Melton Truck Lines : August 19, 2013 (Tulsa, OK)

Hello Everyone,


Background:

I graduated from my 330 hour driving school program on 07/29 and went and passed my DMV appointment on 8/05 (TWIC, Passport, Hazmat Endorsement in hand). I am 21 years old, clean driving record, average health. I am located in Cool, CA (45 minutes roughly north of Sacramento, CA). So, I am also in the hiring range for Melton Truck Lines.

How I got here:

I did a lot of research and talked with a lot of recruiters and have decided I would really like to make my home with Melton Truck Lines I have had a really tough time actually communicating with recruiters from other companies, my Melton experience has been very warm and a breath of fresh air. Their level of communication during the hiring process has been terrific and very transparent and I hope that communication boils over into their driver support team (DM's, etc.).

Where I am in the hiring process:

I have been assigned with a recruiter already through all the interview stuff, I believe they were processing my job history today and into next week. Supposedly, this weekend or early next week I should be working on the rest of the hiring process you go through prior to orientation (conditional employment offer, etc.). My tentative orientation date based on all my information checking out is August 19, 2013 in Tulsa, OK.

Why I made this thread:

I see most of the threads about Melton Truck Lines are fairly dated and I decided I would like to chronicle my experiences over the next couple months so others interested in Melton can get a glimpse of my experience with them. I will try to update this thread from this point forward with anything significant that goes on between myself and Melton Truck Lines.

Hope there is interest,
Scott Johnson

 

Hey ge23ll, I went to Western Truck School in West Sacramento, CA. I see you are up in Weimar so just like me pretty far off the beaten path - they have school four days a week 10 hours of instruction with a 1 hour lunch you can pick between 3 programs: 160 hours, 330 hours, 640 hours. I did the 330 hour program and feel very prepared for the industry - the 640 is kind of the same deal since they toss in a 240 hour paid externship with either Werner or Covenant, so it is basically a 400 hour school program with 240 hours industry experience.

 

Update #1

Melton Truck Lines has been very good about contacting me daily to give me updates on where I am at in the process and to answer any questions I have. I had my application accepted, and got my bus ticket confirmation number this morning - I leave tonight for Tulsa, OK. I will try to "chronicle" my experiences at orientation as well as possible. I am am leaving tonight Friday @ 11:00 p.m and should arrive by 6:00 p.m on Sunday.