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Frederick Maryland CDL Job Openings

Frederick Maryland occupies a unique geographic niche in CDL employment

By being on the mid point between freight going to and from Baltimore and Ohio, Baltimore and Pittsburgh, East Coast and all points towards Chattanooga.

Normally a medium sized city like Frederick would be limited to local CDL employment opportunities. Trucking firms that hire for local runs and the like. Frederick CDL drivers can drive for Long Haul Carriers easier than most cities this size due to the fact that the trucking company has to drive past here both inbound and outbound.

If you drive over the road you're going to sleep on the road, either in a hotel, a truck stop, or in the sleeper berth. Therefore you don't have to live close to the terminal as you're not commuting to and from every day like a local driver would.



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That means THIS blog is the number one best place for CDL Truck Driving employers to post Help Wanted Ads!

I'm listing here every help wanted Truck Driver Ad I can find, since that seems to be what my many readers are interested in.

From Craiglist DC:

Experienced ROLL OFF TRUCK DRIVER!! (Montgomery Co.)

We are a small hauling company looking for an EXPERIENCE Roll off driver, applicant must have CDL License, good driving record, Knowledge of Montgomery co, Washington DC, Northern VA. Please DO NOT Call If you Do NOT have Experience

If You Have experience please call Tammy at 3019742322


EXP DUMP TRUCK DRIVER NEEDED FOR IMMEDIATE START!!!! (Washington, DC)

Must be reliable
No major violations in last 3 years
Must be able to pass drug test
Must provide current driving record within last 30 days

Call for immediate road test 202-406-0166">202-406-0166
Location: Washington, DC
Compensation: Start at $16.50/hr with increase to $17/hr after 30 days
City of Frederick needs a truck driver: They call the position an "Operator II"

FT -Equipment
Operator II
POS-141-08

THE CITY OF FREDERICK seeks Equipment Operator II for Street Maintenance Dept. Normal work hrs M-F, 7 am-3 pm. Other hours as needed. CDL and valid Driver's License in good standing required.
Starting salary $33,808 + benefits.
Website: www.cityoffrederick.com
Job line: 301-600-6202; fax: 301-600-1878 address: H.R., 101 North Court Street, Frederick, MD 21701.
Application must be submitted. Physical & drug test required for all positions. E.O.E./A.A.

And Werner has still not found a suitable Driver Trainer, I'm not going to re-post that job opening as I've done it twice already in previous posts.

That's all for today, Merry Christmas Frederick!

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Current CDL Job Postings for Frederick MD

Current CDL employment opportunities

for Dec 14,2008

Drivers- Solos & Teams
€ $44K-$55K 1st yr
€ Bonus every 30k miles
€ Pay increase every 60k
miles
€ 4 to 5 wks paid vacation
€ Blue Cross/Blue Shield
€ CDL Class A license req.
(800)432-1594
www.driveceladon.com

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This job was posted in the newspaper not long ago... who ever they hired it must have not worked out for one of them?

Experienced Driver
Trainers Wanted!

From Frederick MD CDL Truck Driving Jobs

Werner Enterprises,
get 1st day approval.
Class-A CDL req.
Our trainers make
$65,000-$100,000 Year 800-346-2818, x227


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CDL Truck Driving Job Openings jobs in Frederick Maryland

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Over the holidays I've not had much time to blog... sorry.

I'm working on getting current job openings posted if not daily, then weekly.

And my license is almost cleaned up!

I got caught 4 times with bad tags, drove my Dad's car after he died...
I was lucky I didn't get charged with driving with no insurance!

One prospective employer told me that my driving record looks like I had a pattern of irresponsibility. I wish that shoe didn't fit.

I've done my penance... in less than 60 days, I can get the entire thing expunged!

NO sh**!!!

3 years since a moving violation and MD MVA will let you get a clean slate.

Looking forward to that.

I write full time, but it'd be nice to have my CDL to fall back on.

I've *fallen back* on it quite a few times over the past 26 years.

Hope you had a nice as a Thanksgiving as I did.

C Ya


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Perenial CDL Opening?

I'd be remiss if I didn't post about this local Frederick Company who has a Permanent Help Wanted Ad in the local newspaper. Actually these people are right across the street from my new home on New Design Rd:

MATTRESS WAREHOUSE

HOME DELIVERY DRIVERS WANTED

(CDL Class A) Rapidly growing retail chain seeking CDL certified truck drivers. FT/PT day/eve positions. TRAINING. $1000 SIGN-UP BONUS details at interview. Income potential up to 60k! Home every night, new A/C trucks, top pay with excellent benefits package: 401K, Health & Dental. BRING COPY OF DRIVING RECORD. Background check performed. Drug testing REQUIRED. Apply in person: 4949 New Design Rd, Frederick .

And just North and West of Frederick Maryland here's another perennial always need help Permanent Help Wanted for CDL Truck Drivers ad I always see:

D.M. Bowman

Drivers CDL-A Solo Drivers for Regional Positions $5,000 Sign-On Bonus for Teams More pay if you have HazMat Endorsement. D M Bowman Inc. www.joindmbowman.com

1-800-609-0033

Now I've always wondered if there was something wrong with a company that, for some reason, couldn't seem to keep a driver happy...

With Bowman and Hahn Transportation, I believe the reason they seem to always need help is because of geography. There isn't any public transportation where they're located, and often you've got to be at work at 3:00AM or something similar.

Ditto for Mattress Warehouse, the bus doesn't come down the road that far...

Not sure what Mattress Warehouse is paying, perhaps that is why they always need help? I'll apply there just to find out and report back here.

I know Hahn pays $16 per hour for bulk tankers (dry cement tankers), and Hahn pays $19 per hour for gasoline drivers with a little extra for night differential.

I always preferred to deliver gas at night.. wanted the streets and highways to myself and wanted the gas station to be empty when I got there:)

I've heard that the amount of work Bowman has goes up and down, sometimes Bowman can get a decent paying contract to haul different materials and sometimes it's slim pickings.

With fuel prices at the lowest levels in a very long time I believe hauling contracts will increase. If it costs too much to get it there, and the profit isn't there to cover the costs the frieght will just have to sit there until the economics change. That is NOT true for:

Food,

Trash

Those two items will get trucked no matter what the economy is doing.


Speaking of trash... there is residential trash, sanitary trash (a euphemism for the stinky crap), construction trash (rubble), municipal trash.

From Frederick Maryland CDL Truck Driving Jobs

This is the municipal variety, these guys haul the trash OUT of Frederick's Landfill. Apparently, some trash gets buried and some gets hauled out. This picture is from behind Costco at the Travelodge.

Travelodge is one of the few places in Frederick where a big rig can get parked. If you're staying at the Travelodge (upwards of $50 a night) you can park for free.

