CR England

$5000? Swift, Central, England, they only charge $3000,

Central will only stick you with a $1500 bill if you stick with them a year, and you never actually see yourself pay it

England used to let you stay for free if you stayed 6 months

 

roehls about $3 grand too, $400 out of pocket for lodging, which is single private room and nice, micro and fridge, clean with pool...a bargain. drive for a year or maybe just a little bit more and the $3k is covered, i thinks it based on 120,000 miles, a chunk paid ever 10k miles so it goes down over time. One of my classmates ran 7/7 and only planned on being there a year, he had a small balance to pay when he left...he planned it that way.

 

They don't have CDL training.
CRST is Fontana does for an 8 month commitment. Team operation.

 

Based on everything I've ever read about CR England, and a quick Google search will show that there is plenty of material to be read, that CR England is hands down the worst trucking company to drive for. I say you got lucky.

 

Honestly, I've heard a lot of bad about Swift as well. Two starter companies I'd definitely recommend are Prime and Roehl. They both have CDL training programs, and I believe both reimburse for schooling. What are you wanting to run? Flatbed, reefer, etc? Prime offers flatbed reefer and tanker. Roehl has a lot of flatbed and some dry van. If your record is clean you should have no problem getting on with either one.

I'm currently with Knight, and it's been so-so. Personally I wouldn't recommend it. I worked for Roehl and trained with Prime and they were both great.

 

Legally, they don't get to decide what ID's you provide as long as you provide according to the IRS list. I refuse to allow any company to photocopy my SS card, so they never get it. They get My DL, and my birth certificate. I've had a few try to tell me I must use a SS, and that's when I show them the spot on the I-9 where it says " Employers CANNOT specify what document(s) they will accept from employees". They don't have much to say after that.

 

Well with tanker you'll need 1 year of experience from what I believe. I did flatbed last year with Roehl, and now I do dry van with Knight. Honestly, at first I swore that a new driver should do dry or reefer, and not even think about doing flatbed, because it's a whole other element to truck driving, but in retrospect, I wish I had stuck with flatbed. Most drivers who make the switch over to flatbed seem to like it much more as well. There's extra work involved with tarping and securing your own load but it isn't terrible, unless it's raining or windy or extremely hot or cold outside.. Customers treat you better, the hours seem to be better, as many of your customers will be construction companies, steel mills, etc. Doing dry van and dealing with grocery warehouses, distribution centers, etc... Despite being an educated and intelligent person, I'm treated like sub-human trash a lot of the time and it's disgusting. Roehl is definitely worth looking into. They're regarded as one of the better starter companies, and everyone there was pretty cool and the pay is better (.33/mi, where as I'm currently doing .28/mi)

Also, in case you were wondering, Roehl is pronounced "Rail"