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SF Bay Area CDL A School

Discussion in 'Trucking Schools and CDL Training Forum' started by Gee3o, Jun 30, 2023.

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  1. Jun 30, 2023 #1
    Gee3o

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    What are the best schools in the SF Bay Area to get your CDL A training? What should I look for in a school to ensure I am getting the best training available?
     
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  3. Jun 30, 2023 #2
    Chinatown

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    I'd look at Community Colleges and Tech Schools for cdl training.
    The school should be a minimum of 160 hours.
    Community Colleges and Tech Schools ususally go well over 160 hours, which is even better.
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    Get all the endorsements plus TWIC and let the school know this is what you want. These endorsements plus TWIC will give you many more trucking job opportunities to choose from.
     
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  4. Jul 1, 2023 #3
    tscottme

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    Find where you want to work BEFORE you make a decision about CDL school. You might not need to pay for school or you might need to attend one particular school.
     
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  5. Jul 5, 2023 #4
    Allow Me.

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    Tour the school. Condition of equipment says a lot. A school that operates from a vacant dirt lot with a 20ft shipping container as an office is a big no. Or all their equipment is 24 ft pup trailers.
     
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  7. Jul 6, 2023 #5
    Jamie01

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    This here. The best school is the one that qualifies you for the job you want. Figure out what's important to you in terms of pay, home time and operations (teaming or solo, length of training, type of routes, type of freight), and which companies hiring in your area offer that. Then find out what schools their safety division accepts.
     
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  8. Jul 9, 2023 #6
    Gee3o

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    Well if I could have a perfect world scenario I suppose at this limited knowledge point I would want to be trained to operate the truck equivalent of a 'stick shift' not an automatic, drive regional or interstate, not concerned with regular home time (yet?), and I would prefer to have a very solid understanding of the physics involved in loads (how do you know HOW to carry what you are carrying, how do spools of cabling change in how your truck handles vs. a load of cartons of Kleenex, etc.). I think there is a lot of unknown, unknowns but thats kind of where I am at so far. Any thoughts?
     
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  9. Jul 9, 2023 #7
    Gee3o

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    BTW it seems like the free training offered on Trucking Truth is very solid. Have any experienced drivers taken a look at the training? I am just wondering what your opinion might be.
     
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  10. Jul 9, 2023 #8
    Chinatown

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    TruckingTruth is a scam website that gets the information by copy/paste from this website.
    The owner of the website is a secret member on here. Are you the owner or work for him?
    Lots of Google searches takes you to his website and then the information is a copy/paste from here. He posts "I've already done all the research for you." He's probably getting headhunter fees from trucking companies, which we don't get or want and would refuse on this website.
     
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  11. Jul 9, 2023 #9
    lual

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    The info given in posts #2 -- #5 above is all solid advice.

    If you truly embrace & use that info you will be off to an excellent start. :thumbup:

    The questions you've offered in post #6 will largely take care of themselves later, in your training.

    -- Lual
     
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  12. Jul 9, 2023 #10
    lual

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    Deleted...:(
     
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