I have been reading everything I can on here for the last few days and it has been really informative.
I have been a automotive painter for the last nine years and I'm ready for something different. My dad has been in the trucking business as an owner operater since I was about 12 or so, he just hauls locally though pulling a end dump. I have went with him a lot and from the time I was 16 I started working for him part time driving a tank truck off road....it was an old freightliner cabover with a 350 big cam and 13speed. So that taught me how to shift, back up, and pull a tank trailer.

I don't have a CDL so I need to find a company that will pay for training. I really want to pull flatbeds or tankers, I was looking at maverick but after talking to them I guess they don't pay for training anymore?

Can you guys please point me in the right direction? I might like dry vans ok, but I would rather not load or unload them, I would prefer to just drop one off and hook up to another one if that's a common thing. Also time at home on the weekends is important, I have a 2 year old little girl so I want to be around her as much as possible.

Thank you all very much, even if you don't reply I have probably read something on here that you posted anyway. Oh and I'm not sure how many companies run cabovers but I really dont want to drive one again. lol