Terminated from trucking! Next step?

Khofo · Sep 16, 2019

Good morning friends i'm new to this forum
I have class A with 11 months experience and got terminated from Swift for using my phone while driving.. it was 2 seconds to answer the phone but anyway it's past now. I applied for 15 trycking companies and keep getting rejected.
Now i need a job.. should i start and get straight truck? and how can i get the loads? please help i'm broke.Thank u guys.

Ragman · Sep 16, 2019

Khofo said:
....... and keep getting rejected.

Any reason for the rejections given?

Khofo · Sep 17, 2019

termination- saftey.

Ragman · Sep 17, 2019

Khofo said:
termination- saftey.

You might want to start looking for a new career.

Turtle · Sep 17, 2019

I wonder how Safety found out about a two second phone call. If it was a ticket, then the carrier was fined serious money ($11,000 probably). No other carrier is going to look at that and go, "I gots to get me some of that!"

RoadTime · Sep 17, 2019

Turtle said:
I wonder how Safety found out about a two second phone call. If it was a ticket, then the carrier was fined serious money ($11,000 probably). No other carrier is going to look at that and go, "I gots to get me some of that!"

Don't know if this is current, but...
Maybe this had something to do with it...

"Swift To Put Driver-Facing Cameras In All Trucks. Swift, the third largest commercial carrier in the United States, has announced that it will be outfitting all 6,000+ company vehicles with driver-facing cameras. ... They work by using both forward-facing and driver-facing cameras to record constantly".

jjoerger · Sep 18, 2019

A piece of duct tape will cure that.

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Ragman · Sep 18, 2019

jjoerger said:
A piece of duct tape will cure that.

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skyraider · Sep 18, 2019

Moot · Sep 19, 2019

Khofo said:
Now i need a job.. should i start and get straight truck? and how can i get the loads? please help i'm broke.Thank u guys.

You're broke and want to buy a straight truck? Get yourself a Sharpie, a piece of cardboard and find an unclaimed off ramp somewhere.

Warrior · Sep 19, 2019

This looks like a termination due to safety and on your DAC record. If so, trying to drive a straight truck is the same as driving a Class A. Its all about insurance, and risk mitigation. Try to get a copy of your record, and see what shows on it. Please don't buy a truck, only to find out afterwards, you can't drive it due to this same issue.

muttly · Sep 19, 2019

The Post Office and Amazon are hiring.

TheScuba-Drivers · Sep 21, 2019

I think that serval things are against you. 1) You only have 11 months of experience, which I’m gonna guess you got your CDL through Swift. 2) You now have a huge CSA score which won’t go anywhere for I believe 24 months. So like someone else mentioned, either look for a new profession or your gonna work for someone like a towing company. I hate to be negative but this is what your most likely looking at.