Truck Driving School

[lectricshock]

Ive been listening to this song since i found it which was 6 yrs ago & still love it, i guess it dpends on how you take it.

[yoitsdaman]

Overused fuckin song!!!

[F350FFF]

I hate that fucking song

[sinsemillaman]

GRRR that fucking song!!!!

[cleanbedroom123]

thumbs up if u thumbs down this song

[mozebasic]

gay song

[jimcarreythe2]

@raginh8r  thats bullshit they tunrt you oiff because you were to stupid because of weight you cant turn someone down

[raginh8r]

I tried to become a truck driver but they said I didn't weigh enough.

[yamahonkawazuki]

@raginh8r didnt weigh enough? or too much? hell i weighed 135 when i ent in. 2.5 million miles later i stopped. but idk what hte limit is?

[Souldierofortun3]

can someone tell me what song this is

[dummyspitter]

@Souldierofortun3 Dreamscape (Long Edit the most over used tune on youtube

[killyoubitch27]

You don't need to go to school to drive a truck go to road wars.com and study for free. That's how I got my class A

[doubleitp]

Music is "Breath Machine"

[truckerevan]

How to tell you are not hireable, you have a felony, you have a dui, or a lot of preventable accidents. You have to pay your dues somewhere, we all do, I did. There are plenty of companies that will hire you. Swift, Stevens, Werner, CRST, Central, CR England, Covenant, US Xpress, Watkins Shepard, Willis Shaw, GTI, Squire, etc.

[shaithis45]

@truckerevan I paid my dues once in that industry. Never got me anything decent paying nor was my experience worth a dam after trying out different parts of the workforce non-related to trucking. As long as companies blacklist you for not sticking with one industry forever, then to me trucking is just a waste of time and a wasted life especially when you are paid by the mile and the loads are not there. All those companies you mentioned probably don't guarantee a driver a steady income.

[truckerevan]

@shaithis45

It's for some and not others. I have always done well in the industry. I learned if you run your ass off and don't complain things seem to go well. No trucking (or non trucking) company can guarantee anything, since it's a industry based on commerce. All I know is I have been doing well since this recession hit while many people have been hurting. Usually if you put in some decent time otr and diversify your skills you will usually be fine in this industry.

[shaithis45]

@truckerevan that is really the trick isn't it. Diversify into what. I broadened my computer knowledge through other sectors of the workforce and kept a clean MVR. The work where I was living just wasn't their and jobs were paying too low for 2+ years of xp. The other side of the coin I experienced was a company that was missing expenses every other trip.

[shaithis45]

@truckerevan I think what it also comes down to is how companies can tend to still get away with cheating said driver out of miles in this day and age when MS Streets and Trips tells you exactly how many miles from PT A to PT B. I did work my ass off but it didn't necessarily get me noticed and seems what I tried from the same company turned out to be gross negligence on the fault of the company.

[shaithis45]

@truckerevan I might have been working out of the wrong hiring areas anyway if I wanted to progress. Really can't trust any of the bigger companies nowadays if the miles are not there. What surprises me is that even in leaving it off on a good note and even in building up my work experience outside the industry, it just never got me noticed. Just thought I might give another insight into what I've seen from this industry.

[shaithis45]

@truckerevan I hear what you are saying now about fairing well. I probably missed opportunities like working for USF locally doing night work but was to a point where I wanted a normal lifestyle. Though I must say persistance did pay off getting me  where I wanted to be and yes you sell yourself professionally and see those opportunities open up. It took a leap of faith interviewing in a town 3 hours away to get me there and taking a few risks. Good point.

[truckerevan]

@shaithis45

I've taken breaks from driving and was able to get back into no problem with smaller companies as long as you show you can drive well. OTR outfits (most) have never been worth a shit. But like I said I see some come into this industry and flourish and a bunch of people fall flat. It's meant for some and not others. It's in your blood or not. Anymore all I see is a lot of wannabe's playing trucker. You found your thing and congrats. I found my thing and couldn't be happier.

[shaithis45]

@truckerevan cont. that was just a little too much fault on the company and not the driver. No one should be having to deal with payroll on their downtime and backtracking three months. The industry itself from what I've seen won't recognize your xp past a certain point the moment you stop driving.That is a little unfair to anyone wishing to return that has kept their background clean and MVR spotless and a decent work record.

[shaithis45]

@truckerevan fyi, my experience was all 48 states and Canada and survived.

[truckerevan]

@shaithis45

Diversify meaning get out of the OTR dweller rat race, quit hauling dummy freight, refine your skills, learn new things. I ran all 48 Canada and Mexico solo, team, and as a trainer. I survived just as well. Trucking is more than OTR dry van. There are a million different opportunities for commercial drivers out there today. The better jobs out there usually aren't in a magazine outside a truck stop.

[shaithis45]

@truckerevan I tried going into decking trucks. Only one minor drawback which caused me to call it quits. I went back to Swift :( It never took much for me to realize when you are making runs to Canada and not getting paid flat deadhead to Swift missing major hotel expenses on every other trip, that was just a sign to get the hell out. FYI, I did haul postal as a seasonal job and made more money in two weeks than I ever would working for Swift.

