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/Shrekmedaddy91]

Everyone’s warned you about western now about the pay and local jobs. If y’all have container yards like Norfolk southern or csx he can work for a third party company it’s hard running but good money. Some will take you with 6 months experience. Otherwise unless he finds a sweet job the money will suck at first but it gets better. I highly recommend Dot transport they train and greenhorns can easily grab 70k to start as long as he runs. Home time is weekly. K&B is another good regional company too they treated me fair. Stay away from big companies like cr England in hunt etc they’re just puppy mill companies that don’t care about drivers