Truck drivers usually get discounts at hotels, we give keep them busy!
If you're not staying there, Travelodge will still let you park a tractor and trailer for a monthly fee. Last time I asked (I was driving for Superior Carriers at the time) the fee was $100 month. I'll have to inquire if that's gone up or down.

That's all I have today.
see ya


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Career Over The Road pays big time

Are you interested in a career on the road? OTR

OTR= Over The Road

There are few careers where you are able to visit so many great destinations in the United States while getting paid big bucks. If you enjoy driving and like being your own boss, the trucking industry has great opportunities that are perfect for your lifestyle.

Want to join the trucking industry?

Before you can get on the road, however; training is required for your CDL license. I've compiled a list of nationwide truck driver training programs to choose from.

From beginner to advanced classes, you will find a truck driving school in your area. Be ready with commercial vehicle training that will get you prepared to pass the test and receive your commercial driver's license (CDL).

Find specialized instruction or general truck drving classes. Your new truck driving career is only a class away. Sign up with a truck driving school today and be a big rig truck driver soon!

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Frederick Community College
(My son in law got his CDL there)
PO Box 541
Frederick, MD 21705
Phone: 301-698-5364

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Professional Truck Driver Program
8042B Reichs Ford Road
Frederick, MD 21704
Phone: 888-331-0703

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And these people were where I got
my Class A training from:

Drive Rite Trucking School
202 Bertram Cir
Glen Burnie, MD 21060
Phone: 410-766-8456

I really liked these folks, I'd been
driving for over 20 years already but
with a Class B licence.

With Drive Rite you don't have to pay
for instruction you don't need!

I thought Drive Rite had a better 'business model'
with these guys you're *Renting the Truck*
and it just so happens that the CDL truck comes with a
Driver Instructor!!

The owner really knows how to teach, I should know, I've
trained dozens of drivers over the past 26 years.
He told me when to look in which mirror and when to cut
my wheels when I saw X, Y, or Z in different mirrors.









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Over the Road JOBS in Frederick TODAY

Last week when I checked the local newspaper (that shall remain anonymous in this blog because I'm competing with them) I saw a few OTR CDL job openings...

That was in the Sunday paper. On Monday the ads were gone?

Filled that quickly?

OK, today there are several, which tells me that the price of diesel being lower is leading to trucking companies being more willing to hire more drivers.

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Here's today's list, Sunday November 9, 2008:



Experienced Driver
Trainers Wanted!
Werner Enterprises,
get 1st day approval.
Class-A CDL req.
Our trainers make
$65,000-$100,000 Year 800-346-2818, x227

Ok, I'm not a qualified trainer... Even though I've trained dozens of rookie drivers over the past 26 years, I've also got some suspensions on my CDL driving record.

Those suspensions were from not turning my MD tags in and canceling the MD liability insurance... I was told once, "your driving record denotes a pattern of irresponsibility"

I wish the shoe didn't fit... I've been doing my penance.

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Here's the next CDL truck driving job listed in Frederick Maryland:

DRIVERS
$975 to $1092 Average Pay
Regional Drivers
Major Accounts in Virginia
Condo Fleet
Reefer Experience Beneficial
Six Months Recent Exp CDL A
Plenty of Freight
Excellent Home Time
NAPA Transportation, Inc.
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Call Laddie
800-794-4639
www.napatran.com

Here is a graphic of the area NAPA Transportation runs,
it looks like they run in the NorthEast:


And I'm thinking that you'll be hauling to Auto Parts Stores all over the North East.

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Drivers CDL Class A

Tired of Looking?
We’ve Got What
You Need!
SINCE 1958

Excellent Pay

Plenty of Freight

Professional Equipment

Drivers Out 7-10 Days

Min 23 yrs old, 1 yr. Over The Road Experience,
Requires Class A CDL

www.smxc.com
888-864-3490

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Attention Drivers!

TOP PAY FOR
TOP DRIVERS
Better Performance,
Higher Pay
Expect the Best at TMC
*Performance Based Pay!*
*Best Equipment
on the Road!*
You Deserve
Strength & Stability
WE HAVE IT!

Call TMC Today
866-617-1549

Recent Graduate of a CDL school?
Need your CDL? Call 866-798-6960
www.tmctrans.com

And it looks like you'd be hauling Steel, Lumber and Equipment for this outfit,
which means you'll be running a flat bed, something I've not done yet...

With a flat bed you've got to strap down your loads, check them for the freight shifting, and it can get cold chaining your load down- did you see Ice Road Truckers?

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Drivers- Solos & Teams
€ $44K-$55K 1st yr
€ Bonus every 30k miles
€ Pay increase every 60k
miles
€ 4 to 5 wks paid vacation
€ Blue Cross/Blue Shield
€ CDL Class A license req.
(800)432-1594
www.driveceladon.com

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There is always an add for a local mattress company, I'm not going to list it here...
I'm thinking to myself: "What's wrong with this company that they can't keep drivers?"

Either the money's not enough to balance out what ever pain in the ass the job is.
OR
Management has a 'control freak syndrome' going on.

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And FedEx in Hagerstown is looking for seasonal drivers, pay is $11.22 an hour, No CDL required.

That's it for local Frederick Maryland CDL career opportunities for this week end.

Stay Tuned....

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Get a job driving in this economy

With all the bad economic news coupled with skyrocketing fuel prices I was beginning to believe that I might be forced to change my position that I espouse in this blog:

Demand Exceeds Supply

.

The truck driving company needs us drivers more than we need them.

This depends on what part of the trucking industry you choose.

Off Road construction
Daily city delivery
Freight (home every night)
Over the Road

Off Road or Construction was my entry into tandem trucks. The building boom of the 1980's led to a feeding frenzy of dump trucks, concrete mixers, roll off trucks, flat bed dumps (lumber trucks). And Overtime fueled my passion for construction.

Now, in 2008, with the housing market bubble burst, residential construction is no longer a buyers market, there are simply too many dump truck drivers available to fill too few openings. And the openings that there are don't last the entire season.

So,why stay in a dump truck? Because it's what you're used to???

Now since the presidential election, the price of fuel dropped dramatically (wonder why?) Now freight might be profitable again...

What does one do when one wants job security?

Do what nobody else wants to do.

There are plenty of disagreeable jobs, my very first tractor trailer job was hauling waste oil, it was dirty, slimy, and no one wanted my job... so I got all the overtime I could handle!!!

I made $1000 a week hauling what no one else wanted to haul, averaged over 13 weeks, and this was in downtown Baltimore, where the cost of living was about half of what it cost to live in Montgomery County Maryland at the time.

