keeps you on the road? Anyone willing to give advise? We need help.
My husband was laid off back in November, he drove a boom truck for a local oil company. He had his Class A / with Hazmat and Doubles for about 9 months, however he had been driving class B stuff for years (mixer trucks, etc.). After sending out about a million resumes, he was offered a job OTR with Covenant. We so happy he found ANY job. My husband is a hard worker, he never takes off sick, he is not late for work and will always work over when needed. (Clean license, no drugs, clean health card. )
But it seem to take Covenant a long time to get him IN a truck. It was the same story everyday… come back tomorrow at 3PM. He finally got a load, and now he is stuck out in no-where-ville, waiting, with no load at all. I guess we are now thinking we made a mistake. Is there a “trick - of -the-trade” to getting dispatch to give you freight? Do you think he should hang in there with Covenant - or can anyone recommend a company that will keep him on the road most of the time- and out of the truck stop? Why would Covenant hire new drivers, if they do not have enough freight to go around?
We miss each other, ( I work full time too) and we have a little 3 year old girl, but right now we simply need income. We went thought all of our savings since November and want to cut our losses if this is not going to get any better. Thanks in advance for any insight you all can offer.
My husband was laid off back in November, he drove a boom truck for a local oil company. He had his Class A / with Hazmat and Doubles for about 9 months, however he had been driving class B stuff for years (mixer trucks, etc.). After sending out about a million resumes, he was offered a job OTR with Covenant. We so happy he found ANY job. My husband is a hard worker, he never takes off sick, he is not late for work and will always work over when needed. (Clean license, no drugs, clean health card. )
But it seem to take Covenant a long time to get him IN a truck. It was the same story everyday… come back tomorrow at 3PM. He finally got a load, and now he is stuck out in no-where-ville, waiting, with no load at all. I guess we are now thinking we made a mistake. Is there a “trick - of -the-trade” to getting dispatch to give you freight? Do you think he should hang in there with Covenant - or can anyone recommend a company that will keep him on the road most of the time- and out of the truck stop? Why would Covenant hire new drivers, if they do not have enough freight to go around?
We miss each other, ( I work full time too) and we have a little 3 year old girl, but right now we simply need income. We went thought all of our savings since November and want to cut our losses if this is not going to get any better. Thanks in advance for any insight you all can offer.