r/CDLTruckDrivers

A lot of drivers become more intentional after a few years in the industry.

Could be loads, schedules, lanes, customers, routes, or even how they manage their time.

What changed most for you?

My husband has his B license and currently drives a school bus. But we’ve decided he can make a lot more truck driving.

Would it be better to find a job that will train him or just get it and then find a job? Or does it not matter? He got recommended a class that’ll cost like $1100. He knows he needs to do the written test first and has that scheduled

Also if anyone has recommendations for companies in Des Moines that would have him home daily that would be great.

Also do you get good benefits? I know it depends on the company but overall how is it? He has fantastic benefits right now and we’re worried about losing that.

Also this might be a dumb question but what if he gets in an accident? I’m just an anxious wife who is worried about him getting in an accident and then getting fired and our life falling apart lol 😂

Not a driver. Just curious, since ChatGPT and similar have gotten to be much more convincingly conversational, it seems like long haul drivers would be early adopters. Is this happening at all?

Is there any free offerings on studying for your cdl permit everything ive downloaded costs money

I’m 21 and looking into applying for Sysco in the Inland Empire/Ontario CA area for a CDL delivery driver position.

Trying to find out from current drivers if Sysco there is still doing DOT urine-only testing or if they’ve started doing hair follicle tests in 2026.

Would also appreciate any honest input about:

rookie hiring

workload

pay

schedules

whether it’s worth it for a new driver

Thanks.

Hello , I’m 21 and highly considering going to school for trucking. My boyfriend and I are wanting to do team driving. For anyone doing team driving or just in the career in general. What are the pros and cons. Go we get insurance. How does team driving work?
We lift , so is it’s possible still making it to the gym everyday doing this. Any and all information is appreciated.

Is concrete mixer truck driver a good first job ? they offered me $28.00hr and it’s Monday through Saturday I got my CDL A a couple weeks ago and I start Monday

I am trying to find a place where I can search for a job as a CDL A Truck Driver, especially as an Owner Operator.

I know Indeed is good, but there are a lot of scam posts, I think.

Does anybody have a better website to find a job?

Hello! I`m sure this has been posted here a million times, but I really want to look into one of my local companies that pay you to get your CDL. The biggest thing stopping me is fear. Im nearly 40 years old, and my daughter just moved out and my 17 year old son is still home. I am scared of leaving my wife home alone and also just being away from her for so long. Her as well as my cats and just my home in general. I fear getting over the road and regretting it all but being stuck out there. Ha. Is this something any of you dealt with? My plan is to stick out a year, then look for something near home or regional. I live near Memphis, TN so I feel I have ample opportunity if I just suck it up.

I’m a night Linehaul driver at XPO. I pull a set of doubles every night to KC out of Des Moines. The pay is great the lifestyle sucks. We run off a skeleton crew so once I get to KC I have to split my set and then hit the dock to chase freight going bsck to Des Moines. Load up my trailers and hit the road. My start time is 8:30pm and I’m typically back in Des Moines around 9am. Im grateful to be making over 100K a year being so young. But I’ve been looking to get out. I wanna do something with my cdl just not sure what I wanna do tho. I definitely don’t wanna do over the road sounds overrated too. Just looking for advice and wisdoms!

Might be a dumb question but any tips for studying interested in getting class b with air brake endorsement I’m used to driving that size truck my old job didn’t require one because truck was under weight limit. How do I know I’m ready to take actual test