So if you want to change careers and get into driving CDL trucks do not let the oldtimers scare you away! You're a rookie, they've 'payed their dues'.
They aren't willing to do what's necessary to make the big bucks, and they're so pissed off that the status quo has changed that they're indignant.

Too indignant to hunt down what is in demand, preferring to wait and let the gravy come to them.

If I was a newbie driver and had the tanker endorsement on my new CDL licence, I'd look up a local company that hauls waste frying oil, that's right, old cooking oil.

Why?

Because that stuff will eventually be made into bio diesel, and the company that hauls and manages that stuff, well the first one with the foresight to process it into Bio Diesel is sitting on a gold mine!

I'd sure like to be a tenured, ranking old timer in an industry that's going to make a profit no matter what the economy is doing. I'd sure like to have seniority at a place like that!




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F.O. Day Company in Frederick MD

How to Dump Asphalt:

When you get loaded with asphalt, it's HOT, asphalt is "Gloopy" like oatmeal, it's made out of tar and various sizes of gravel.

To dump it, you have to back up to the paver (asphalt paving machine that looks like a farm tractor of sorts).

The paving machine can't take your entire load... so you have to raise the bed slowly, the paving operator will give you hand signals to tell you when to STOP raising the bed.

The asphalt will slide out, not all at once, it'll trickle down until the bed of your truck get's to a point where gravity overcomes the stickyness of the asphalt.

At that point you lower the bed quickly.

The operator will most definitley get pissed off at you if you overload his machine!


Hazmat and Tanker:

Before they lay down the layers of asphalt, they have to coat the underlaying surface with a sort of glue, they call that glue "TACK"

The "Tack Truck" is the one piece of equipment I've not driven, even thought I do have both the tanker and hazmat endorsements.













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Frederick MD CDL Jobs

The beauty of driving a Roll Off Truck is that you get to work more often...
even if it's been raining for days! The photo above was taken in Frederick Maryland of a Roll Off Truck leaving the Great Frederick Fair fairgrounds on E. Patrick St.

Why drive a dump truck at all?



OVER TIME!!! Time and a Half!

Look at it this way: the construction company will only get on average, maybe 200 rain free/ snow free days a year to get an ENTIRE YEARS worth of work completed.

so... you're going to get paid a years pay but have that years pay condensed into 2/3 of a year!... collect unemployment the other third of the year or work a part time job or what ever.

What is the difference between a Roll Off and a Dump Truck you ask?

Both have beds that dirt/stone/trash debris can get put in and dumped...

The Roll Off can leave the bed onsite, the dump truck has to stay there (with the meter running... most dump trucks in Frederick get rented out at the rate of $60 per hour (the company that owns the truck gets that, you get roughly $13 per hour)

Another thing a Roll Off can do that a dump truck cannot:

The dumpsters come in different sizes
1) big ones, 40 yard cans
2) medium ones, 30 yard cans like the can in the KW photo in the previous post
3) little ones, 20 yard cans - they LOOK little because they're not as tall but usually 20 yard cans get used for dirt/ demolition/ bricks/ cinder blocks/ concrete
they WIEGH more but aren't as tall

A small back hoe can not reach up to the side of a full size dump truck, but the can reach the sides of a 20 yard can.

Get your CDL as soon as possible.

The economy's 'status quo' is changing... you change with it and you'll be fine.


Next Post? Maryand MVA CDL learners permit how to.




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Roll Off Trucks vs Dump Trucks

The worst thing about driving a CDL dump truck is most of the time you have to stay home when it rains.

It might rain 'cats n dogs' one day and take three more for the jobsite to dry out.

I preferred driving a trash truck when it rained... not a house to house trash truck, but a construction dumpster truck - A Roll Off truck.



I drove this sweet (it was sweet then) KW when I lived in Catonsville Maryland.

Got paid $16 an hour and $24 for time and a half.

You'll get wet covering the load with a tarp when it rains, but it sure beats staying home for 3 days ... three days off kills your acumlated overtime.



This pic was in the last post as well... it's a trash truck:

A Walking Floor Trailer. it doesn't dump, the floor moves, kinda 'pumps the trash off'.
What you do is hook up a 'wet line', slang for the hydraulic pump that drives the floor back and forth. Hence the term: Walking Floor.

This tractor trailer was photographed in the Travelodge parking lot off Route 70 and Route 85 in Frederick Maryland.



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OTR pays better but takes more out of you.

Most of my previous posts have been about Maryland CDL truck driving jobs that pay by the hour, like construction trucking, dump trucks and such.

The bigger money is in Over The Road trucking, but it doesn't come without it's hardships... when you run out of time (no more than 14 hours consecutive but roughly 10 hours a day) you've got to stop, right there.

You may find yourself at a truck stop in the middle of nowhere!

Truck stops are usually found about 600 miles give or take from a major shipping center.

Why?

Because we can only drive 600 miles a day and stay legal (hours of service limitations from D.O.T.)



The good thing about dump truck jobs is OVERTIME (time and a half)

In Virginia, I worked for C.W.Strittmater in Mannassas. Got paid $16 an hour, $24 for time and a half.

In Baltimore most trucking firms paid $13 an hour, making it $19.50 for time and a half. Baltimore's cost of living is much lower than DC areas.

Over The Road CDL jobs almost always pay by the mile.

So much a mile loaded, so much a mile 'deadheading' (coming back empty)

The biggest pain in the butt for O.T.R. is getting unloaded... you sometimes get paid a paltry fee for waiting there to get empty or loaded... often it's not even minimum wage!

If you're getting a couple hundred a day to get there, they guess you've gotten yours... somebody's got to wait there till you get empty.

You just gotta give some of it back!

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26 years ago this guy taught me to drive big trucks

The guy that owns this truck (it's parked on South St in Frederick Maryland right across from Griffith Oil's yard) took me out to train me at Steuart Petroleum 26 years ago... damn, now I feel old!

Maryland didn't call it a CDL back in 1982, if memory serves it was called a chauffeur's licence...any how I got a Class B, straight truck licence with Haz Mat and Tanker... and had that Class B until 2003 when I passed the Class A tractor trailer licence test.


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There is a serious need for CDL driving schools... and there are local colleges scrambling to collect their piece of the government provided student loan pie...

ME?

I didn't take no stupid classes... well I did rent a truck to take the test in, and that truck came with a driver... but I DID NOT have to shell out thousands of dollars on overpriced/ stuffed with filler/ 'classes'.

What you need is to pay a truck owner by the hour to take his truck to MVA.

I lived in Baltimore when I got my Class A, I paid an outfit called "Drive Rite" $90 an hour... only took me 4 hours to pass... which beats the hell out of $3000 for a loan that would keep me from getting a Government job or keep me from getting my taxes back if I failed to repay the loan!!!


