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Freebird135 · **^ Top** #11 05.15.2009

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Originally Posted by flathead

Did you apply for a loan through Sage? You can get a personal loan from just about any bank or credit union. It helps if you have an account there, of course. But for the amount of the truck school? It should be easy to get a personal loan. You might have the money in your account before you leave the bank, in fact.

But if you can't scrape up the cash somehow, you could always get training from Schneider for "free". Hey, from what I've read, they are the least evil of the companies for newbies to get free training from.

yea i applied through sage, the guy never called me to tell me if i was approved

he acted very excited to get me in the class but now isnt even calling me and the class starts monday and as i type this its 3:15 friday

so i might try to get in the next class or maybe go to c 1

i already have a job at an LTL company or i would go to schneider or somethin

MtnFox · **^ Top** #12 05.16.2009

My DMV has a careless on it (2 yrs ago) with a DWAI 16yrs ago. I've found that to be a bit of a hinderence on the job apps.

I think having 2 college degrees makes some employers a bit wary. They wonder why I'm lookin for a truckin job with the background I have. I LOVE driving heavy machinery , Nursing sucks after 20 yrs! I want to drive a truck OTR!!!

Thanks for the info and the heads up.

MtnFox · **^ Top** #13 05.16.2009

I'll find both of those that you mentioned and apply. I'm gonna go to yellow pages to find land scape/construction/dirt hauling etc. to get started. Even applied to Jonson Moving and Waste Mgt. but I'm too old to lift heavystuff on a regular basis!LOL
If you can think of any more options please let me know. Sage was a good school but they didn't let me know about my "unhire status" when they took my check.

MtnFox · **^ Top** #14 05.16.2009

BTW Ipaid cash up front for my training at Sage. They had no reason to ensure prehires or recomendations. They were real persistent with job refs and leads even though i didn't owe them money. It was decent training and fair follow up.

MONTANASILVERSMITH24 · **^ Top** #15 07.24.2009

Was a sage student west memphis arkansas location and really liked the school and the staff.

Croosbronx Expressway · **^ Top** #16 2 Weeks Ago

Check out your local community college. They might be able to give you a truck driving course at a fraction of what some OTR's charge you. Of course, the only thing missing would be OTR experience. But it's still not bad, all you might have to do is drive trucks as a trainee and stay the 1 year without any recurse from the OTR company.

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