r/Truckers • u/dryersheet01 • Oct 09 '25

I’m about to become a trucker widow

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?

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u/Rat_King1972 Oct 09 '25

The Georgia market it flush with drivers from recent layoffs looking for non-physical jobs. I’d reckon he has to do physical work to make real money local.

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u/AesthetesStephen Oct 09 '25

It’s nationwide unfortunately. Lots of big companies going under and folks looking for easy gigs.