Some enterprising local Frederick truck owner ought to see this need and fill it.

Think about this now... an off road truck, so you don't need extra insurance, all you gotta do is make sure the person you're renting your truck to has a learners permit.

And to keep the unelected bureaucrats off your ass (the democrats are seriously wanting to make all schools part of the colleges, no independent business entrepreneurs for us... democrats want to drive a stake through the hearts of any one who even thinks of starting a business..."shame on us")

http://politicsandvictimbehavior.blogspot.com is where that rant shoulda been...

What you want to call the person is 'the guy who's renting the truck'
What you do NOT want to call him is 'student'

Why?

because there are legal (and insurance regulations) and MVA regulations about who is and who is not certified to teach.

Who is gonna pay $90 an hour to go to MVA?

Only someone who knows how to drive, has driven a big truck already, has a Class B with air brakes and such... all they need is to get a Class A to double the number of jobs available to em.

nuff said for this post



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Frederick MD learning CDL skills

The best way for a rookie to learn to drive a big truck is to get a job where you don't even need a CDL.

What?

That's right... Off Road Trucks, which means construction work.



Winter's coming, so there aren't many openings in Frederick Maryland for this type of job at the moment but come spring (and it'll get here quick) right after the first thaw look at the online help wanted ads and you'll see lot's of opportunities like this.

Where in Frederick Maryland can you get a job like this?

Dewey Jordan Inc.
Jobsite: Rt 70 and Rt 85, from East St to the LaFarge Quarry.
I worked there half of last year and drove the water truck above and the Old Mack below:






Dewey Jordan also has End Dumps, which is a HUGE dump truck that doesn't have tags because it never leaves the job site:

From Frederick Maryland CDL Truck Driving Jobs

PS) don't get the paper to look for a job... all papers have an online version
Why do I say this?

the help wanted ads will stay online for a lot longer than yesterdays paper.

typically the online versions (http://fredericknewspost.com and http://frederick.com ) keep ads for 30 days... long enough for a company to hire someone, find out they suck and fire them... and you still have the ad in your hand, well if you printed it out or emailed it to yourself you do

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More $1000 plus week Frederick Jobs

Economy sagging or not, there STILL are lots of $1000 week jobs right here in Frederick.

It helps to have:

25 years verifiable experience

Haz Mat

Tanker

no accidents for 20 years

no tickets, no points

able to pass a drug test

but the primary reason a driver lands a thousand dollar a week driving job is simply to refuse to work for less than that.

Think about this... "Can your prospective employer pay his mortgage payments on what he's offering you?"

If not, well, you were looking for a job when you walked in there.

If your paycheck doesn't have a 'comma' in it, you need a new job!

There ARE NO YOUNGINS coming up to fill our ranks.

Plain simple fact.

And the baby boomers are:

beginning to retire

those that stay are having to take off work for doctor visits

and a few are having a new pacemaker installed

Many can no longer pass a D.O.T. physical

Right here in East Frederick, as a matter of fact, within walking distance from my front door is:

Richard Rudy Transportation

They've been in the trucking industry since 1938 (even longer than a geezer like me's been alive!)



$200 to @240 a day will work for me.

I need to pay some old debts before I start my writing career and webmastering career full time.

As an author I'm make considerably more than $240 a day, but you gotta crawl before you can walk...

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Aging CDL driver population

It's interesting to see the History Channel's hit serise:
"Ice Road Truckers".

In case you've not seen it, the show is about the trials and tribulations of a small independent trucking company located in Canada.

In winter (not winter as we experience it in the lower 48) but in the ARTIC winter, the rivers and even the ocean is frozen enough for large tractor trailers to drive over it.

In the artic, in summer, the ground isn't ground... it's 'permafrost', and well, that means it melts in summer turning it into a muddy mess. NO WAY can a tractor trailer get traction on that crap.

There are diamond mines and oil drilling rigs etc that absoultely cannot operate without some how, some way vital supplies geting to them.

Enter the Ice Road Truckers.

The stars of this serise are:

Hugh

Rick

Drew

Alex

Hugh owns four tractors and leases them to the company hired to manage the frieght across the ice.

Rick is a hot tempered, hot shot driver who: gets a lot done, but tears up some of the equipment.

Drew is a aprehensive, rather codependent (emotionally) but suitable driver.

From the History Channel website:
"Last year, Drew Sherwood quit early in his rookie season on the Yellowknife ice roads, because he felt that Hugh, his employer, wasn't treating him fairly or respectfully."

http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=59082&display_order=1&mini_id=54692

Many people viewing the show might come away thinking that Drew is kind of a "Wussie".
The reality is: Hugh really IS an ass... he's still stuck in the no longer applicable paradigm of "Employees ought to be lucky they even HAVE a job"

What's reality NOW?

Employers need us a LOT MORE than we need them.

Hugh's management style reminds me of MOST of the old school construction outfits I've driven for.

An excerpt from the History Channel website:
"Hugh is a big kid and has a reputation for being sarcastic"

http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=59078&display_order=1&mini_id=54692

They operate on the concept of: They are the KEEPERS Of the GATE, you wanna work, you tow the line.

Only problem with this scenario is:

They need US MORE than we need them!!!

What's Hugh's situation now that the season is over?

Hugh "the Polar Bear" is now completely without drivers.

...both Rick and Drew have jobs!

There is an unescapable FACT of LIFE in the CDL truck driving industry:

There just aren't enough 25 year olds coming up to replace the ranks of Baby Boomers that are retiring.

There's another History Channel show that's not about CDL truck drivers but DOES feature bad management, errouneous attitudes that some 'Old School' bosses/ managers/ company owners have that are going to put them out of business.

Especially in this new/ changing/ status quo busting economy.

Keep your customers happy or you simply won't have any customers

Keep your EMPLOYEES happy or you simply won't have any employees.

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F.O. Day Company - Asphalt CDL jobs in Frederick Maryland

Construction truck driving jobs are in decline... that said, there are plenty of reasons why a dump truck driving job can work out to your benefit.

Like I said in eariler posts, I know more about companies that I've worked for than companies I know other CDL drivers work for.

Why does a dump truck driving job pay better than a year round job?

Simple: Weather you haul dirt/ stone/ or ashphalt, more than likely you're going to get laid off (and receive unemployment) for the winter.

If you've got a winter job lined up, this can work to your advantage.

An excavating company and an asphalt company is always trying to get a years worth of work accomplished in the roughly 200 or so rain free/ snow free / warm enough days they've got to finish a job in.

SO... you're getting a years worth of pay in just over a half year's time frame!

That equates to OVERTIME baby!

