Keystone Diesel in Butler Pa. My new journey..

The class of 6 gets divided into 2 groups of 3. One group will be on the range while the other is on the road, switch after lunch. It comes out to about 4 hours of range time per day, and the road time is split between the 3. We have been averaging 1.25 to 1.5 hours per day per person. As you progress and your group improves on the range, you'll spend some of your last week out on the road all day.

Companies that I've seen so far are Schneider, US Xpress, CalFrac, TMC (today), and I think there is one more scheduled this week.. maybe OP can chime in on that. Superior wanted to come down last week in the evening, but we are a daylight class right now. They like Keystone drivers though.

 

There a few trucks on the range and usually one instructor I finisshd on April 11th and haste recruiters from schneider, usxpress,falcon, and tmc which is where I landed all the instructors were great I had a blast there good luck to you all

 

Ahh yeah forgot about Falcon..

 

I wouldn't recommend falcon to anyone both my brother and my cousin went there out of school niether of them stayed with the company very long due to flat out lies about equipment runs and pay

 

Yeah I think one of you guys prior to us went there and then quit 2 weeks later?

 

That would be my brother his driver trainer had him lie on his log book the first day and ripped the elog out of the truck and stomped on it

 

Congrat I went to keystone and I'm on my way home from tmc orientation right now it was a good time just work hard stay awake and do not sleep in good luck

 

I am Proud to say i went to Keystone. Is Randy still there?

 

Congrats to all on graduating, Keystone is one of the few decent schools out there that actually try to prepare you for the "real world" of trucking. Now comes the fun part of picking which carrier to start with. Unfortunately for those of us in western PA (I live in Meadville, PA), your choice of starting carrier is sadly somewhat limited if you are too far north of Pittsburgh. Let me know what trailer you are interested in, and I will be more than happy to provide my personal opinion on those carriers that I have personal experience working with.

I wish I could offer all of your jobs with my carrier, but we require a minimum of three months OTR experience before we can consider you. I know y'all will be decent drivers, cause PA has some of the best drivers out there (in my considered, and completely unbiased opinion...yeah right). I also know Keystone's program, and have always been impressed by it. So if you ever want the opinion of a driver who's been around a bit, and wants to help the newer guys out in avoiding some of the traps in this industry, let me know.

Brian