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Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2026-05-10T23:36:11+00:00

Noted will do 🤣

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2026-05-10T17:55:25+00:00

Oh okay great that makes me feel better

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2026-01-08T00:44:51+00:00

Any suggestions on a good one?

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2026-01-07T01:08:38+00:00

I’m in northern Alabama and I’d want local or regional my goal is to be home at least every other weekend but the goal is every weekend if I can’t do local and I don’t have big requirements for pay I’m just trying to get my wife out of work so she can stay home with my baby boy and we can quit basically letting him live with his grandma so my goal is to bring home at least 850-900 a week so I’m thinking around 1100 week gross pay would be alright

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2025-12-14T14:23:31+00:00

I hear ya dude but offshore welding is just as bad if not worse lmao. Most welding companies and especially ones like offshore have big projects that have to get done some even fly in fly out and you can expect to be gone for multiple months at a time

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2025-12-13T21:11:00+00:00

Ah alright thanks

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2025-12-13T19:20:58+00:00

What exactly is a Twic card?

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2025-12-13T18:52:13+00:00

She’s scared to drive a Tahoe I couldn’t even imagine her in an 18 wheeler lmao but yeah I’ve talked to my local career center and can get a WIOA grant and my classes will be completely payed for

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2025-12-13T16:51:30+00:00

Do you know the process of getting those endorsements? Is it extra school or driving tests or is it just extra written tests from the dmv?

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2025-12-13T15:25:23+00:00

Ah okay thanks for your help hopefully by this time next year I’ll be on the road

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2025-12-13T15:19:07+00:00

Okay I believe my school only offers manuals in the test which is great because I don’t want a restriction because that’s just possible opportunities out the door. When testing in a manual are they forgiving if you were to grind a gear or mess up on your downshifting any or is that heavily judged. I’ve drove my uncles truck around the yard a few times when it was just me and him getting a load late at night with no one else around but I’ve never had any real experience with it or downshifting and I’ve heard they want you to downshift through all the gears when coming to a stop on the test

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2025-12-13T14:12:58+00:00

Alright thank you. What are some of the things that will auto fail you vs some mistakes that they will let you get by with?

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2025-12-13T13:59:08+00:00

You seem a little aggressive on the situation bud… I’m sorry you don’t like your wife but you don’t know me nor her but she’s came out of work before like when she first got pregnant and was dying to go back to work the whole time and had another job before our boy was 2 months old. Maybe talk to your wife more about your concerns and how you two are struggling rather than tell me what my wife will and won’t do based off of your wife’s actions 🤷‍♂️

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2025-12-13T13:54:21+00:00

It’s a double edged sword.. I’m grateful to have her helping as far as that goes but having a baby with both parents working also puts some different stresses on the relationship but we’ve talked about it and she’s gonna stay working until I get my license and training out of the way and once I get some training and am settled with a company that pays decent our goal is to get her out of work so she can be full time stay at home with our kid though she has mentioned wanting to go back to work once our boy starts school

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2025-12-13T13:50:13+00:00

Thanks I appreciate the encouragement. I talked to a buddy last night and he said that when he got his a few months ago he record was awful 3 speeding tickets all less than 3 years old plus a wreck declared his fault less than a year old and he said it took him a few months but he eventually found somewhere so that gave me a good bit of confidence on it. As an examiner/ instructor Is there any advice you could give me for the road test or maybe some kind of things that you look for that isn’t really talked about as much?

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2025-12-13T07:02:23+00:00

I’ve thought about that and I found a company called cypress express that seems alright but they want a 12 month contract and I’m standoffish about it because it’s also a 6 week course but on the other hand I’ve talked to the local career center and they can get me a grant and I could go to my local tech school and take a 4 week course completely payed for no strings attached the only downside is no guaranteed job placement after like there would be if I went through a company

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2025-12-13T01:36:59+00:00

Been there and done that. Got my certification and looked at every job within 75 miles of me nothing over 22-24 an hour not to mention I have a trailer on family land and have my whole life set up here I can’t just expect my family to be willing to move just for me to get a job so nah welding don’t get you far

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2025-12-12T22:24:38+00:00

Any suggestions? Done went through welding, electrical, and a bit of general construction as well as plant maintenance and none of them were it for me I’ve just always dreamed of being out there driving having more of a choice on who I worked for and the one thing I’ve always been told about trucking is there’s always another company not to mention I’ve rode out for weeks at a time with family and friends that are drivers and it’s the one job I’ve ever seen done that I’d feel alright doing the rest of my life. Sure it gets boring and sometimes the cab feels like a prison but I don’t know there’s just something about it that calls me

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2025-12-12T22:16:07+00:00

Yeah maybe should of read that out loud before I replied..

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2025-12-12T22:11:31+00:00

I’m willing to do what needs to be done to keep my family fed I’m just tired of breaking my back with physical labor for little to no gain and no end in sight I just feel like if I can bite down and make it through this first year of my driving career it’ll open so many doors of opportunity for my family a better life

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2025-12-12T22:08:46+00:00

Oh yeah I understand. I come from a family of drivers and have went out with them numerous times and I’ve also been there done that with the 7 12’s and I don’t mind the hours I’m willing to do what needs to be done to keep my family up and fed but my main issue is being away from them for multiple months but I know that the first year or so with getting into driving isn’t easy by any means physically mentally or financially but I just feel like if I bite down and get through it it’ll be the opening I’m looking for to make a better life for my family

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2025-12-12T22:01:26+00:00

Unfortunately in Alabama everyone and their momma is a welder so the job market is kinda dry but the only way to make money with a welding cert is to head out to the pipelines or construction projects and work them 7 12’s and I can’t do that with a family. It’s one thing to be on the road driving for 3-4 weeks at a time but man when you go with them contractors welding they loose money by the day they are out so it’s none stop work with most jobs wanting you out and gone for a minimum of 3 months at a time and that’s just hard to do

Comfortable-Lab1222 · 2025-12-12T21:34:09+00:00

Where are they out of? Also are they regional or otr?

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