Trucking Companies that pay for CDL

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  1. Southcak23

    Southcak23 Bobtail Member

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    So I'm located in SC, and I'm wanting to know which companies pay for you to get CDL? I know I will have to sign a contract. But I need to be pointed in the right direction.
     
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  3. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    The right direction is not to sign anything for company to pay. YOU get dismissed or fired for creasing a tire 3 months in and then are immediate full balance due and payable that day.

    Might as well save up the cash and get your own CDL. That way it's yours free and clear from any financial form of indentured servitude which our 13th amendment clarifies by saying you borrow this money against one or two years work with such a such free will. You are not free.
     
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  4. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    List of trucking company cdl schools:
    Roehl Transport
    Maverick Transportation
    R. E. West Transportation - free cdl school & no contract to sign.
    Stevens Transport
    McElroy Truck Lines
    Boyd Driving Academy - www.drive4boyd.com/driving-academy
    CFI - www.cfidrive.com
    Carolina Logistic - www.carolinalogistic.com
    Prime Inc.
    Wilson Logistics - www.wilsonlogistics.com
    Jim Palmer Trucking - www.jimpalmertrucking.com
    Millis Transfer
    Online Transport
    Frontier Transport
    Swift Transportation
    Knight Transportation
    East-West Inc. - www.goeastwestinc.com
     
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  5. Southcak23

    Southcak23 Bobtail Member

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    What would you recommend?
     
  6. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    My personal choices only:
    Wilson Logistics
    Jim Palmer Trucking
    R. E. West Transportation
     
  7. roundhouse

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    I’d recommend attending a state vo tech school or community college CDL class

    I assume SC has CDL classes at state vo tech schools ?
    the one In Georgia is $1600 and 9 weeks long

    it’s a good class
    All of the instructors were retired drivers with decades of driving experience
    Two weeks on regs and paperwork
    Two weeks backing trailers
    Two weeks shifting gears
    Two weeks driving on real highways
    They are third party testers , you get your CDL Learners permit , drug test and medical card on your own before the class , and passing the class is your official dmv road test .

    its $1600.
    Please please please don’t borrow $8,000 from a trucking company to attend their lousy three week class that no other company will accept .

    get your CDL on your own .
    Then you can pick what company you want to work for

    my nephew attended the state vo tech class and accepted a job offer at a small local company that does oversize overweight secure heavy haul loads

    the company is very selective , and has a background investigation that includes your siblings, parents and In laws , since the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree .

    but they will hire students with no driving experience , home every weekend and it pays about 40 cents a mile for the first years and then doubles , to about 80 cents a mile after the first year, it’s a percentage and does vary depending on the load, Driving brand new W900 kenworths
     
  8. Midlife Trucker

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    I went with Millis Transfer and I’m very happy with the training. From your location they have schools in Eden, NC or Cartersville, GA. I recommend the latter. It has an on sight CDL examiner.
     
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