military veteran, recent college graduate in logistics, wants to get experience in trucking

Go flatbed or tanking, you will make more money and the people you deal with where your loafing or unloading general are more likeable.. anytime I end up at a customer and have to deal with the van side of the plant for a few mins It's always the same. They are angry about something and rude. Soon as I get to where I need to be like bulk shipping the people are totally different. I'm guessing because they make more money too. I was gonna start with TMC when I got my cdl. But I decided to go to tankers with snbc. I got some people I know that started with TMC the same time I started tanks at snbc. I make more money than them but they get to the house more than me. If you go to TMC you want regret it, guys I've talked to that left always say they liked it or wish they had not left to begin with. If I ever go flatbed that's where I will go too. Heard they got awesome training which means a lot when your learning a new job

 

Most definitely go tanks if wanna make fat checks and be brand new to industry. It's Friday and I just looked to see how much I netted from last weeks pay check. $ 1,300.17 .. not bad for rookie pay.. was just under 1600 gross but Uncle Sam takes his cut that's for sure

 

I am going through the troops to transport system being a veteran as well.

troops2transport | CDL School

This is how Schneider bulk products has sent me too. I will be in school next week in Miami then off to Schneider Bulk Transport training.

However most schools say they gonna use your va benefits, but basically your getting On the Job training, and then your stuck under contract. This program draws out of your va benefits so your not paying the school. Then you goto up to 14 different carriers after this program. I was going to go CRST Expedited, but that's teams and your really rolling the dice with your life on that. If your a vet, look into the troops2transport.

 

Tuition reimbursement for where I work is 200 a month. Wish I could pick which week they add it too. They added it to last weeks which was already 1581.. so then it became 1781 and Uncle Sam just tore me a new one in taxes

 

I went to a cdl on the weekend for 8 weeks right before I retired. It was coastal cdl school in Alexandria LA. My post 9/11 gi bill paid for it and my company pays me 200 a month now reimbursement. I really like the free 200 every month. I did the apprenticeship thing also. It was a nice 1200 a month extra also

 

Don't do any contract if u don't have to, which u don't if you have 9/11 gi bill. The contracts are only when u must pay for cdl school and the company u work for pays it for you. Then they have u sight a contract and pay you crap for pay and own you for a year or 2..

 

Sounds good man, hope it works out.. just try to pick a good company to start with. So u not wanting to leave immediately, if I ever change company's it will be the last time I do.

 

Ya definitely using my gi bill to pay for my classes.. not trying to get under a contract.. I think Schneider said :

Schneider will reimburse a new driver $200.00 per month (non taxable unless driver is being reimbursed when the Veterans Administration paid for the tuition) toward the actual tuition cost of completing training at a truck driving school in order to obtain their Class A license paid by the driver. This is sent on the 15th of the month, after completing 30 days of employment, and is a separate deposit, if you’re receiving the money directly. The maximum payout will be $7000.00.

 

Oh and whichever company you go to work for, don't start at the cpm pay they start new drivers at. Several company's appreciate your time served in the service and recognize this towards your pay. So you should get about a nickel higher per mile than the other new cdl grads starting next to you