Now, here in Frederick County Maryland the closest ashphalt companies are:

Wolfe & Son Inc
3436 Urbana Pike
Frederick, Maryland, 21704
Phone: (301)874-0893

From Blogs- Business Advertising Secret Weapon

I personally know people that work there... Wolfe only pays $13.00 an hour but you DO get paid from the time you turn the key, until you park the truck (something smaller independent trucking companies often do NOT pay, those smaller firms only pay for the hours the truck is earning money by being rented out to Pleasant Excavating or similar larger excavating companies.

R.F. Kline
(301) 622-8211
7700 Grove Rd,
Frederick, MD 21704
http://www.rfkline.com/career.aspx

Don't know people that have worked there.. get arrogant vibes from the people in charge of hiring... lets just say the jury's still out
Rate of pay is allegedly pretty good: $17 hour range.

Francis O Day Co Inc
5058 Ballenger Creek
Frederick, Maryland, 21703
Phone: (301)695-1322

http://foday.com/contact.htm

Now FO Day is somewhere I've worked for on and off for a decade- it was a great place for a rookie to start - I worked in Rockville back in 1984 - 1993
Each year I left before Halloween to deliver fuel oil for Steuart Petroleum, and came back every year in spring. Current pay range is about $17 an hour

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Over the Road jobs in Frederick Maryland +$1000 week

It's possible to work out of state and have your CDL truck (tractor) based here in Frederick Maryland.

There is a hotel off RT 70 that allows tractor trailers to park, it's free if you rent a room there (most of the time the company you work for pays the rent)and if you don't stay there, you can pay a small monthly fee to park.

Other people simply park their rig in shopping center parking lots or other places where no one will complain.

Walmart off RT 26 is one place I parked when I worked for Superior Carriers.

I have hazmat and tanker... there's a severe shortage of ANY Class A drivers, but if you have either the hazmat endorsement or both hazmat and tanker you can get hired in a flash.

I quit driving for Superior Carriers because of hours of service violations - actually Superior simply 'got rid of me' when I refused to drive while too tired.

They're gonna say I got fired, but I really don't care!

I'd rather be looking for a new job than become a greasy stain on the side of the mountain off PA route 31.

Superior paid by the mile - and my run was 5 times a week from the Proctor and Gamble plant off Holabird Ave in Baltimore MD to a point near the Ohio/ Pennsylvania state line, I took empty trailers up and switched them with a full one at a truck stop not far from the Ohio line.

This is called a 'relay', a CDL driver may only drive roughly 600 miles in a single day and stay legal. (10 hours a day @ 60 MPH = 600 miles)

The problem was in unloading... I was out of hours when I got to Uniliver (the parent company for Proctor and Gamble, well maybe it's not the parent company but perhaps it's the manufacturing arm of P & G), it took around 3 hours for my truck to get unloaded, leaving me going over the Baltimore Harbor Key Bridge in violation of Maryland D.O.T. hours of service laws

One day when I ran my relay, switched an empty trailer for a loaded trailer full of concentrated fabric softener I was just too tired to drive, I took a nap... and my delivery was late.

There's also good things to say about Superior Carriers - some trucking companies refuse to pay for training (what happens if you get hurt in their truck and you're 'off the clock' ???)

Superior Carriers paid me FULL WAGES while I road as a passenger learning the route.
I got paid $.39 mile loaded and $.34 mile empty

This worked out to $265 a day, if I'd made all 5 runs I'd have made almost $1400 a week.

There are many 'Walking Floor' trailers parked at the hotel that once was a truck stop off RT 70, those guys are driving for a firm that contracts trash removal from the Frederick County Landfill to landfills in Pennsylvania and down south somewhere near Richmond Virgina.

A walking floor trailer is a dump trailer that doesn't raise up in the air to unload. What happens is the floor of the truck 'walks', it kind of 'pumps the contents off the truck'

The company pays by the load, it works out to $250 a day.



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Other high paying Frederick MD trucking jobs

Construction used to fuel the demand for CDL truck drivers, back in the 1980's when I started driving, when a rookie took a test drive if you could "make it around the parking lot without hitting anything", you were hired!

With the recent failings of the mortgage market and the temporary decline in housing prices, construction has lost it's top spot in high paying truck driving jobs.

However...

Even though housing prices have fallen in the majority of the country... Here, at least in some places housing prices have actually INCREASED.

Montgomery county, Northwest DC and some Virginia counties have seen housing prices go UP.

For the most part, construction firms have old school, crusty, often computer illiterate (definitely Internet illiterate), arrogant, staff Sargent like managers in charge of hiring.

These guys think there still back in the day where the company had all the power and the employee had to grovel in the dust at their feet in order to get a job.

The new reality hasn't hit them yet:

They need us MORE than we need them.

But for right now, housing starts are non existent... so temporarily, even though
they're mistaken, right now, there's a bunch of dump truck drivers chasing an ever smaller number of dump truck jobs.

So what is a CDL driver to do?

Drive something OTHER than a dump truck.

Like a Concrete Mixer?

With a mixer, you're getting paid to:

BE careful, you're driving a truck with the center of gravity not on the frame, but behind your head

Don't let the concrete set up, pay close attention to how many revolutions the drum has made since you left the plant

A mixer has:

A spinning liquid load, a 20 ton (spinning, liquid load)... get the picture?

Turn against the direction of the rotation of the drum as quick as you'd like...
Turn WITH the rotation and you're butt will be 'suckin naugahyde'!

You only have to feel both wheels on one side of a truck lift off the pavement ONCE for you to learn to never do that again!

So... this is Frederick Maryland we're talking about, right?

And what concrete mixer jobs are there to be had in Frederick?

http://www.schusterconcrete.com

Frederick Plant - Frederick, MD
Phone: 301-698-1898
Serving Frederick County, Washington County, Howard County, Carroll County, and Montgomery County, Maryland

http://www.superiorplusllc.com/

5823 Urbana Pike
Frederick, MD , 21704-7221
Phone: 301-698-4030
FAX: 301-698-4037

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Hours of service violations and eager truck drivers

The CDL regulations state that a truck driver may not drive over 60 hours a week (roughly speaking with subtle variations, there are some instances when a driver may operate a little over 60 hours)

According to The "Truckers Report.com website: http://www.thetruckersreport.com the Hours of Service Rules were adopted way back in 1934 and updated every few years or so depending on the number of accidents attributed to tired truck drivers.

Read in depth here:
http://www.thetruckersreport.com/hours/new_hours_of_service_rules_for_truckers.shtml

Ok, we estabilished that the laws says one thing... now what happens in the real world where trucking companys want to get X amount of work done and drivers hungry for a paycheck want to get X amount of money in they're paycheck?

People break the rules.

