Best company for training someone without a cdl

Any recommendations for schools/companies in Louisiana? Thanks in advance

 

For tankers, CTL Transportation might sponsor you in cdl school. In other words, they pay for cdl school if you work for them after graduation.

 

Louisana is a great state for tanker work.

 

Also Google: WIOA Program Louisana
This program pays for cdl school for those working low paying jobs or unemployed.

 

I live in Mississippi. I, too, have a number of family connections to trucking. Here's what I can tell you about royal: they used to run a lot of older equipment. They had a rep for running guys beyond HOS, and for hiring guys that couldn't get a medical card without flat out lying. I've been told recently that they've cleaned up a lot of that stuff because shippers were increasingly turning them down for poor CSAs, raggedy equipment, and the like. It seems they've bought some new equipment, switched to elogs, and started enforcing their standards. Still, I'd look to some of the other options first.

Kllm/ffe isn't a bad choice out of Mississippi. Living anywhere in Mississippi except within an hour of Memphis will make finding freight to get home on or go out from home with a challenge. That's what makes kllm attractive: they find freight coming into and leaving Mississippi every day. I'd stay away from swift for this specific reason (there are other more general reasons I'd avoid swift, too). The challenge of finding freight is why people are recommending regional and dedicated outfits to you.

There are some decent outfits running out of Mississippi, but you generally need two years experience to run for them. Howard in laurel/Ellisville is a good example.

The guy who suggested going to meridian cc is on the right track. Fill out a fafsa. It's possible to get a grant and end up not owing anybody anything except gratitude for us tax paying folk. You may have a lot more appealing options if you can wait til you are 22.

 

Howard Transportation hires new cdl grads. A few drivers that post on here went there right out of cdl school. @DustMyBroom