Starting company for CDL driver aspirant.

The way you write you should forget driving a truck and become an English teacher

 

If your completely new to the transport industry i'd do dry van first, till you get the hang of things, the reason is because with a van there is less worries about securing your load you just close your doors and off you go, with flat bed you've got belts ropes, chains, and tarps to worry about if something comes loose it can fly off into traffic, in a van if something comes loose its still secure in the van. Having said that providing you get the right training in flat bed and you take on board all they teach i guess you'll pick it up if that's what your determined to do.

 

You write very well. Reminds me of my English Comp. professor when I was in college. I meant that as a compliment. No disrespect intended

 

There's a lady that posts on here that's been with Celadon for a few years and has no complaints. I think she's with the dry van division. Celadon is probably as good as any to get the career started.

 

Well time correct the recruiting Dept yet again.

For Swift you would intiatally get CDL training and the basic stuff in Michigan. They would then have to send you to the Gary IN terminal for a few days of tie down training while you wait on a flatbed mentor. Which wouldn't be much of a wait in Gary. Our trucks are there all the bloody time. Then 200hrs, road test, and then flatbed securement test at either Phoenix AZ, Greer SC or Gary IN. (Securement training is payed a flat rater per day.)


I have not mentored in over 6 months, and we have underwent multiple payscale changes and they have experimented with giving students a flat rate. That being said I do not have current info on all that. I can try to dig it up. But your intial CDL school phase is still unpaid.

Im on a Dedicated account running drywall, so I don't really keep up on things anymore. But if you have specific questions I'll try to get you an answer.

I can only speak for our securement training in Phoenix, they literally teach you the green book. It's not company BS. I'f you can pay attention at all the info they spit at you in Phoenix you will know everything you need. Including certain tricks of the trade. Some of the more obscure tricks will likely depend on your mentor.

I can't personally vouch for our other schools, but Phoenix was fantastic for securement training. .