Mass, NH,CT area training

There are Truck Driving Schools, but I would try local Community Colleges first... Just pick up the phone book or hit the computer and google schools in your area by zip??? There used to be a school in Manchester, NH. (New England Tractor Trailer School, aka NETTS) I know there are more probably closer to where you live?

 

If you are looking for a carrier with an in-house school in your area, you might find that the pickin's are slim. If you would be willing to go to a carrier school that is located outside of NE, then get hired with them on a freight lane near your home, I'll be glad to furnish you a list that came from my own research. I don't claim that my list captures 100% of the carriers with schools but it's a good starting list. Let me know!

 

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...7135-carriers-house-cdl-schools-who-am-3.html

This is a thread I started a week or so ago. The list I posted in the thread opener grew as the thread grew. Several members here added to the list in their posts to the thread. Read the thread. I try to add some tidbits of info I've learned since I started the thread.

As a quickstart though, call Roehl (pronounced "rail"), Con-Way, Swift, Watkins Shepard and Millis. I'll update when I can. Good luck!

 

Jester, I just got off the phone with Roehl. I pester them on a regular basis to see if they've bumped up their freight along I-10 in MS. I asked the recruiter about your situation and got this reply: Massachusetts and Illinois are 2 states that require you to retake your CDL road test if you want a CDL in MA. That is, no easy transfer. Many non-CDL holders who go to RDTC (Roehl Driver Training Center) get a WI CDL and then go back to their home and transfer the WI CDL to their home state with minimal hassle. I asked about just keeping the WI CDL and she said "No go", Roehl drivers (and other carriers' drivers, I guess) must hold a CDL in their state of residence. I guess that just makes sense. Your option with Roehl is to try to get you CDL A by whatever mean you can find before going to their driving school. I guess what that means is studying on your own for a permit, then lucking onto an O/O that would let you use their truck for practice and then for the road test....go luck with that (LOL). Anyway, I said I'd update and there you go. Swift is a no brainer, they are huge, lanes out the whazzoo!

 

NETTS is a very good school. I have trained three or four students that came out of there. Most companies will probably reimburse that $5000.