IVE BEEN DRIVING A STRAIGHT TRUCK FOR 8YRS. AND STARTED TO SEE ALOT OF LOCAL TRUCK COMPANIES (STRAIGHT TRUCK) ARE GOING WITH T/T THE COMPANY IM WITH NOW IS GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION JUST PICKED UP 3 TRAILERS I WENT TO THE OWNER AND ASKED HIM WOULD HE SPONSOR ME FOR MY CLASS A. HE SAID NO CAUSE HIS INSURACE WONT PICK ME UP CAUSE I DONT HAVE ANY T/T EXPERINCE IVE BEEN TOLD THIS BY ALOT OF BIG AND SMALL COMPANIES IN MY AREA(NYC)ALL OF THE GUYS AT THE COMPANY IM WITH NOW HAVE T/T EXPERINCE SO THEY ARE GOOD TO GO. ANY THE MONEY ISNT WHAT IT USE TO BE DRIVING A STRAIGHT TRUCK. SO I WAS TOLD BY A OTR TRUCK DRIVER GO WITH A OTR; COMPANY LET THEM TRAIN YOU GET THE EXPERINCE YOU .NEED.SO I RESEARCH TRAINING COMPANIES ASKED ALOT OF QUESTIONS BEEN TO ALOT OF TRUCKERS FOURUMS, I WAS TOLD THAT SCHNEIDERS; WAS THE COMPANY THAT WOULD FIT ME. AFTER GETTING THE RUN AROUND FROM SNL; FOR A YEAR I LET THEM GO. I APPLIED TO FFE;I START TRAINNING IN A FEW DAYS DOWN IN PINEBLUFF AK. TRYED TO FIND SOME NEGITIVES ABOUT FFE; BEEN TO ALOT OF SITES AND WAS TOLD BY ALOT OF TRUCKERS ;NEVER HEARD OF THEM; OR I KNOW THEY ARE A REEFER. OUTFIT. NOTHING REALLY, REALLY BAD. IM ONLY LOOKING AT GOING OTR; TO GET T/T EXPERINCE GET MY CLASS A; MY GOAL IS WORK IN THE PORTS IN NYC.(LOCAL) SO IF I GIVE A OTR; COMPANY A YEAR OF MY LIFE AND PUT UP WITH ALOT OF CRAP. IM LOOKING AT IT AS A INVESTMENT IN MY LIFE. AND FFE; IS THE COMPANY THAT I WILL GIVE UP A YEAR FOR AS LONG AS I STAY FOCUS ON MY GOALS THEN PUTTING UP WITH CRAP. WONT BOTHER ME AS MUCH.... WHAT DO YOU THINK?????? AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT FFE; LOOKIN FOR A HEADS UP..............

I wouldn't go to AK, Alaska for training.......lol I know you mean AR, Arkansas

If it works in your long term plan, then 1 year or so will be a cake walk. I can't say much for FFE. If they will train you then you have nothing to loose. They would be giving you experience that you need and it looks good on a resume. Reefers are easy to operate. Don't worry about not knowing. Keep to your plan, I am sure other doors will open along the way. Good Luck

I think you should turn caps lock off

ok. thanks!

thanks for your input. yeah i ment to say pinebluff, arkansas

[quote=dieselhound;391681]I wouldn't go to AK, Alaska for training.......lol I know you mean AR, Arkansas

I know a dump trucker who has lived here all his life and on his truck doors it reads "#####" Trucking, Fayetteville, AK. He thinks it is funny. Weird guy.......

can anyone give me any heads up about FFE; or do they fall in the group as all the other companies (they got there good points and they got there bad) i cant get no real info;??????

Smitty, search the good and bad forums, they are right at the top of the page, I was considering them so I'll help you out a little bit. What I found out is they are not a big trucking company but a smaller one. Some of the things I read seemed to lean towards a company that cares a little, and tries to help you do your job and get you home when you need to get home. The bad stuff I read wasn't that much and you could say that about almost any trucking company. They have one or two sister companies that are on the smaller side too, maybe they focus on that. I think the real frustration here will be having to deal with the food warehouses, I hated most of them I visited, some serious problems with that whole game if you ask me. LOL Do your research.

WHat are the problems with the food warehouses you found I'm scheduled to start with tem in june