Do I need CDL school? Experienced w/ Dump truck + trailer

Transport National is heavy haul company with a terminal in Cincinnati.

 

You dont need a school. schools do not teach you to drive, they just het you ready for DMV. You should be able to get on with someone that will send you out with a trainer.

 

On the application, it is probably going to ask the type of equipment he operated. If he lies, it is grounds for termination at any point in time...even after several years of employment. Straight truck w/ trailer is NOT the same as a semi t/t, even though if you removed the bed, mounted a 5th wheel, and added air & electric to the back of the cab instead of to the back of the frame, the truck wouldn't be any different from any other semi tractor. It doesn't matter if you were loaded and running 80K+ with a straight truck and trailer combination, it is still a straight truck and trailer combination and does NOT count as semi t/t experience.

 

You must be honest about the types of vehicles drive, really about everything. With a Class "A" you do not need school, just a company that will send you out with a road trainer. Most major carriers can do this, and not just the bottom feeders. Good luck.

 

I'm in pretty much the same situation you're in. There's no way I'd go to trucking school, I think you just need to do some creative wording on your resume/application, or get on with a bottom feeder to get a little experience then jump ship.

 

You don't have to go with a bottom feeder. Maverick, granted they are flatbed, glass, and temp, offers road driver training with a valid CDL. Prime is the same, although they are not a bottom feeder they are only a few steps away. I think Averitt offers road training, Roehl, I am sure others, just do research find a couple of companies that interest you and then post questions about those selected on here.

Good luck.

 

That depends on the particular account. At one time I had a dedicated account from Salinas Ca. to Jersey City New Jersey.

 

Did you ever live in California? I went to school with a Quintin Payton.

 

Also dedicated is not necessarily the same destinations. Some are trucks that are dedicated to a particular customer like Wal-Mart, Dollar General and so on. Some
are pick up at one place and deliver to another and deadhead back and do it all over again.