Conway Truckload Training School Joplin,MO

swifflekat · Oct 5, 2015

ok u go to dmv

Dreamboat · Oct 5, 2015

Yes.

KevinE · Jan 21, 2016

JR OTR said: ↑

Okay, lets see if we can sort out the inaccuracies from the start...

1) There is no such thing as the "ConwayTruckloads Driving School"

Conway Truckload has long been affiliated with the truck driving school at Crowder College, in Neosho, MO. If you are someone with little or no experience with truck driving, they are one option you can choose to get the required training.

2) "There is nothing there but the college. No stores or convince marts."

There are numerous stores in and around Neosho... even a Walmart and a movie theatre. You were driven by both on the way to the college.

3) "You are there for 5 weeks or if they don't feel you are worth their time, 2 weeks."

The main course is 5 weeks long. They tell you up front that if they don't think you can cut it they won't just keep you around to waste your money and time and will cut you after a week or two.

4) "The instructors are all x truck drivers, which hold no degrees."

I can't vouch for the degrees of those that teach on the driving range but most if not all of them are certified CDL test examiners by the state of Missouri -- you may have noticed people not belonging to your class coming by to get tested by them occasionally.
As for them being truck drivers, well... duh! You'd prefer to be tutored by someone with a degree in philosophy?

5) "They also do not explain to you that the cost for living in the dorms on Campus is about 110.00 per day. You eat at the college cafeteria daily."

One option you are presented with is to use the Crowder dorms and cafeteria. I'm pretty sure the cost is more like 110 per week, and in any event if you don't wish to use either absolutely no one will hold a gun to your head and force you to.

6) "This course to me was ridiculous, you will be doing a lot of reading, and testing before actual range instruction.... Most of which is really not necessary because most of your logging is now done electronically."

Unless they have changed things drastically since I attended in 2006, you will be in a big rig grinding gears almost every single day, including day one. As for not needing to know the laws, rules, regulations and the ins and outs of the Hours of Service let me assure you as a driver with nearly one million OTR miles, knowing how to run a legal log is imperative. You may be surprised to know that you will be expected to carry paper logs in your new "paperless log" truck. Why? Because the electronic logs don't always work and you will log every hour you operate one way or the other.

The rest of your post is as nonsensical and untrue as the points I rebut, above.

Other graduates of Crowder are welcome to chime in.

Jim
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Thank you for your honest response, I'm supposed to attend the facility in Feb

darknessesedge · Apr 20, 2016

Mimi said: ↑

ConwayTruckloads Driving School
I attended this school in Joplin, No.
The school itself is really not affiliated with Conway in anyway. They put you on a college campus,Crowder College in Neosho, MO. It is located 30 min. outside of Joplin. There is nothing there but the college. No stores or convince marts. You are there for 5 weeks or if they don't feel you are worth their time, 2 weeks. The instructors are all x truck drivers, which hold no degrees. Most of which are pretty rude, especially the female ( Kelly) & Rufus, who actually went so far as to put his hands on a student from Puerto Rico. They also do not explain to you that the cost for living in the dorms on Campus is about 110.00 per day. You eat at the college cafeteria daily. This course to me was ridiculous, you will be doing a lot of reading, and testing before actual range instruction.... Most of which is really not necessary because most of your logging is now done electronically. I think the reason they do this is because they apply for a grant in your name with the state of MO. So to get those funds, the course has to be 5 weeks. Truck drivers you are better off going through a company sponsored program other than this one. A big waste of time. It seems they get paid twice, once from the state & you if you decide not to stay with Conway. Just my 2 cents. Very sneaky.
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the school n instructers are a joke.......bunch of burnt out drivers teaching.....1 of the instructers was giving me crap while I drove so I pulled the truck over n turned it off and looked at him......he got scared...told him to keep his smart ### comments to himself......he was quiet the rest of my drive time

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