should I become a truck driver?
#21
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Hey Shell
I'm going to a tech school right now for driving truck....and it's a great experience. I would HIGHLY recommend it !!!!!!! It's a great way to learn the insides to being a good trucker. If the program is like mine.....your instructors have been truckin' for a while now. They know the in's and out's. You'll feel pretty confident once you leave with good quality training. Hope that helps !
#22
Re: should I become a truck driver?
Originally Posted by shell
Hello, I'm goin to be 21 in 2 months, should I go to a trucking school for a CDL licence. ?
Originally Posted by shell
I live in Michigan and I read somewhere that age discrimination, most companies don't hire 21 years olds.
Originally Posted by shell
Can I become a truck driver? I haven't had any jobs in last 2 years, do they hire someone like me?
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#23
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Hot Springs, Ar
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Work history
Your lack of work history will be more of a hindrance than your age. What Erv you have not been doing this last 2 years, I suggest you find someone with their own business to provide a work history. You need to account for your life back to February 2004. W-2s, 1099s, employer reference in rare cases a affidavit from an attorney, former business associate with verifiable business will be wanted. Without these you are likely SOL :cry:
#24
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Originally Posted by flood
Originally Posted by shell
Hello, I'm goin to be 21 in 2 months, should I go to a trucking school for a CDL licence. I live in Michigan and I read somewhere that age discrimination, most companies don't hire 21 years olds. Can I become a truck driver? I haven't had any jobs in last 2 years, do they hire someone like me?
now with that said what have you been doing for the last 2 years..? as that maybe an issue. you will have to look around as a few companies will hire a 21 year old inexperience driver. best of luck to you. A 21 year old is legally able to drive a tractor trailer anywhere in the USA So the only reason companys refuse to hire 21 year olds, is cuz the company is too cheap to pay the insurance!! I think that should be illegal! As long as a worker is legally able to do the job, why are companys allowed to refuse employment based on there being too cheap to pay insurance? I also don't think a 21 year old new truckdriver is any higher risk than say a 25 year old new truck driver. So its stupid insurance company can charge a young guy higher insurance, even tho he has a perfect driving record! Just because a driver is young, doesn;t mean they are a bad driver!
#25
Why can't you join the army after a certain age?
Landstar requires 23 y/o, lets sue them :roll: If a company is too cheap to hire 21 year olds based on insurance costs, and thats discrimination, then should they be sued because they won't hire a 35 year old with 3 recent DUI's? Policies are there for a reason. Does it make sense? Probably not to the losing end of the deal.
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#26
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You guys are spouting off once again about laws that DO NOT exist!!! Basically the laws for age discrimination apply to people over 40 and are very specific.
Hertz won't rent a car to someone under 25. Insurance companies charge 5 times more for a driver under 21. Insurance companies charge more for a young mans insurance than a young girls. You can't join the Army after a certain age. You can't operate heavy machinery unless your a certain age. You can't drink unless your 21 You can't smoke unless your 18 There are no laws for age discrimination with regards to this topic and many more. If you didn't get a raise and you think it's because of your age, well, maybe.
#27
Re: should I become a truck driver?
Originally Posted by shell
Hello, I'm goin to be 21 in 2 months, should I go to a trucking school for a CDL licence. I live in Michigan and I read somewhere that age discrimination, most companies don't hire 21 years olds. Can I become a truck driver? I haven't had any jobs in last 2 years, do they hire someone like me?
Can you get a job at 21? Yes. Will you become a truck driver? Maybe. Many people learn to drive a truck, but few remain to be truck drivers. It will solely depend on you. Have you heard the saying "you don't have to be crazy to take this job, but it helps..." , well........ :wink: Good luck with whatever you decide.
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#28
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Northeast region
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If you enjoy being by yourself, not with family, or friends, living out of a truck, eating at all-you-can eat buffet's, stuffing yourself silly! while playing video arcade games , then you might enjoy trucking.
I'm going to be otr trucker. Hell, I might stay out 3-5 months at a time b/c there is nothing for me at home. The past two years of my life I've been cutting off my schedule, hanging with friends, anything that was required of me to attend. Now I've set my life up to hit the road and leave nothing behind! No one will miss me when I'm on the road. I'll shoot a few e-mails here and there to my family.
#29
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Originally Posted by mf2004champ
If you enjoy being by yourself, not with family, or friends, living out of a truck, eating at all-you-can eat buffet's, stuffing yourself silly! while playing video arcade games , then you might enjoy trucking.
I'm going to be otr trucker. Hell, I might stay out 3-5 months at a time b/c there is nothing for me at home. The past two years of my life I've been cutting off my schedule, hanging with friends, anything that was required of me to attend. Now I've set my life up to hit the road and leave nothing behind! No one will miss me when I'm on the road. I'll shoot a few e-mails here and there to my family. |
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