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Becoming A Truck Driver: Help, Stories, Advice, and Opinions

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This blog is dedicated to helping those who are considering becoming a truck driver or those who are new to the trucking industry.

• Added on: Feb 23rd, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Brett Aquila
• Listed in: Trucking Career & Jobs
• Tags: truck driving trucking jobs trucking schools becoming a truck driver trucking forum cdl test

Recent Posts

• Randy’s Phase 1 CDL Training - Part 2

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 05:00 in career help, cdl training, life on the road, getting your cdl, advice and opinions, becoming a truck driver, truck driver training, on the road in training, first solo months on the road, rhonda & randy's story

  Yesterday I forgot to say all the states Randy's been in, just since the beginning of the week: Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina. Before he went to school, he'd only been in 2...

• Randy’s Phase 1 CDL Training - Part 1

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 10:16 in career help, cdl training, life on the road, getting your cdl, advice and opinions, becoming a truck driver, new drivers in a slow economy, truck driver training, on the road in training, first solo months on the road, rhonda & randy's story

  Randy just started phase I training out on the road. It's a lot of pressure but very exciting at the same time....

• Advice For Couples Regarding Truck Driving

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 05:43 in career help, cdl training, advice for couples, advice and opinions, becoming a truck driver, attending truck driving school, hard lessons learned, driver responsibilities, truck driver training, rhonda & randy's story

  The reason I'm sharing our personal experiences with this is to help people understand the truly tension-packed environment at truck driving school, and how it may affect your spouse. Everyone's marriage is different, so everyone's experience will b...

• Advice For Truck Driving School Students

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 07:21 in career help, cdl training, getting your cdl, advice and opinions, becoming a truck driver, attending truck driving school, hard lessons learned, driver responsibilities, truck driver training, trucking school, rhonda & randy's story

  This is a summary of what I've learned from many experienced truckers on TruckingTruth, plus the perspective I've gained as my husband went through the classroom training during August-September, 2009....

• Randy’s Truck Driving School - Days 20 & 21

  Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 07:12 in cdl training, life on the road, getting your cdl, advice and opinions, becoming a truck driver, attending truck driving school, truck driving stories, truck driver training, on the road in training, rhonda & randy's story

  Randy was SO excited the last time I talked to him because after a change of plans, he and his trainer are now going to Mira Loma, CA first. And they get to drive past Las Vegas at night, which sounds really cool! He knows he's going to be working r...

• Truck Driving - Experience and Enjoyment of the Job

  Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 06:55 in career help, great stories, life on the road, advice and opinions, truck driving lifestyle, stories of the road, truck driving stories, first solo months on the road

  I love being a truck driver, and certainly plan on doing this for a while. I've also found that as my experience grows, my enjoyment also continues to grow. I'm still considered a rookie with only 8 months experience, but the little experience I have...

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james bridgett

iam haveing ahard time gettingatrucking job ihave my class a little otrtime&4+yrs tractortral exp

Posted: June 2nd, 2009 | Report This Comment

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