who paid cash

There was a waiting list for DH's class at his Georgia Tech school when he went. The program at the Georgia schools is very good.

 

Yeah, that's the same predicament I am in, too. No community colleges in CT offer it, as far as I can tell. Good luck at Sage.

 

Well, the State (WIA so Feds really) paid cash for my wife and my CDL school. I know that does not really count. I had lost my job and my wife had been unemployed for almost two years. We made $115,000 as a team in our first 12 months.

 

I paid $850 out of my own pocket. The secret is I already had a class B CDL in which I got thru First Student driving school buses. (in which I made pretty good money doin until they started losing contracts.) Meanwhile im searching for a better paying job all I seen was either CDL B w/air brakes or CDL-A.
I went to a small driving school here In chicago and put 450 down and paid the other 400 the week I took the final driving test.

As far as where I drive I just got hired at K&L trucking right outside Chicago as a Midwest regional/local driver making 39 cpm (regional) and $17/hour local with health dental and vision

 

basic supply & demand problem. I'm starting to think that there is a additional revenue side for trucking companies when they offer in-house cdl programs. If you think about it a little it makes extra cash for them. The same reason why all of these for-profit schools started to emerge when everyone and their momma was going back to college. Nowadays there are so many unemployed people out there who need a job many are willing to pay to work.

 

I payed cash, Cost me 6 grand/ But I have my class A cdl out of it all. And I feel it was well worth it.

 

No matter whether you get your CDL by paying for school, getting it sponsored by a company, or getting it on your own, it's a good investment. It's much cheaper than college and the return on investment is much better. Once you have a CDL it's easy to get a job. Once you've been in the industry for a year the number of job opportunities increase remarkably, after three years you can qualify for almost any trucking position you want (assuming you have a good driving record and are "clean").

 

####, $6,000? That's a lot of money.... Where did you go?
i paid $2,200 for mine and that included all the test with the exception of the road test which I paid $20.
But just an FYI, if anyone is in the Atlanta area and is looking for a nice trucking school to go to, I would highly recommend Atlantic CDL in Covington. Those guys were great.

 

Arbuckle driving school in Ardmore Oklahoma is where I went. It started out at 5 grand, I already had my permit and I told them I had it before I signed up and told them I only had 2 weeks vacation to complete the course. Long story short I couldn't finish in time and ran out of vacation, I was single and had a full time job and a kid in school so I had to work. I went back to work and my permit expired. I went and renewed my permit. My son graduated from school and moved out, I paid payed off everything I owned and saved my money up and quit my job And went back to the school with my New permit, They charged me another $1000. dollars and let me back in. I practiced for another week and used their truck and passed the test. They did pay for everything else though. They even payed for my tests, and the $78.00 dollars to transfer my normal license to a class A. I just look at it like I worked saved and put my way through college. Like the old saying goes, You cant keep a good man down. I prevailed.

 

Bee, what school did you go to in Chicago and how long was the training for you? I see that you already had your Class B from driving buses but they probably were all automatics if they're city buses. Driving combination is a lot different I'm sure than driving a bus.
I've got a Class A with hazmat and tanker from years ago but I drove mostly smaller single axle straight trucks pulling trailers that were over 10,000# therefore the Class A. I also hauled bulk fuel and chemicals for the hazmat. I'm looking at going to school if I do get into this as my experience is from years ago. I've never let my CDL go and pay for the hazmat renewal out of my own pocket just in case something would come up where I'd need it.