Finally Applied

I have applied to Prime, Swift, Stevens, and am looking into some others that have schools. I will definitely look into being a "pumpkin." lol It was actually one of the companies i had been looking into, but i can only find that they will reimburse for training not offer it. Maybe i am not looking hard enough and will go look again.

 

Yea. I hear, well read, people saying they want to get their CDL and cant afford to go to a school and don't want to work for one company for a year. I cant help but think to myself when i see that "then you don't really want to Drive a truck then." You have to start somewhere and i would rather deal with BS,not saying i will, if I have to than not be a truck driver. I loved being a passenger with my dad and being able to go all over and see so many awesome landscapes and some not so cool urban areas. but you have to take the good with the bad and there must be more good than bad or people wouldn't be there doing it, right?

 

Yea the guy in post 25 says he called n they no longer have it. I actually emailed them about their driving school partnership program and how that worked because there isn't much information about it on the website. It just says they have partnered with some schools and mentions working to pay off the cost but not if they pay for it or just reimburse you. If they just reimburse you it doesn't sound so much like a driving school program as it does a normal driving job with tuition reimbursement. I would love to drive for Schneider they seem to be a pretty decent outfit to start out with. If anyone has more information on how the driving school program actually works (first hand info please, no 2nd cousin's 2X removed brother-in-law) I should get a reply from the actual company soon but i would like to see how the program actually works as to how they say it works.

I like the references to the other threads. I realize that many ?s have already been asked and i try my best to find them before I ask but it helps keep this thread from rehashing a subject already discussed. I appreciate all the help, keep it coming.

 

Just applied to CRST. Paid training* and only 8 month commitment. Team driving only but i think i can deal with most people well as long as they are not total slobs or want to have cats on the truck. lol There are horror stories but i still think its worth it specially for only 8 months. Hopefully if I decide to go with them they will turn out to be not so bad. some people seem to like and some it helps them when they finally get to go solo for someone else. They realize solo trucking is what they want to do.