Company to train with?

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  1. potentialhardworker

    potentialhardworker Bobtail Member

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    Hello all, bojack from Ohio here. If you had to pick a company that will train you CDL, which one should you pick? I wastthinking CR England or PAM. I also did a little research and found out Swift trains stick shift, not sure if that matters.
    If you're a newbie interested in trucking. Where can you start without hearing horror stories of people getting clet go from contracts and then owe tons of money? Is it possible to find a company without any negative feedback?
     
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  3. Oldironfan

    Oldironfan Road Train Member

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    Prime is a good training company. Or Maverick if you want flatbed. Or TMC.
     
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    Jim Palmer Trucking - coast to coast refrigerated trucking.
    Contract Freighters www.cfidrive.com - coast to coast dry van trucking.(hair follicle drug test)
    Millis Tranfer - dry van & runs eastern half of USA.
    Wi-Trans - refrigerated & runs eastern half of USA.(owner also owns Jim Palmer Trucking)
    Roehl Transport - coast to coast flatbed/refrigerated/dry van/conestoga.(hair follicle drug test)
    Schneider - tanker division is best for pay.(hair follicle drug test)
    Dutch Maid - Willard,OH - coast to coast refrigerated trucking.
    Stevens Transport - refrigerated trucking & coast to coast/border to border trucking.
     
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  5. potentialhardworker

    potentialhardworker Bobtail Member

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    Doesnt Prime have flatbeds? Sorry , im a complete newb...so flatbeds have no walls or roof? I want to pay off student loans, do you recomend paying rent somewhere if you have no wife or kids? vice versa. Looks like I should do someresearch, my computer is out of commision actually was on fed ex ground to texes to gey repairs, im on a phone with limited data.
     
  6. Oldironfan

    Oldironfan Road Train Member

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    If you have no wife, kids, or dependants then you could live in your truck. And make money.
     
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    How would you do laundry? At truck stops there laundry mats?
     
  8. mitrucker

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    CFI gets my vote.
     
  9. Oldironfan

    Oldironfan Road Train Member

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    Yes many truck stops have wash machines.
     
  10. ad356

    ad356 Road Train Member

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    yes, truck stops have laundry mats. my advice is to avoid werner, it was not a good experience. i would have been on a dedicated dollar general and they claimed i would have made $1,200-$1,300 per week. i had such a bad experience there i left and went local right after i completed my training period. i never took an assigned truck. i now drive a day cab milk truck doing farm pickup and im home every single night. i gross $1020 per week consistently, i am home every night with my kids (wife works at night and i still dont see much of her). i dont have to pay for laundry service, WIFI at the truck stops, truck stop food, showers, or anything else that's grossly inflated in price. living on the road is NOT cheap, truck stops know they have over a barrel. i would say living on the road costs $150-$200 per week realistically so you can subtract that from whatever wage you are going to make. so take $1,200 and subtract $150 you are going to make around $1050 on that account if you take that into consideration.

    i still make pretty good money, get to drive an 18 speed, and driving a smooth bore tanker i have been told after a while i can go anywhere in the industry i wish.

    of course living in the truck will significantly reduce your monthly bills. also consider if you have a falling out with your employer your going to have a real problem, eviction from your "home". i have a family and a mortgage that i am going to have to pay no matter if i live in a truck or at home.
     
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