Driver Requirements — CDL-A Owner Operators | Advanced Trucking
Driver requirements  ·  Owner-operators & company drivers

What it takes to run here

Everything we need from you, and everything that will stop you, on one page. Read it before you apply rather than after — we would rather you know now than find out ten minutes into an application.

Every driver, every lane

What we need from everybody

These apply whether you own your truck, lease one from us, or drive ours.

You

  • Class A CDL in good standing
  • 25 years old or above
  • 2+ years verifiable OTR experience in the past 5 years
  • Current DOT physical and medical card
  • A smartphone and a headset, so we can reach you safely

Your driving record

  • No preventable accidents in the past 3 years
  • No more than 1 moving violation in the past 3 years
  • No license suspension or disqualification for traffic convictions in the past 3 years
  • No drug or alcohol convictions (DUI/DWI) in the past 5 years — and never in a commercial vehicle
  • We do not accept SAP drivers

The truck

This part depends on whose truck you’re in

The equipment specs below are for drivers bringing their own truck. If you’re leasing one from us or driving a company truck, none of it applies to you.

Bringing your own truck

Owner-operator

Your tractor and trailer need to meet these before you can run under our authority:

  • Passed DOT inspection
  • Capable of running an Electronic Logging Device (ELD)
  • Air-ride tandem axle tractor and trailer
  • A tablet with a cellular connection for the ELD

And the trailer is your call

  • Dry van
  • Late-model reefer
  • Flatbed — with verifiable flatbed experience

Using one of ours

Lease purchase & company drivers

No truck, no equipment list. You need the CDL, the experience and the record above — that’s it. Lease a Freightliner Cascadia out of our fleet and you still self-dispatch, or drive a company truck on Midwest regional with a guaranteed weekly minimum.

  • Everything under “every driver, every lane” above
  • Nothing else — the truck is ours to worry about
  • Trailers we provide are dry van only

Close, but not quite?

A list can’t read a situation. If you’re a few months short on experience, or there’s something on your record you’d rather explain than have us guess at, call and talk it through. We’d rather hear it from you.

Call (317) 978-0276

If that all checks out

The application takes about ten minutes

No recruiter call needed to get started, and no obligation. If you’d rather see the numbers first, run your own miles and rate through the calculator.

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