[truckerevan]

@shaithis45

I don't doubt that at all. Swift has always been a bottom feeder dweller schister outfit. It's a training company that has all they've been.

[truckerevan]

@shaithis45

I myself took every opportunity I could get to obtain secondary training. Most companies offer it for free. I got into Haz-Mat freight which has paid off for me. I make a decent living (more than my friends with 4 year degrees), full benefits, get home everyday, two days off a week, and drive decent equipment. I didn't spend years on the road, just took a little initiative. OTR mega dweller outfits suck ass. Decent jobs usually aren't advertised in the trucking industry.

[shaithis45]

@truckerevan you are absoulutely right about the OTR rat race and I almost made that grave error returning to it but was fortunate enough to be turned down by a general freight company. So I just refined my skills outside of trucking and it got me a permanent position for the long haul and steady pay. You are right about one thing, I was hauling the wrong frieght and basically the wrong everything and that is the trap I fell into with big OTR.

[truckerevan]

@shaithis45

A lot of people do, it's tough. You gotta have a shit load of will and sacrifice a lot. I will admit that I did. My first OTR job was in a cabover with a 48" sleeper. I ran most of the U.S. The truck was a pile of shit no radio, no a.c., broke down all the time. But I stuck it out clawed from one job to the next. Tried to haul anything and everything. My next step hopefully is hauling radioactive waste, right now it's explosives. I like hauling anything and everything.

[shaithis45]

@truckerevan I would've decked trucks with a more professional outfit back then but was stupid enough to buy into Swift's Volvo Driveaway advertisement so talk about f'ing up :) Yeah I would not have minded clawing my way into some serious frieght myself. Had I played my cards a little better, what I should've done was apply for and deliver gasoline. I think they were looking for applicants. I also almost got on board with a chemical outfit but didn't take it.

[truckerevan]

@shaithis45

I just got done hauling gasoline. Very good money, some of the veteran guys at my company were making around six figures a year (although that took 20 years). I was only brought in as a relief driver now I am hauling explosives. Be sure to check out my videos I have some good vids of loading/unloading fuel, driving, etc.

[shaithis45]

@truckerevan now that I look back on it all, I probably lacked follow through for clawing my way into other areas (and others have said go ahead and try it all). I was almost afraid of being typecasted in not being able to do anything else other than just be viewed as just a driver and wanted a little more flexibility in my talents. In listening to you a little more, yes the hazmat opps are out there and the right companies if you just look.

[truckerevan]

@shaithis45

I have been trying to get on with Halliburton here in California for a while now. But you know how that goes. Like I said I would like to haul some radioactive waste or gold in the future.

[shaithis45]

@shaithis45 the difficulty was in finding local work that paid well and allowed one to continue their college educational goals. I just stopped driving a long time ago, developed my technical background and applied that to some hiddent computer talents. Unfortunately the area I was living in didn't have any good opportunities to access the industry as a temp employee but regardless I'm where I want to be. FYI, I also have maintained my CDL and hazmat.

[TheXc60]

nojo píčovina

[pete359l]

awful big cafeteria for 10 people eh?

[cagonesss]

be careful with this schools they will lie to you so they can get your money.even if your not hireable they will tell you that you are and make up shit of lies.if your paying over 2000 for training they r robbing you.even if you get your cdl it will be hard to get a job because most decent companys ask for 1 year otr exp

[darrenhol]

Let me ask you a question, did you find a company to drive for when you got your cdl? There are company's that will take on new drivers.

[shaithis45]

@cagonesss cost of a CDL through Swift back in 2002 was $1,250.00 cash up front and room & board was free.

[EugeneXL]

Nice video. By the way, what music in used in this video background?

[pashok32]

whats the name of the opening song..?

[EugeneXL]

009 Soundsystem - Dreamscape

[importbuilder37]

dont fool yourselves guys a cdl is a great thing but make sure u are "hireable" with a company, i am haveing that problem now i"v been out of a school since 08 and no otr company yet just be careful but these schools will get u your cdl but will make u earn it

[JoeOnTheRoad]

@importbuilder37 Well like the schools tell you if you wana go OTR you gotta start at a big company that hire inexp drivers. Now that you have been out no company will touch you unless you go through a refresher course and sign a contract for a year. (Swift and other companies will likely do that)

[truckingteacher]

the freight companies just have a cost of business which includes insurance. that has nothing to do with getting a driving job, unless you have a bad driving record

[fellmeup10]

even with your cdl its really hard to get a job driving because all your major freight companies pay a high insurance rate .

[victor45601]

Looks like a great place to blow 3 or 4 thousand dollars.

[JoelTheGreat011]

Lol th guy in the cream shirt on the computer at the start IS A CHEATER!!!!!! tell him to look at his own computer lool

[dueltruck700]

lol way i learned to drive a truck, was on an old airstp in my uncles freightliner COE. im only 17 tho lol best day of my life, that was, especially when he sat on the edge of the strip in a lawnchair, and i went solo for 2 hours :))))