run to pick up broke down semi's on the road.. that's all the driving i do... the only other bonus i have. is when i got off the road. I lost nearly 60 pounds...
#29
06-15-2009, 11:38 AM
I am confused..........
 I was kind of in his place 10 years ago... I wouldn't listen to anyone. 10 years million miles later. I am a mechanic in a heavy duty truck shop.. I make the same pay as truckers. and i don't have the double living expenses of traveling. and now I ride a bicycle to work... it saves me tons over driving a car or a moped.. the only real benifit i have with holding a cdl. is i get picked to go out on a wreker run to pick up broke down semi's on the road.. that's all the driving i do... the only other bonus i have. is when i got off the road. I lost nearly 60 pounds...
what's my deal??? it's really simple. I have worked for my oldest brother for the last year pulling containers out of chicago. the company he leased the truck to. had the accounts frooze completely.. the container companies owner was getting a divorce. and didn't say anything about it until the lease was signed. so may 1 I was laid off with out any kind of notice what so ever. they never even called me to tell me. and when i called in to see what they had for me to do on that friday. the didn't say anything then.. you would be a really upset from the whole matter. too make matters worse never of them will tell the unemployement office i am laid off. why??? because neither of them want to pay the unemployement benifits i really need. to make matters worse. no one is hiring. and that is a fact. I am 5 states away from home. stuck in the south side of indianapolis. it's really bad here. to make matters worse. neither my brother or the owner of the container company will varify the last year of employment. any local companies here that is hring. won't hire me. because i am not a resident of this corn fead state of indiana.. it's bad. the worst i ever had my whole life.. too make matters really bad. I live in a truck on my brothes lot. have to baby sit the shop why because the crack heads here will rob the place. he will not pay me. and when i asked to be paid. this is what my very own brother told me.. I let you stay on my lot. that should be pay enough. so I have very little money and no where to live. I can't get help from either indiana or florida for welfare,unemployement or any other govornment program... how am I writting this to you. on the computer in the office of the shop my brother owns.. beleieve me. you have no clue on what it's like to be completely left out in the cold. I always wondered why so of the homeless were bitter. Now that i am homeless. I see completely how they feel when the ask for a dollar or hold a sign up begging for help.. and no one will help. so as you can see. I am really not a negative person at all. what happened to me shouldn't of happened. and I haven't done nothing wrong in my life to deserve this..
and i am sorry if my post on the trucking sites seem to be a bit negative. and to truthfull. honesty is just that. honesty. most of my post are to help people with question they have about trucking related jobs.. this is the only post on the internet any where that is meant to be entertaining and fun... and you can believe me i am on here everyday sending out applications and follow up calls on them.. no one in the trucking industry seems to want to help me.. later when the economy picks up. and they are calling me begging me to come and drive there truck. I have a great memory... and I will recall this point in time in life. and how they turned there noses up at me... I am going through a really bad time in my life rite now... hopfully one day soon. things will get better for me.. and remember you asked.. Your advice would be beneficial to the O/P even if you did not fib to make it sound better. Last edited by OhNoMrBill; 06-15-2009 at 11:41 AM.
#30
06-16-2009, 05:37 AM
I would! but knowing you! you would do more damage then good in that post... next time. leave well enough alone... now you have probably screwed it up... thanx. your a real trooper.. my situation doesn't matter to me when helping some one. so next time! think before you act..
Thank's for the private message Matcron33, but I prefer to keep things in the open. So how is it that I have screwed it up? Last edited by OhNoMrBill; 06-16-2009 at 05:40 AM. |
