I got my cdl training on a local driving school but i have heard good things about XPO logistics might wanna call them
Best Training, Period.
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by 15RoadGlide, Apr 17, 2016.
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Sorry to say, most if not all the mega's willing to train you have minimal requirements for the trainers maybe 1yr+ experience. The more qualified drivers if they are still with the company are so set in their ways they don't want the hassle of a room mate in their 4'x8' coffin.
Don't wait for the driver/trainer to explain, ask!
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The best training is spead around in the various threads in this forum. I wouldn't worry too much about finding a good training company, they are there to make money, so you are going to receive whatever is profitable to them with some liability to keep the bar from getting to low. If you get someone that is competent, you will be doing good.
Just try to keep a cool head and think about what's going on and you'll do OK. When you go solo and start getting experience is when you really start to learn, it's never ending. -
Prime Inc. tanker division. Tanker experience will set you up for some good jobs in a warmer climate, ie. Southern/Southwestern states.
Tanker work is great; no grocery warehouses, no produce pickups, no frozen food warehouses, no problems with union steel mills because they really need those chemicals for processing steel, no docks in NYC that were built in 1933 for tiny box trucks. Nothing negative about being a tanker yanker.Last edited: Apr 17, 2016
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Driving a truck isn't rocket science. There isn't a single thing about the job that the average person can't learn in pretty short order.
The things that separate a wheel holder from a professional are the things that can't be taught. You can teach a person the importance of doing a proper pre-trip but few will actually do it. That isn't due to training, that's attitude.
You can teach a person the importance of proper following distance but few actually maintain it. That's not due to training, that's due to attitude.
You can tell a person a thousand times to keep their head when they get into a situation such as a missed turn, yet many careers end prematurely due to people panicking and turning small mistakes into big ones.
You can have the most extensive classroom training and the most thorough hands on training but when you get out on your own it won't be long before one of the things that wasn't covered occurs.
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There is no such thing as training after you get your CDL, it all really matters what effort you make to learn. There is no uniformed training curriculum for these "trainers" and never will be, mainly because to become a real trainer, they will expect the pay. Training takes time, it isn't something that takes a quick 4 weeks and boom you're on your own.
By taking this all in your hands, you can become the best driver/professional out there, it is something that isn't hard to achieve. BUT you won't learn it by following someone's lead or advice who is sitting there all the time and may not know the right answer.
The Smith system is one good start, Eaton from what I understand still has their skid pad open for drivers to learn how to handle a truck without tipping it over, and there are hundreds of good posts.
By the way, I worked in healthcare, I would love to go back but I can't. Some jobs are great, you will never get booted while the more common jobs are too at risk for those penny pinching idiots up stairs.BigSky, tinytim and 15RoadGlide Thank this. -
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