CDS Tractor trailer training woodford va.

They belong to the CVTA and now serve 3 community colleges. Dozens of recruiters visit every class. And btw, you are not on time with your payments if you were 2 weeks late on one.

 

Meh. That's what happens when half of your class chooses to spend their downtime sitting around BS'ing...rather than getting in line to practice backing. I witnessed the same thing with my class (I went to the same CDS location). There would be 8+ people sitting around doing nothing while the same amount rotated in and out of the truck practicing backing. I really got a kick out of hanging out with most of the people in my class (they were a good bunch), but more than a couple just didn't take the time that we were given for backing very seriously.

I thoroughly enjoyed working with all but one of my instructors. The other instructors had a similar take on the one odd duck. That one guy is no longer there. I can't say enough good things about the instructors. If you made it clear that you want to learn...they put in the time to help you. Period. I can't count how many times instructors put in WAY more time than I would have expected them to...to help someone grasp something that didn't click right off.

They tended to start you out in fourth gear because you don't need 1-3 to get moving with an empty trailer on flat ground. The few occasions when I had to start on a hill...I was able to get started in 2nd just fine. I will say that I wasn't thrilled with the transmissions in a couple of the trucks, but their issues weren't anything that you couldn't adapt to and overcome. On the trucks...they got three newer Pro-Stars recently. NICE trucks. I ended up lucking out and having one of those for my DMV evaluation.

As few as 10 days late on a payment is generally enough to get your credit hosed.

On the class size issue...that was really my only gripe. We had maybe 20 people in our class. At times, there was a lot of sitting around and waiting to do something. I can see classes of 20 or so, but 40...I don't see where they would have put that many people (there would have been no fitting 40 people in that classroom).

 

I recently attended this school. It has been taking over from a company in North Carolina and let me just say it is going downhill rapidly. The company has gotten rid of the mechanics, so the trucks are getting run down. There are at least two on the road with dead inspection stickers and trouble starting. You can't walk from the classroom to the bathroom through the building you have to walk all the way around because the shop is supposedly leased out to another company and they don't want anyone in there, however, there is a barrier to separate the shop floor from the walking path.
Either you get a grant to pay for the class or pay the 6k out of pocket, but what they don't tell you until afterwards is you need to pay almost $200 for drug test and DMV exam fee, so that was a little shady. And was told that they were a third party examiner come to find out that they lost that ability when the new company took over, so you were driving a truck to Manassas, VA for testing. Other than that and the bad condition of the yard, full of holes and trucks getting stuck, it was made better by the instructors.
Garret, Amanda, Vernon, Ron, Murph, and Ray take the time to teach you what you need to know and not a BS type of people. They called you out when you were messing up but got in the trucks to walk you through maneuvers if you were struggling.

Would I recommend, probably not until they fix some things, like getting a mechanic back and taking care of the trucks. Understanding that students destroy transmission when they don't know how to drive a manual, things like door handles falling off and needing to take panels off just to open the door is not acceptable.