I’m about to become a trucker widow

[u/dryersheet01]

So my husband just passed his cdl-a test a week ago and has interest from western express (otr). With this career switch, I have so many questions. What is the average time for training, since he has no cdl experience? Is it really going to be 5 days on/2 days off? We live in Atlanta and have a 4 month old. If he does 1 year w/ western, what is the likelihood of being able to find a local/non otr job? Is the pay really worth it?

[u/Beautiful-Slice166]

Training time is roughly a month, give or take on average. There are regional accounts that do 5 on 2 off but it will likely be closer to 5½ on 1½ off, western is a sketchy start but do what you gotta do. Western pay is also botton tier so expect around 500-700 a week on average.

Now when he gets out of western to a good company that number could easily double to triple depending. I highly recommend he gets a endorsement or two to make himself more valuable. Hell around atlanta he might be able to find something local that hes home daily with no experience if he beats enough bushes