When I was a young man, especially when I was paid time and a half... I frequently went over 60 hours... when you deliver home heating oil and it's a blizzard, the DOT relaxes the hours rules. When the temperature drops below say 20 degrees, for a certain length of time, people might freeze to death if their tank runs empty.

Ice storms also cause public saftey issues when oil tanks cannot be filled - those instances of working till you drop are understandable (especially if you're wanting a fat pay check!)

But... when you're so tired that you hit a curb, you need to park the truck!

Tractor Trailer drives are supposed to fill out a log book

Log books are required to track a drivers hours on duty, but if you're running under 100 mile radius, you don't have to keep a log. This does not mean you're legally allowed to drive when you're too tired to drive.

What happens if you hit someone and you're over hours?

Whose CDL is in danger?

YOURS

The company might get in trouble, but YOU are definately going to get in trouble.

The company can easily afford to pay the fine

You probably can not afford to pay the fine

The fine is going to be 'peanuts' for the company to pay (slap on the wrist)

The The Fine YOU have to pay is going to be more than a months pay

And if someone dies?

YOU ARE GOING TO JAIL, probably not your company

When was the last time I was so tired I hit a curb?



Delivering the US mail last December. I drove 26 consecutive days delivering Mail during the Christmas season extra run from Frederick's Tilco Post Office Warehouse to Shady Grove in Gaithersburg 16501 Shady Grove Rd, Gaithersburg, MD.

From Frederick Maryland CDL Truck Driving Jobs

The run was just under 100 miles, I believe it was 49 miles each way, so technically we were not required to keep a log, but 26 consecutive days?

What do you think would have happened if I refused to drive one of those 26 straight days?

We'll never know, because I was hired as a Christmas temporary driver, seasonal driver and wanted to have that job full time... so I didn't complain.

What I wanted was the health insurance that came with being a US Postal Contractor driver, not a US Post Office employee, but an employee of a US Postal Contractor. As an aging baby boomer driver, I was aware that I have health issues that need to be addressed. And as a often self employed person, I never had health insurance for very long, so I really wanted that job.

In the end, I was fired, Fired for being sick?

Yup, you see it turns out that Maryland is a "Right to Work" state. You can be fired for any reason within the first 90 days of employment.

When was I fired?

The 89th day.

Moral of the story?

If you're too tired, park the damn truck.

You can always get another job:

They need us MORE than we need them

Demand EXCEEDS Supply

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Time and a half VS mileage

My intro to CDL truck driving was from Steuart Petroleum (Steuart was bought by Griffth Oil back in 1993, I got hired to drive an oil truck in the early 1980's. Home heating oil delivery is a young mans game, the oil hose can be up to 150 feet long, often you have to lug it uphill and let me tell you, it can get heavy!

Especially if you're delivering oil in the steep hills of Bethesda Maryland, near the Potomac River along MacArthur Blvd.

Heating oil is mainly a seasonal (winter only) job, we got laid off every spring, they paid us more than enough to keep us coming back. In the summer, coming from a family owned small business background, I went to the highest bidder!

I went to F.O.Day in Rockville Maryland, first dump truck I drove was a 1973 Autocar, I was so green, the ink was still warm on my drivers licence! They put is greenhorns in the Quarry at Rockville Crushed Stone Inc 13900 Piney Meetinghose Rd.
Rockville, MD , 20850
They're now known as Aggregate Industries
(F.O.Day has one of it's asphalt plants on the property)

We got LOTS of overtime, often more than 70 hours a week... later when the CDL hours of service rules came into effect, we had to keep it down to 60 hours or less.

OVERTIME

I made so much overtime delivering oil that I really didn't care what I did/ who I worked for in the summer. I made more money in 6 months of winter that I quit jobs just because the ashtrays were full!

The construction boom of the 1980's helped... Demand Exceeded Supply (still does, although the status quo is no longer in effect)

You could literally: "If you could make it around the parking lot and not hit anything, you were hired"

Then I got my Class A (tractor trailer licence)... no more time and half?

Most of the time we got paid by the mile... which is ok if you don't have to unload the truck!

Waiting to get unloaded is more often than not... done for free.

What a buzz kill!

When I drove for Superior Carriers we got paid $.38 mile.
Ok, my run was to Pittsburg, (well close to Pittsburg), I made $265 a day just for the miles...

Unloading took up to 3 hours and paid a measly $20?

It all worked out in the end.

However... In Frederick, I worked for Blue Mountain Express Inc. most of the time I made the US post office mail run.
When the mail run was over, sometimes BME had me take loaded trailers to local warehouses to unload:
3 hours paid $30

????

You gotta be kidding me. It seems that the mileage drivers all wanted the gravy and us new guys got stuck with emptying the trailers?

Wouldn't have been so bad if I had a truck with a sleeper.


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$1000 week jobs in East Frederick City Frederick Maryland

I cannot speak with any authority about any company that I did not personally work for.

I've got 25 years of heavy truck driving experience, HazMat, Tanker, Class A endorsements.
I drove trucks for 6 years before the federal CDL laws standardized all state requirements.

Now with that kind of expirience under my belt I wont get out of bed for less than $200 a day... the beauty of a class A tractor trailer licence is that if the construction business tanks (locally) you can 'pack up your marbles' and haul something else!

In or near Frederick Maryland (I live within the City of Frederick city limits) there are several $1000 week jobs that I personally worked at and can recommend to any CDL driver looking for employment.

Now that I'm a free lance writer and contributing webmaster for Frederick.com I don't have to drive a truck unless I want to (or if cash flow sucks at the moment)

Here goes:

Hahn Transportation Inc.
PO Box 8, New Market, MD
21774-3210, United States
(301)865-5467, (301)865-3138 fax,

salary I made: $19 an hour
Hauled Gasoline to Wah Wah gas stations
Hahn takes EXTREMELY good care of thier trucks
no kiding... tell the mechanic x, y or z is wrong and it goes in the shop!

Driver supervisor: Fred Lawson


Dewey Jordan Inc.
Frederick Maryland
6309 Monocacy Blvd, Frederick, MD 21701
(301) 662-3389
Driver supervisor: Kirk
salary I made: $16.50 with lots of time and a half
Drove Water Truck off road at Rt355 & Rt85 interchange.

Dewey Jordan doesn't really have 'truck drivers', virtually everyone that works there is actually an equipment operator (bull dozers and the like), the fact that they have CDL's is just extra.

Dewey Jordan's equipment needs to be in a museum, but they do fix stuff... the vehicles rarley leave the job site so it doesn't matter much as long as it stops.

You come in every day and do your job and you get LOTS of overtime, no hours shaved off your time sheet, I got more hours than anyone- water truck = first one there, last one to leave.

