Class A license in a Class B truck

That will depend on the company and how you write up your experience. Cement companies have both A and B trucks. You might be able to drive the A truck. I count one day a month as experience. Some only count over the road time. Always answer the questions the way they are put to you. Don't say, yes, I have experience but I only drove 1 day during the past 3 years.

 

I made it a point to run big truck and small ones...make u more of an asset...MY OPINION ONLY.....I personally wouldn't run just B's

 

When you go OTR, experience is usually judged in the past 3 years running 5-7+ states depending on the company and their insurance. Mainly because regulations, trucks and technology changes.

When you go local that local experience doesn't count if you went back OTR, but it does towards other local trucking jobs. There's tons of jobs other than OTR.

 

When you fill out an application it has different type of vehicles you have driven. A Class b truck would be considered a straight truck. So you would put how many miles in that, and your would put you only have 9 months and so many miles driving a semi tractor. Unless you are going to go to another class b company. Your experience with a semi trailer may no longer be valid after so long, and they may want you to take a refresher course and have you go out with a trainer all over again, but some companies still might consider your experience, but I believe the majority won't.

 

Nine months OTR, then going to a mixer? It would be one thing if you had, say, 20 years of experience driving a mixture of combinations and single vehicles, but you probably shouldn't expect your straight truck time to do any favors for you if you stick with it for a while then try getting into a tractor-trailer again.

 

Mixers are like reefers, haul ### then wait. Rinse repeat. when your applying somewhere new call it heavy class b truck. Theres a hell of a differance between a 33,600 box truck and a mixer at 54000 or whatever there at now adays.

 

If you watch employment trends in this industry, you will have noted that employers are being much more flexible in what they count as experience. Besides, there are plenty of jobs for people who have good attitudes and good records, regardless of where you have been working(and this implies of course that you have been working).

 

have fun getting yelled at all the time

 

It has a lot to do with the company. I went through the same thing the last time I was looking for a driving job. Had been doing a few months driving a school bus while waiting for a good opportunity to come along.

I found that most of them will not count it towards your years of driving experience, but if you are currently driving a class B truck they will count that as "recent driving experience."