Okay, I'm Making the Jump...

Yea i think if you have blood pressure meds its ok.

 

yea i have it printed and everything. Ive beend studing that little CDL guide they sent in the packet.

 

Well, boys, it's been over a month since you let this thread die!

How'd it go? The wife and I are thinking of joining up with Allen Freight out of Jacksonville, AFTER we get our CDL's. Was the school really $1,500, or did they have you sign a $6,000 note if you don't stay a full year or more? We're looking at going to the local community college for our CDL's ($2k apiece) so we don't owe anybody anything. We might want to move on with no strings, ya know!

 

I am leaving the first week of July for Drivers solutions school C1 in Indianapolis from Cleveland Ohio. Is anyone from Cleveland going there that same week that I can catch a ride with? Of course I will pitch in 1/2 of the gas

 

if you go to a community college and get help from a grant of some sort and getting a cdl this way instead of having to sign a contract with a company you will be better off in the long run. this id definitly the way to go if you can swing it. definitly look into financial grants for help.

 

I don't think I can wait around for the community college classes (end of August) and I'll likely stay with my first gig for a year anyway, so I'm contacting Driver Solutions. Hopefully P.A.M. will pay the tuition, I'll get the advertised $500 hire on bonus (eventually) and have my share of the tuition (about $1100) paid off within the year (I assume they don't mind if you pay them back early). The wife called Social Security and they will likely pay for her school, so she'll wait and start the local classes at the college. Then later maybe we can both go to Allen Freight as a team, since they're affiliated with PAM. Supposed to talk to a recruiter tommorow! There may be other options for the both of us.