Need help finding a god cdl school in california. Im 32 and got tired of working in an office enviorment. I would like to go into the trucking industry see if I can be successful at it as i was in my other job. I would appreciate any help or feed back from any of you. I been told that if you work hard you will be successful. Rene
The schools today seem only able to pump out a new "litter" of pups every 8 weeks or so. To be honest; I went to a Trucking School in 1980, not that I needed to, but that it wa a CETA Funded School (Anyone remember CETA?) The school was 10 weeks of classroom BEFORE even getting in a truck (watching just about every GORE film produced by the State of Ohio) followed by 22 weeks of "Hands-On" and then followed by another 4 weeks of classroom. I learned a lot in this school, but truthfully, it didn't prepare me for the long hours and hard work ahead. I read a story in the Truckers News (http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stor...mpanymeetsneedsfortruckerswithownacademy.aspx) that A. Duie Pyle offers a FREE Trucking school: