Trucking in Vermont?

As most of you know I'm just starting my driving career, and that I live in Charlotte, NC. Well when I was 18 I was told that I had 72 hours to find a new place to live as the place I was renting was no longer available. I had lived in VT for 6 years at the time, but couldn't afford to live up there anymore I had been looking for a new place for 6 months prior to the news. So most of my Friends are in VT and most of my family is in New England. I have been wanting to move back kind of and now that I just got back from visiting my newly born God Son I really want to move back. Ever since I moved here almost 3 years ago I still get phone calls/texts/e-mails daily from Friends/Friends parents/family telling me to move back lol

I not going anywhere for a while because I know it's going to be hard to find a driving job and the cost of living up there is RIDICULOUS and a new OTR driver pay isn't going to cut it.

So what I'm looking for are companies that Hire out of Vermont, Burlington Vermont to be specific and or advice from drivers in VT.

I know Old Dominion, UPS, Fed Ex are up there, not sure about Conway I hope they are.



Thanks in advanced for any help/advice!





American Trucker

 

Yea I just did the same search lol they have one in Essex to. I'm kind of hoping to find:

• Local Fuel Hauling
• Local Tanker (anything)
• Local Flatbed Equipment
• Local LTL (Conway/Fed Ex/UPS)
• Possibly Logging (Most logging jobs ask for logging experience)
• Any Other Class A Local Job that pays good
• A Decent OTR Company ( When I say Decent I mean Driver Friendly and Good Money, I'm not kidding about how high the cost of living is lol)

I don't mean to sound like money is the only thing that matters but I've been on my own for years, and have worked VERY hard to support myself and build a solid Work/Credit/Rental history and don't want to screw everything I've worked so hard for up just to get back to VT.



Thanks for the tip on the Tanker company, KO1927!





American Trucker

 

I don't have any family in VT anymore, But I can easily have my Friends go look for companies for me.

That's probably what I'm going to have to do...When I first got my CDL when I was 18 and couldn't find a job down here, I entertained myself buy going on line to Craigslist to look for driving jobs in VT and I did find a few that would hire me at 18 with no experience but the pay wasn't good enough. Looking back now I probably should have just taken the $16/hour and lived in a crack house lol or whatever until I could get a better job, but we all know how good hindsight is....



American Trucker

 

I lived in Falmouth, MA for 12 years before I moved to VT. Its crazy up north, down here I have a HUGE 900sf apt all to myself for $569/month and the apartment community is only 3 years old.

When I was in VT people wanted $750/month+ for a little one bedroom loft apt over there garage lol in a 50+ yr old house


American Trucker

 

lol I had the same problem, But I figured out a way to solve my problem. I broke up with her and moved 1000 miles away 72 hours later



American Trucker