Blue Mountain Express Inc
291 Bucheimer Rd, Frederick, MD 21701-3141
(301) 663-1270
Driver supervisor: Bill Cooney
US Post Office Mail Contractor

From Blogs- Business Advertising Secret Weapon

salary I made: paid by the trip, usually worked out to at least $19 an hour.
BME takes good care of their equipment, even though it's not new.

You're being paid to be ontime, this is the US mail we're talking about.
Only gripe I had with BME is when I got sick... do do happens when you start to get old, but the mail is the mail... so I don't hold a grudge.

Good Job, pretty good benefits (Mail drivers got 100% of health insurance fully paid for by Blue Mountain Express which is precisly why I wanted to work there)

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Frederick Maryland Drug use and CDL drivers

Drugs and Driving Don't Mix, everyone knows that.

But even if you don't drive under the influence, you're still putting several people at risk, not the least of which is the insurance agent of the CDL truck you're driving!

I know someone who had an accident, the accident was NOT their fault - someone hit the truck, the CDL truck DID NOT hit someone else's car- The CAR HIT THE TRUCK!

And the driver had to drug test...

The driver knew that they'd indulged recently, and that they'd likely fail the urine test... they also knew that they'd have at least a couple hours before the truck got parked and then someone would drive them to the drug test facility...

SO... the person drank as much water as possible, (you can pass a drug test if you flush out your kidneys with lots of water), OK fine.

The person thought they were in the clear, no news is good news, ya think?

Then out of the blue, after working (driving a truck) all week, the test results came back: "Diluted"

oh s***.

They had to drug test again! Thinking that the person had "dodged the bullet" they'd indulged again- but this time DOT came to the work place!

(names are not given for lots of reasons, can you tell I know this person?, the moral is what I'm after here)

Do NOT operate a truck if you're not clean.

You'll get your self screwed and you did it to yourself!

Even if you've never hit anything with a truck you've been driving... someone can hit you!

and YOU'LL have to "pay the piper"

What needs to happen is that trucking companies need to use the 'hair test' and not the urine test (see this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_test#Hair_drug_testing

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City of Frederick Hiring CDL Truck drivers

I got this while searching in Google about CDL truck drivers in Frederick Maryland:

http://www.cityoffrederick.com/sql/jobs/description.php?id=POS-129-08


The City of Frederick apparently needs a truck driver.

and while I'm at it, this blog is ranking higher in Google!

Currently ranking at #18

Results 11 - 20 of about 96,200 for Frederick Maryland CDL truck drivers. (0.16 seconds)

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2005-45,GGLD:en&q=Frederick+Maryland+CDL+truck+drivers&start=10&sa=N



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Defensive drivers don't tear up trucks

Ever seen a CDL truck driver that didn't have grey hair?

There aren't many... baby boomers out number 20 year olds by something like 2 to 1.
There's just a lot more of us than there are of them...

Youngsters like to "hot dog" their trucks.

Just because a truck "CAN do something", doesn't mean it's a good idea to.

Take two drivers.

both make the same # of runs for the company

both come in ontime, and don't call out sick unless they really are sick

One drives defensively
The other ( a Youngster) hot rods his truck.

Which one earns the most money for the company?

It's not what you make, it's what you get to keep!

The hot rod will cost his company not just thousands more in repair costs, insurance claims, etc... it could easily run TENS of Thousands of dollars!

Here's a rule of thumb:

Place a coffee cup on the dash of your truck.

Run through all 13 gears...

if you don't spill the coffee, you're a truck driver

if you get coffee down into the defroster vents... the head mechanic will hunt you down and... you get the picture.







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Drug and Alcohol Testing for CDL Drivers is a Complex Issue

By Richard Slagle

The issue of drug and alcohol testing of county employees has, at best, been a gray area. Questions frequently arise as to when an employee's protection under the Fourth Amendment of the Federal Constitution and Article 1, Section 9 of the Texas Constitution (unreasonable search and seizure by a governmental entity) is overridden by a greater governmental need to test for drugs and alcohol.

To further add to the confusion, the courts have not been consistent in their answers. While testing public sector employees in "safety-sensitive positions" has been found acceptable by different courts to varying degrees, the definition of "safety-sensitive position" itself can be highly subjective. Needless to say, it is quite a challenge for a county to develop an effective drug and alcohol testing program without the possibility of violating an employee's constitutional rights.

There is one area of county employment, however, where the right to conduct drug and alcohol tests is not only clearly defined, it is specifically required. In fact, failure to follow the requirements can lead to severe penalties.

What employee group falls into this category? — county employees who drive vehicles that require the driver to have a commercial drivers' license (CDL). These requirements, administered by the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), are not new.

Testing for drivers in counties with 50 or more qualifying CDL drivers became effective on Jan. 1, 1995 and, for counties with fewer than 50 qualifying drivers, testing became effective on Jan. 1, 1996.

Any county that operates vehicles that meet the definition of a "commercial vehicle," as defined in the regulations, is subject to the testing requirements and responsibilities, as are all drivers who operate those vehicles. By definition, a commercial vehicle, for purposes of these drug and alcohol testing requirements, includes any vehicle which:

Has a gross combination weight rating of 11,794 or more kilograms (26,001 or more pounds) inclusive of a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds); or

Has a gross vehicle weight rating of 11,794 kilograms or more (26,001 or more pounds); or

Is designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver; or
Is any size and is used in the transportation of materials found to be hazardous for the purposes of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 5103(b)) and which require the motor vehicle to be placarded under the Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR part 172, subpart F)

The rest of this article can be found here

information from http://www.county.org/resources/library/county_mag/county/156/2.html

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For CDL drivers in Frederick Maryland... if you even think you're dirty, don't test.
If you have need for the sentence above, go to one or more of my blogs:

http://crackaddictionrecovery.blogspot.com

http://victimbehavior.blogspot.com

You can... drink lots of water to pass a drug screen, but you won't really be out of suspicion, you might not test positive, but the test can come back 'diluted'...

I know of someone who: got hit by a car (not their fault, the truck didn't hit the car, the car hit the truck), drank lots of water... thought they were out of the forrest... test came back diluted... had to retest

it wasn't pretty...

if you aren't clean, do NOT drive, it's as simple as that.

When you wiegh 80,000 lbs everyone else's life is in your hands.

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More on Owner Operators vs Company Drivers

If you have a clean driving record, it's probably best to work for a larger company.

However, small independent owner operators can be useful if you're driving record leaves something to be desired.

If you've got a few months until a suspension or points come off your Maryland MVA driving record you may want to work for a smaller company.

PROS and CONS

Larger Companies pay from the moment you turn the key OR clock in

smaller companies often rent their trucks out to larger firms, you get paid ONLY for the hours the truck is earning money...

