Is Stevens Really The Best Training Company?

But this means the we have to pay for the whole school like signing a contract with Stevens???? Just asking!!!!!

 

Thank you Emulsified. You have been very helpful with all the answered questions that we all had. I have learned alot just by reading all the answers you have given by other questions that were asked by other people. I will be starting with Stevens in Dec. if all goes well. Will be going to the Dallas, TX classes. See you around....maybe.

 

Wish yo the best Isbrob

 

I will be heading to Stevens Next year by March if everything goes well....

 

Hang in there... it all becomes.easier with time and practice. Keep up.the good work and keep a positive attitide.

Remember too, you are just there to get your license... you will learn to drive a truck.from your trainer... just concentrate on what you need to learn to pass the test

 

So i went through and added up each month, and averaged it out a week:

06/2011 - total pay was 1,037.00 = 259.00 a week which is about 997 miles per week

07/2011 - total was 862.00 = 215.00 a week which is about 862 miles per week

08/2011 - total was 1206.00 = 301.00 a week which is about 1157 miles per week

09/2011 - total was 1448.00 = 362.00 a week which is about 1392 miles per week


10/2011 - total was 965.00 = 241.00 a week which is about 926 miles per week

11/2011 - total was 1230.00 = 307.00 a week which is about 1180 miles per week

12/2011 - total was 1645.00 = 411.00 a week which is about 1580 miles per week


01/2011 - total was 1207.00 = 301.00 a week which is 1157 miles per week

now i just added the monthly totals (rounded up cents) and divided it by 4 weeks then took the per week in pay and divided it by .26 cpm (which i am assuming is the pay you were getting paid Nascar)....im sure this pay varies from person to person, and i am just going by what nascarchuck put up, but my opinion, thats barely enough to live on, let alone pay any bills you may have at home. though those are pretty low miles, even by any info i have said, not even in the ball park for an average run by most OTR drivers, but just going by what was posted. That being said, i have been on this forum for close to a year, and last year i was looking at getting behind the wheel again, but i finished out my last job to finally see them go out of business, so alas been re-evaluating my choice to get behind the wheel, i do have my Class A CDL, enhanced even, and working on my endorsements (doubles, tanker, hazmat and my TWIC) but i only had 5 months of OTR with Swift back in 2007, and did yard holster for 3 years with last job, so i have done a lot of research on most of the big training companies, and even though Stevens is one of the lowered paid, i personally think they have the best training, and to be honest, some companies do push you through training very quickly, even when i went through "swift academy" i couldn't believe who they were letting pass the class, not to mention, when i was a warehouse supervisor at this last job, i dealt with a lot of OTR guys who picked up our freight every day, and was scary seeing how many people drive these massive machines. I am still trying to figure out if i can afford to drive for stevens, cause i am a single guy, so my income is the only thing that pays my bills, so no girlfriend or wife to help out, that is the only thing that has kept me working a local hourly job right now. So we'll see int he coming weeks.

 

Those are pretty low numbers for sure. Do keep in mind that is take home, after taxes and it also doesnt show the $50.00 to $100.00 per week that he could have taken out in cash advances. Those cash advances can add up to a lot. Also Im not sure if he was paying for insurance? That would come out before those numbers also.

 

Yes, this is bring home, and I normally took $50 a week cash advance and there is insurance taken out.

Also includes:
meat lock $10.00
motel (school) $11.25
driver assistance fund $1.00
loan repayment (school loan) $26.84
trip delivery (?) $2.00
load locks $10.00
food repayment $11.50
physical $2.25

I already had my CDL so I am not sure what the deductions are for this.

The bring home is the dollar amount that I am concerned about. This is what I have to pay bills with, not my net pay.

 

Trip.delivery I believe is the transflo charge.