FTA-Asheboro NC

School I don't know...

For USA... just read the threads and you can get everyones views on the subject. Granted most posts are most likely either neutral or negative, there are also some that are positive. But the members here are a very small percentage of the drivers on the road.

 

USA Truck is what it is, a starter company. Put your time in and do as most do, leave! Unless of course you find you like it and driving for them suits you. USA Truck is not as bad as some make it out to be, and not as good as others try to make it out to be either. The only problem I can see is inept management and piss poor maintenance. They have a good customer base and you don't usually have to do a lot of waiting at shippers and finals. Most of the fleet managers are good, but according to some reports I hear there are some that not so good. There are some fine people that work for USA Truck, seek them out and they will help you if you get into a jam.

 

I'm not sure if you are paying for school up front or not but I can tell you my husband went to Cross Country in Thomasville, NC and a friend of our went to FTA. They did it at the same time. Friend got out of school with a lot less knowledge then hubby. Friend went to USA and after a month ran. He no longer wants anything to do with trucking. Cross Country was cheaper and covered soooo much more. They had extensive training on logs, mapping/routing you actually got a lot of behind the wheel day and night. I believe you got to pull different things box, flatbed. I don't think tankers. They had recruiters coming in all the time from top companies so you aren't locked in to a "starter "company Hubby is now with Maverick pulling flatbed and loving it.

 

Dont ask me, im not a nice man. Im a horrible driver, I have 6 accidents in 2 yrs, I have 3 failed dot inspections, 7 tickets. Hold on that was my villian character.

Usa is a starter co. like mentioned before. You can make it whatever u want it ti be. Do I have a prob with upper management? Yes I do. Do I have a prob with maintenance shops? Yes. Do I have good working relationship with my fm. Yes. Do I yell and get beligerent? No. am I tired of the direction the company has went since early last summer, HELL YES!!!

Just do what is best for u, and u cant go wrong.

 

Good luck on the truck u get. Its a crap shoot, but if u r gonna scrub it, at lrast it will b a polished turd, instead of a dirty one.