Thats an great question . It all comes down to the lesser of two evils to coin an phrase....
Depending if you went to an accredited school or not .
If you went to an accredited school or have 6 months experience . I would pick Howard Transportation out of Laurel Miss. they are flat bed and have their own buisness building and transporting transformers. They have 3 yards . One in laurel miss., Wierton w.v., and Kenly n.c.. They were not my first driving job but they were my first flat bed company and they trained me for 4 weeks on flatbeds. Others just out of school they had back then an 3 month program for newbies and if the personalities clashed between trainer and trainee they would just switch out drivers to find that right match.
When it comes to cdl schools via big companies i really do not like any of them. But for each individual if in an situation where they need to sign on to an contract to get their cdl . I would say whatever is the lesser of two evils . Hopefully after they see this thread and other threads of the like. They will be able to make that decision on an intellectual level for themselves.
I have always promoted RESEARCH the companies even if i do not approve of an company or not.
What i am hoping to achieve is that i can help someone make an intelligent choice of getting off to an great start in the trucking industry.
Another company that i liked and had an great training program is East-West INC. out of Swannanoa N.C. their training went for 3 months but that really depends on the individual and the trainer.
East-West you are going to know the gourge very well because you drive it out going west and back in going east.... get ready for mountains and icy conditions.... IMO great training for any driver.... They run teams and solo's from N.C. to shakey and the north west.
Big company training and big scams associated with them !!!
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Jack, I can't thank you enough for your time & effort to bring to the forum the disgusting,heartless and ruthless tactics these so called American companies pull just so they can fleese the taxpayer just to show a better profit margin to the stockholders. Who says the slave trade is dead?
I ,again, stumbled onto this tread doing what you have been trying to show the greenhorns what to do. I'm a local construction driver,lowbed, flatbed & dump trailers, and it's tough up here in beantown. I ran reefers during the last recession around the north east,yeah NYC too,And I didn't mind it at all. Oh ya, it was the late 80's and I was getting $.31 mi. then. So anyway I was looking at the road jobs and luckily stumbled onto this web sight and could see the jist of what you are kind enough to be preaching here:Check These Maggots Out Before Jumping! I hope I don't get tossed by web bylaws for that. But I was researching NFI and Shaffer when I fell into your words of wisdom tread. Like I said Thanks, to you and the other gear grinders out there for the help. Yeah Mike.
cactusjack Thanks this.
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