With Swift you will run as a team for much of your training period, then you can stay solo with no pressure to team.
Are there any training companies that don't make you run teams?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by augiedoggie41, Nov 15, 2017.
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- Schneider - Ride with someone for a week or so, but no teaming. Trainer will be riding as passenger while you drive.
- Roehl - Again, trainer will ride as a passenger while you drive. Although you will have that trainer with you for a longer period of time. Their website claims that most people will be with a trainer for 19 days, but you will not be driving as a team.
- Veriha - Like Roehl, another Wisconsin based carrier who hires drivers with no experience and will not run you as a team during training. You'll be out with a trainer for approximately 3-4 weeks depending how well you do, but no team training.
- CFI - If you have been more than 60 days out of CDL school, CFI will require that you come in with at least 90 days of experience, otherwise they won't hire you.
- USA Truck - Was told that training lasts for 7,000 or so miles with a trainer in the passenger seat, but that wasn't in writing. On the USA Truck forum here, some other drivers have confirmed that it is not team driving during training.
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I feel you, I don't want to team either. I guess there are some extroverts out there that like it. Personally, I don't understand how anyone can do it after their training ends.
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local LTL companies. no sleeping in the truck with some dude.
I've never been thru a driving school.(self taught), so have never teamed with anybody OTR. did try to train a couple of idiots. stayed in motels each night. will NEVER do that again! -
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I need to clarify, even with your trainer at CFI you do not drive team. Your trainer is on duty in the jumpseat and you are in the drive line on your clock. Conceivably when you run out of hours in a given day he could still drive 3 hours. That's as close as you get to team driving.
If you are driving team with your trainer as they do in some companies, that means one of you is always asleep, where is the training, where is the learning?HD_Renegade and augiedoggie41 Thank this. -
Melton Truck Lines didn't used to.
They run a few teams now, used to be all solo drivers. I don't think their training has changed though.Dan.S Thanks this. -
Roehl is NOT the carrier they were right months ago. The old man stepped down (or was forced out), Junior's running the show, and the whole company is suffering for it.augiedoggie41 and WannaGoTrucks2016 Thank this.
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