I live in SD; and took the written CDL General test; and I obtained a DOT physical. I want to keep my "day job" but want to learn to drive Semi on the weekends and will pay someone who has a truck and can teach me. I AM NOT LOOKING TO QUIT MY JOB TODAY AND GO TO A THREE WEEK SCHOOL. Does anyone have an advice or suggestions to possibly learn and get started and see how I like it? I meet all qualifications; clean background history, no tickets, very good car driver...would like to learn and possibly work weekends and get my feet wet and decide if I want to go full time. thanks for any advice or help. I live in Brookings.
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What's the average training time from start to finish for a newbie. Before going solo ? The reason I ask is for the money situation I am concerned of getting myself behind financially.
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Roughly 8-9 weeks start to finish...not counting any hometime or downtime, layover, ect.
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Just depends on the trainer. I got lucky and got a trainer that didn't take any home time and got out of his truck in 6 weeks.
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I was out of the trainers truck in 7 weeks. My trainer was very considerate of me and focused on getting me trained. If you get lucky and get Dan K., you are getting an excellent trainer.
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I crunched my numbers from last year. I was employed with Millis for 29 weeks, including training. I was through with training after 7 weeks. I was OTR for 17 weeks and SE Regional for 5. I went back OTR and you will understand why when I finish this post.
Training pay:
7 weeks with gross pay of $2857.75 ... $408.25 weekly
OTR Pay (Non Per-diem)
17 weeks
Miles: 39168 / 17 = 2304 week
Gross Pay: $18450.28 / 17 = $1085.31 weekly
SE Regional (Non Per-diem)
5 weeks
Miles: 7470 / 5 = 1494 week
Gross Pay: $3466.86 / 5 = $693.37 weekly
Total
22 Weeks
Miles: 46638 / 22 = 2120 week
Gross Pay: $21917.14 / 22 = $996.23 weekly
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Does Millis do hair follicle test?
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