Anyone been through C1 at Springfield, MO?

Thanks guys. Going to check with local community college.

 

I am there now! stay away!! total b.s. scam for $$. Lousy teachers save for 1 and very little time in the truck. I bet i have 20 hours at most and I'm in 3rd week. The company that I may have to work for, USA truck, is also lousy as is P.A.N.A.M. the other company. From what I'm hearing pay is about $360 a week if your lucky and the next week as little as $90. School is about $5,600 plus a horrible hotel even if they boot you. They don't have to give any answers either. You sign tons of paperwork when you get there. Total B.S. lots of time spent waiting at the same rest stop with nothing to haul. Please do yourself a favor and stay away. I'm in too deep, can't leave and am trying to pass with the unsafe junkers that pass for trucks and hopefully get bought out. 1 or 2 trucks are road safe, that's it. some don't even have plates. Anywhere but C1. Ask around if you feel like but trust me please. don't go and don't sign anything for them!!

 

The "American Inn" on the east side of town off I-44?

You're more brave than I. That place gives me the creeps every time I drive by it. Their only frequent guests are the Springfield police

 

Mind you that I was only there for four days and never got to drive the trucks I thought it was a pretty good school. Before I went I didn't know anything and I still got good grades on the permit test. The main building at the training facility could use some upgrades but I wasn't expecting a college campus. The trainers were laid back but I found them to be quite informative to the questions I had .
They could definitely find a better hotel to put people in though. They should work out a deal with a hotel with kitchenettes or something other than just a microwave and mini fridge. Especially when there are people that pay that much money and have to leave their vehicles with their families and the American Inn is so far away from any stores.
Overall I thought it was a pretty good learning experience and given the chance would do it again but I would complete next time. I have nobody to blame but me for why I got booted and the same goes for everyone else there. The trucking industry has gotten a lot stricter over the years and with good reason. Society has dictated a lot more professionalism.

 

Hope it goes/went well for your CDL test ecmcintosh.
I just got back home with my CDL from the North Little Rock, AR C1 center.

I've been up 24 hours now, and need sleep, but all I can say is yea, C1 training does what they say they will do. Nothing more, nothing less. Just apply yourself, and do your best, cant fail if those 2 factors are in place.

 

I went through C1 in Springfield MO in 2008. All in all it was a pretty good experience. I lived nearby so didn't have to stay at the motel. I'm sure they have a whole new staff since I was there.

 

I hope congratulations are in order for you Eric!!

 

Very nice, congratulations ecmcintosh!
Yea, I was pleased with my overall experience too, a few bad things went down, nothing major... but mostly everything was satisfactory.

You get your licensed swapped out yet? I still have to go to my local DMV and provide proof of residency. I went up there yesterday and didn't have anything to prove my residence on me, so I'll take everything I've got up there and say here, pick whatever you like out... lol.