Greetings all.
Am looking for advice / suggestions. seriously considering changing professions, looking at several companies / schools. Central refrigeration, Swift, Cr England, USA truck, and Driver solutions. from what i have read all say the same, 3 - 6 weeks training, which is not paid, can understand. have seen a lot of negative about almost all these companies. anyone with other recommendations would be appreciated. I do have a pretty good idea of what to expect mostly, and im sure there is a lot i have no clue about. Been a mechanic most of my life, but enough is enough. Thanks for any input you all may have, and drive safe.
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Discussion in 'The Welcome Wagon' started by jccwall, Apr 15, 2011.
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I'll be a nice guy for once and say.......Welcome aboard!
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Best of Luck and Welcome to the forum
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Welcome jcc
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None of those companies have unpaid training. You will always get paid, just not by the mile. USA I think gives you like $350 a week? I'm not sure. I don't know about Swift or CRE. Driver Solutions works with PAM, who I drive for. You get $300 a week with PAM, plus $50 when you get on the truck, an "orientation bonus". PAM's training is 4 weeks. Sometimes a little longer, sometimes not. Depends on how you drive.
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Oh, you'll always see negative about every company. But you can't always listen to it. Most times, it's from disgruntled drivers. Not always, but most times.
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Welcome to the party!
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well that is a major reason to get on forums, to try and hear all sides of it.
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and regards to drive. its not like i havent been in a larger truck before. although the tractor/trailers im sure are a different ballgame. my exp, is mostly military 2.5 and 5 ton trucks, and trailers were only like 8-10 footers.
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Well since we are both newbees, i want too hit the road again too, so 6 weeks is nuthen for me, the part i have is he-or she will idle the truck the whole time, hate to idle trucks, but for me, this what i figure out, i'm going with swift for differnt reason's, but my total out of pocket for me is $2300 for 2 month's, becuse i know what it's take's too live a month out there with no pay
, i'm also buying lot of truck item's too help out in my trucking job, like a new laptop, then order a log program, which you dont need but kinda nice tool too have, but with e-logs , it's all done for you, then i have too get used to a automatic truck,making my own portable cooler , air cond, so i dont have too idle truck, yes i'm a tight wad and proud of it , so if you need something, just ask ,were all a happy big family here,
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