beating my head againist the wall
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by rednecktrucking, Dec 11, 2012.
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i havent tried to email them. and im tryin to make the best decision for me and my family. im interested in doin flatbeds and they both offer it and prime is less in price and swift is only about 400 to 500 more. im lookin at the web site and look on here for all the info i can get
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Is your main concern the price? I'm not going to tell you what to do. But if it was me I would look at the quality of training and with a family training pay would be at top of my list as well.
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If you can afford paying for school many companies will reimburse school tuition over a predetermined period. You can leave if things are real bad, forgoing repayment of said tuition. As a friend of mine did, choosing a $4k sign on bonus with one company instead of the low paychecks he was getting.
If you get trained at by a trucking company you most likely will be contracted to run for them for a certain term. Kind of like a slave having to do whatever they tell you albeit good or bad...
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2ndtime said: ↑Oh don't worry bout this drving you crazy. It's a decision that should not be taken lightly. Just do research and find out what you can. Then make a educated decision on it cause you've researched it.Click to expand...
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I hear ya man. See I didn't have a choice. I couldn't afford the school up front. I did the contract for a year and that will be up this friday. Like I said earlier I went thru the FFE academy. Good school in my opinion. I've even trained some guys from there. If you have questions about FFE let me know. But already sounds like your on the right track.
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dptrucker said: ↑answer to low bridge happened to me while driving with a trainer with swift. don't remember where it was but my trainer loved driving off freeways as much as possible and was driving on a 2 lane road and came to a bridge that he thought we couldn't make. so he got out and guided me thru. but he said if i didn't make it , we would lower air pressure in tires. lucky we made it. sorry to the op for being off subjectClick to expand...
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I think most company sponsored training is pretty good after all you get what you put in. There were a lot of childish people at my training so I could imagine we learned more than they did. If I was you I would apply at both and see who gets back to you. I wanted to go to Stevens I applied and I sat around waiting then didn't get a call bak was like wasted time. Swift called me an hour after I applied. Personally I am happy feel like I made a good decision, I did research for a few months and went with company sponsored since I planned on staying for few years and not jumping around. Either way you go you will do good just give it your all.
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719mma said: ↑I think most company sponsored training is pretty good after all you get what you put in. There were a lot of childish people at my training so I could imagine we learned more than they did. If I was you I would apply at both and see who gets back to you. I wanted to go to Stevens I applied and I sat around waiting then didn't get a call bak was like wasted time. Swift called me an hour after I applied. Personally I am happy feel like I made a good decision, I did research for a few months and went with company sponsored since I planned on staying for few years and not jumping around. Either way you go you will do good just give it your all.Click to expand...
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