Prime training

I did the PSD 3 years ago at Prime. Unless they changed it, the only classroom work there was, was for the written CDL tests. I also took the tanker and HAZMAT test, though it wasn't on my license since I never got fingerprinted, everything else is on the job, whether working on the backing pad, or on the road.

 

Train on site 4 days - Obtain permit.
Drive on the road 3-4 weeks with a CDL instructor.
Return, pass Skills Test - Obtain Class A CDL.
Team with a trainer for 4-6 months with guaranteed pay

 

You get your permit and are assigned to an instructor. You drive (YOU not the instructor) 100 hours give or take, go back to SpringMo, test for your CDL.

Get your trainer assigned. Go out with your trainer for 30k or 40k or whatever it is this week. Now, assuming you are holding up your end of the deal, and aren't futzing around, you CAN get this done in as little as 8 weeks. It took my husband 3 months to the day from arriving at Prime (w/ CDL in hand) to being assigned Cubbie. It took one week for his 1st trainer to get to SpringMo. That truck was out of commission for a week w/ a radiator issue (long story.) The first trainer's lease "ran out" w/ JCW having 5k left to go, so out he went w/ the 2nd guy. And spent 5 days in the shop when the turbo blew. As you can see, it is kind of dependent on being able to move. He would have been done in 8 weeks if it weren't for the mechanical problems.

 

After you get your CDL, and get your first load out w/ your trainer. Read through the threads. There's a ton of info here.

 

What part of the country are you from?

 

Sounds like you could drop your trailer at our yard in Reed City and Bobtail home from there. There's no shortage of freight at that place, so as long as you don't have anything against hauling yogurt, you're in business...