Southern companies

Boyd Brothers, Maverick, and Southern Refrigerated transport are just a few that I know of who will take student drivers in after they have completed their schooling. While you are in trucking school, then they will have recruiters come in from different companies that you can put your application in with. What ever company says they will hire you...I would highly suggest to do your research and ask questions from other drivers on this forum before signing up with the wrong company. As far as driving school, I would suggest a vocational training facility through a college if you have one near buy....much better then the mill driving schools, but if you have no choice then I would find one that offers training in your area.

 

not sure what your after but cypress truck lines in jax.fl used to provide training and they hire their own.they run flats se. regional,mostly.

 

thats bout what i paid 12 yrs ago but do some research try your vocational schools and look for grants. career centers can help im sure.

 

Seems to me a local vocational school would be a better education/more reasonable $ than some of the private ones (some seem awfully fly-by-night!). Looked into this somewhat for a school career day I was invited few years back.

 

u can get a pel grant for a school; there are several companies in the south; i know some train but unsure of the others

 

Hey Acehigh62, Vocational schools are much better then the massive truck driving schools that do a fast 3 week course. My husband was able to use the federal grant for being unemployed and he needed trained in a new field. He originally signed up with Roadmaster, and 4 days into the training they wanted him to get financed for $6,000 or find a co-signer. We couldn't do that, and my husband went in and talked with the unemployment office, and they were able to sign him up with Sage @ Ivy Tech Community College. He didn't have to pay for one cent of his training, and they paid him to go back and forth to school, to get his CDL, and to get his hazmat. Yes vocational schools are longer, but you are not crammed in a truck with 4 or 5 other people who need to drive. They do a one on one or two on one training, but that is the most you will get with your trainer. After graduating from truck school you will have to pay your one year dues, but if you get in with the right company it makes it worth it.

 

from people i have talked with lately, voc schools seem to be the way to go with this career change.