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I can't answer your student-related questions, but there are more women in trucking these days (though still an under-represented minority). Preemployment has two stages -- initial application & conditional approval (process takes just a few days, especially if you follow up by phone), and then orientation & background check/drug screen/employment verification/drive test (4-5 days). At least that's how it is for the experienced applicants...

 

I sent you a pm, check your inbox.
Hope it helps.
Also check out this thread
http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...way-truckload-drivers-what-your-20-a-593.html
Good luck

 

I came through Crowder College a couple of years back. School took about 5 weeks, otr training took 3 weeks (takes 4 now), a week waiting for my finisher (trainer), a week waiting for a truck, and a week for orientation. So, plan on 11 to 12 weeks from 1st day of school to going solo. There are faster schools, but, some are not very impressive. Lately, there is no wait for a truck, or maybe just a day or two.

Crowder is a partner with Conway, so the program is basically written to Conway specs. If you go to school somewhere else and hire on with Conway, they will send you for a week of what we call Boot Camp at Crowder as part of your orientation.

Pre-arrange with a recruiter, and you can go through Crowder with a minimum outlay of cash. Used to be about $1500 back in the day, don't know what it is now. I put it on a credit card and paid it off within a couple months of going solo and that included dorm room and meals. Conways pays off the balance of your tuition when you deliver your first solo load. (No 18 month or more contracts)

Training is done on solo hours, no team driving. Your finisher is awake while you are driving, your day is over when you run out of hours. You get the benefit of the finisher the whole time you are at the wheel. Other companies run team with students. Finisher sleeps while you drive and then switch. You don't learn much that way.

Training pay is better than most companies and your school obligations are paid off much sooner. By the end of the first year as a solo driver, you are making around .37 per mile while other training companies have you at under .30.

I hope this answers some of your questions. Hope to see you out here soon. Keep us posted.

 

Very good post.
I'd tell about when I hiref on and went through Crowder. But since that was 20 plus years. .. we trained in old jb hunt cabovers.

 

Leaf Spring Suspensions in those cabovers?

 

Thanks for the reply. I wanted to do the Crowder College training however I don't have the funds to do it so I'm going to have to go with a company that pays for training. Once I get that year under then I'll see about it.

 

Yep, leafs on trailers too.
We drove 10 wheelers, only the road test truck had all 18 tires.
That was a old leaf spring t600 from cfi.
No skid pad. I think I'm going to pay my own way, I really want to try that skid pad.

 

Don't they still having financing options.
They are a regular college.
It's been a day or 2, but when I went I got a student loan. Part of it was covered by VA

 

There are probably financing options. I just went through in such a rush that I didn't take the time to look at options. I just thought that $1500 was a good price to pay for a new career with a CDL in 5 weeks and a full third of it was room and board. Conway also has programs for Veterans, so for readers poking around, it pays to call and check it out.

For the skid pad, what a blast! It hasn't been used in a couple of years because FEMA trailers have been located there since the storm. Hopefully the residents get their lives back to normal soon and those FEMA trailers can get moved to a nice storage area like Florida, or anywhere on the Gulf Coast.

 

I have exhausted my financial aid options because I've been in college so that's not an option for me, believe me I tried.