This isn't technically legal, the law is the law: just because you agree to violate the law, doesn't mean the law doesn't apply!

However... you got your licence messed up, you did that to yourself.
You DO want to work, don't you?

If you don't have enough experience, working for a small company might be just what the doctor ordered... just suck it up and pay your dues.

It wont take long, (less than a year, remember, demand exceeds supply) and you can quit the crappy job and get a real job.

MORE PROS and CONS

Bigger companies pay either once a week or every two weeks

Owner Operators often pay cash at the end of each day

If you're working a job, temporarily, just until you get a better job, getting paid cash could really work out for you.

How do I know any of this?

I've taken jobs that pay cash... you do NOT have to work a job unless it's to YOUR advantage...

They need you more than you need them.

There AREN'T ENOUGH CDL TRUCK DRIVERS

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Owner operators vs. company drivers

Once you get your CDL licence, now you have to find someone to work for.

You could work for a large Maryland trucking company, OR you could work for a small owner operator.

Owner operators frequently work within tiny profit margins, and the skyrocketing cost of diesel fuel isn't making it any easier for the little business owner.

What are the pros and cons of each?

If you have bad stuff on your driving record OR if you have experience is one type of driving but not another, working for a small outfit might be just what you need to round out your CDL driving resume.

Off Road driving vs. on road driving.

These two are very different beasts.

Different skill sets. The suspension of an off road dump truck/ concrete mixer/ or what have you is MUCH stiffer. When you raise the bed of a dump truck, the center of gravity shifts.

It's VERY easy to flip a dump truck over, you must make sure that both rear wheels are level or you'll turn the damn thing over.

The turning radius of a concrete mixer is surprising. If you turn AGAINST the rotation of the drum, you can turn as fast as you'd like.

Turn WITH the rotation of the drum and you're buthole will be suckin naugahyde (the artificial leather seats are made of)!

Think about this: Both a dump truck and a concrete mixer are 20 ton loads, the max you can carry on a truck's back (in Maryland anyway)... but the dump truck's center of gravity is on the truck's frame, or near your butt.

A mixer is carrying a liquid load, one that's rotating, and the center of gravity is behind your head.

It only takes one time for the wheels to leave the ground (just for a moment) and you'll learn to NEVER DO THAT AGAIN.

(note) When I write about driving a truck, remember this:
I've been fired at least once, for everything you could possibly think of to NOT do.
So when I tell you DON'T Do X, Y or Z, I know what I'm talking about.





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Demand Exceeds Supply, it still does construction or no

How many young CDL truck drivers do you see?

Not many.

How many CDL truck drivers do you see with grey hair?

Most of em.

Baby Boomers make up the largest part of the population, and we're all retiring at once... There ARE no 25 year olds to take our place.

This is a fact!

Now the economy is changing, the status quo no longer holds, entire careers are becoming obsolete at a faster and faster rate.

You're career is likely to be gone within 11 years, so if you're going to get a raise or move up you should switch jobs every 3 years.

The thing I like about construction CDL jobs is overtime. In an over the road job, you get paid for miles driven, the law says your company does not have to pay time & a half.

What's wrong with this is frequently you get stuck off loading and not getting paid.

What I like about tractor trailer jobs is that you're availablity of work is NOT dependent on housing starts, the prime rate, mortgage money availablity... you can 'pack up your marbles' and haul something else.

Frederick Maryland construction CDL jobs are in short supply, there's probably 100 drivers seeking 30 job openings...

that said, you can haul something else, you do not have to work in construction!

Demand Still Exceeds Supply

David Bruce Jr.
Frederick Web Promotions
http://frederickwebpromotions.com

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Hahn Transportation- Good Job near Frederick

One of the first CDL truck driving jobs I landed when I first moved to Frederick was delivering gasoline for Hahn Transportation in New Market Maryland.

I found them a good company to work for, although I did NOT get along with the other truck drivers. This was probably more due to my attitude toward any job, and my ideas clashing with the old timers that have worked for Hahn for upwards of 30 years.

At Hahn, you get paid to be careful.. not just drive the truck. You're carrying roughly 8,000 gallons of flammable liquid. To deliver gasoline, you have to have your head screwed on straight!

Being a free lance writer, Local Frederick Google advertising consultant... I'm not your typical blue collar worker... I prefer to be self employed and ONLY work a 'job' when I need to raise cash for my next business venture.

This attitude did not set well with the drivers who trained me at Hahn, I called them dinosaurs... I believe

demand exceeds supply
lets face it, the status quo has been gone for a long time.

80% of all truck drivers are baby boomers.

There are very few young people coming up the ranks to fill our places when we retire.

The old timers at Hahn still remember the scarcity of the last depression.

The employment rule for the 21st century is that your entire career is going to be obsolete in roughly 12 years.

Computers put secretaries out of a job... technology is going to put all of us out the traditional concept of staying at a job for life.





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Who NOT to work for.

There are in Frederick, quite a few truck driving jobs that are less than useful.

(I'm being politically correct with that phrasing)

Because of the downturn in residential home construction, there are currently more CDL drivers with construction backgrounds looking for a decreasing number of construction CDL jobs.

Fear not, the Maryland construction scene is not dead. It's just not in residential construction.

Infrastructure- Bridges, overpasses, highway construction, utilities are all being built in mass quantities.

Last Year I worked for Dewey Jordan.
I drove the water truck, I have Hazmat, Tanker and 25 years verifiable expierience.

Dewey Jordan Inc paid me $25,000 in 5 months. ($16.50 an hour, 24.75 for overtime)
averaging roughly $1000 week.


Find out about Dewey Jordan Inc here (they do NOT have thier own website so this is what I found on Dewey Jordan)

http://www.hotfrog.com/Companies/DEWEY-JORDAN-INC
Tractor Trailer jobs are not required to pay time and a half.

Local driving jobs ARE required to pay time and a half.

for that reason, I prefer a straight truck (under 100 mile radius) to a tractor trailer job.

Hahn Transportation in New Market paid me $19 an hour to deliver gasoline, but it was straight time.

Dewey Jordan's overtime brought my average pay (even though it was only $16.50 an hour) to the same pay as Hahn Transportation.

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Useful links for Frederick Maryland truck drivers

Useful links for Frederick Truck Drivers:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=+truck+driver+%2B+database&btnG=Google+Search

Note, many trucking companies do NOT have their own website, if they do, it's a 'brochure' website and not a database driven online way to apply for a driving job.

Many companies use a driver hiring service or a website that handles your truck driving application... you may or may not want to list with a independent service like this... what if you choose to NOT list a company you once worked for???

be wary...

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Truck Driver Jobs in Frederick Maryland

This site's focus is to rate Truck Driver Jobs in or near Frederick Maryland.

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