Paddyirishman
New Member
Hello everyone, have enjoyed reading the posts here.
I have just moved here from Ireland and although i haven't driven OTR for about 3 years at home i have been driving trucks pretty consistently since i was 18 (British military). I was trained in the military as a heavy diesel mechanic and although i enjoyed that and continued with it for a while, the driving was where the money was at the time and i love to move.
Now i know from people i have asked that my previous experience in Ireland, England and Europe will be relatively worthless here and my license is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle. So i am headed back to school or a CDL mill sometime soon. I am pretty sure that the enlightened (not) dispatchers and fleet managers in Ireland cant be any better than here, and i was out 4 - 6 weeks OTR at home (that last ferry to Dublin was like a mirage). So all in all i have no illusions about trucking, i have driven junk trucks and good trucks in good and bad conditions on autobahns and over the Alps and Pyrenes, my bar was never high when it came to driving.
My question is (and i'm sure you have heard this one before) what is my best route to sitting behind the wheel of that VN 780. I did have a DUI 8 years ago at home and have had 1 bobtail accident 11 years ago which was minor and no other parties involved. Should i go to a school, go to a CDL mill or what else?
Any feedback you guys could give me would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your time and keep her between the hedges.
Warren
I have just moved here from Ireland and although i haven't driven OTR for about 3 years at home i have been driving trucks pretty consistently since i was 18 (British military). I was trained in the military as a heavy diesel mechanic and although i enjoyed that and continued with it for a while, the driving was where the money was at the time and i love to move.
Now i know from people i have asked that my previous experience in Ireland, England and Europe will be relatively worthless here and my license is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle. So i am headed back to school or a CDL mill sometime soon. I am pretty sure that the enlightened (not) dispatchers and fleet managers in Ireland cant be any better than here, and i was out 4 - 6 weeks OTR at home (that last ferry to Dublin was like a mirage). So all in all i have no illusions about trucking, i have driven junk trucks and good trucks in good and bad conditions on autobahns and over the Alps and Pyrenes, my bar was never high when it came to driving.
My question is (and i'm sure you have heard this one before) what is my best route to sitting behind the wheel of that VN 780. I did have a DUI 8 years ago at home and have had 1 bobtail accident 11 years ago which was minor and no other parties involved. Should i go to a school, go to a CDL mill or what else?
Any feedback you guys could give me would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your time and keep her between the hedges.
Warren