Well..........almost made it

Sorry it's not working out for you! Definitely stick around and continue to join in the mayhem!

 

Have you checked with your local community college. Some community colleges offer CDL programs... and from what you're saying you would easily qualify for grants and/or student loans.

It's something to look into.

 

HUH??? Who ya talkin' to here junior????

Seriously though, just keep chipping away at trying to find something. Sooner or later you will get lucky.

There are some training companies that will sponsor you through school. But you have to agree to give them a certain length of time after you get through that school. If you break the contract, they really cost you.

And while you are under that contract, they sort of have you by the gonads. They can ship you across the country, then leave you hang there, or any other number of not so nice options.

The community college or applied technical school is certainly the most economical way to go. These private trucking schools seem to be way overpriced!

I'm concerned when you say your wife is disabled. Yeah, I know, it's really none of my business. But you need to take a long hard look at reality here and see if she really will be OK with you gone. She may be saying this because she knows how bad you want to do it. (I know that is something my wife would do.)

Good luck

 

If you were recently laid off the government usually has a program to help you start another career that is what I did in 05.. Just check with you local unemployment office. It is paid by the federal not state government..

 

Papa (seems odd to say that to somebody who's pretty near my own age..)

If you haven't, I'd still go talk to the Unemployment people. Sure, you may not qualify for unemployment (I didn't), but they DO have programs. My personal saviour was Workforce Investment Act... a federal program to assist in worker retraining. About all you have to do is prove (not hard) that you are not hireable in your old career. Oh, and that you WOULD be hireable with your chosen schooling (Ok, there's a bit more to it than that, but not much. I had my grant approval in 2 weeks)

I understand Big Don's concern - I have a friend living with us who's 100% disabled. The downside is, it's degenerative. You and your wife sound like a pretty darn determined pair. I wonder if she could climb in/out of a truck... that would be 17 kinds of cool. In either event, kudos on both of yah! Doesn't sound like either one of you lives in the land of Make Believe.

Failing all the independent schools, there are companies that provide training (of varying quality, naturally), though I hear some of them are shutting down their schools. Last I heard (and as a last resort) Swift still has theirs going...

 

It's not only fine with us, Papa T, we INSIST.
Wouldn't have it any other way.

Don't forget the bovine excrement we throw in every now and then.

 

is that what it is?

I just thought you made a terrible chocolate cake.

Live and learn, I always say

 

Hey Lurch, how's it going? Danny brought you up the other day, lol. Anyway, waiting to get out there. Trainer is not in town yet. Anyway, Papa, Lurch is right, I did Workforce Investment Act, they paid for all but $250, but I will pay that back once I get out there. Good luck!!!