My CRST Review

So I have been in the State of Iowa for One month and two days now and i have to be honest with everybody here dispite what some of you may think about this company.

I arrived in Waterloo, IA on September, 22nd and started CDL school on the 23rd the first two days were spent in the class room studying the General Knowledge, Combination, and Airbrake study guides. The only study guide I had a problem with was the Airbrakes but the others was a piece of cake to me that is. Some of the others that were in my classroom were having trouble with all of it and just couldnt grasp the concept of everything on the truck and what it all does.

Wednesday the 25th rolls around we all went to the DMV to take our tests to get our permits. I passed the General Knowledge and Combination but failed the Airbrakes test. Like i said i was having trouble with that one so i had to study more that night so i can retake the test the day after. I got my permit and was ready to go out on the range to learn how to drive these trucks and was pretty excited to do it. Thursday we finally got in the bobtails and drove around the course i did better then I thought I was going to do so my confidence was getting higher and higher. The instructer took my out on the road and corrected me on a few things but all in all i did good. The others in my class however were having a heck of a time double clutching and knowing when to shift down it was horrible so im glad i wasn one of them. I practiced, practiced, practiced on the skills course and driving in the two weeks I was there then I did on the Pre-trip Inspection. Test days comes and the first test I took was the Pre-Trip Inspection and I freakin' fail it so I spent all that day going over the test and pass it the next day so I can move on to the skills course which i passed with 0 points and driving with 0 points. I was the happiest i´ve been that those two weeks.

I´m now in Cedar Rapids passed all my tests here for the company: UPS, HazMat, Logbook, and Road Test. I got my company ID and Comdata Card and I am so pleased with everything here I am currently awaiting to leave tomorrow morning for California and I couldn´t be happier right now. I hope everybody that is planning on going to CRST in the future i advise this you, Please do not let others pound it in your head that this is not a bad company to start out with. You have to experiance it yourself and then make your own opinions about it. I was worried about coming here and getting screwed over and so far I haven had a problem other then getting in contact with your fleet manager is a pain in the ##### but im sure thats with every company.

Good luck to you all!