Passed my Road Test

Afternoon, folks. I know it's been a minute since I posted, but I was focused on training down here in Springfield at Prime.

Good news! I passed my CDL road test and am now officially an employee of Prime. Now comes the TNT phase, but I have to wait for a trainer to become available. I will most likely go home to wait. It's nice down here, but I don't want to spend anymore time at the hotel and I can use the time to transfer my license. Plus, it would be good to see some family and friends before I hit the road for those 30K miles of training.

Also, I had originally chose reefer as my division, but I did PSD training with a tanker driver. Now I'm considering whether tanker might not be better in the long run. Decisions, decisions...

Anyway, just wanted to update you guys. You've all been very helpful since I decided to make the jump to trucking. Thanks again, and I'll continue to keep you guys updated on how things go.

 

The cost of the training is very reasonable in my opinion, especially given that they provide you with travel to training, lodging, and meals. The contract says that the total with interest is around $4600. Even if I decided to leave after 6 months, I don't think it would be difficult to pay that back. And I'm sure that it would be prorated if you decided to leave before the term ends.

Yes, it was a huge relief. Good luck on your test.

 

Yes, I believe it's all auto now. My PSD trainer said that he made regular runs to the Midwest in tanker division, but I don't remember the exact states. But you can call a recruiter and they will give you information on the specific routes/lanes they run for tanker.