Best Private CDL Training

Let me ask you this. I have a few questions regarding these schools in general.
1. How useful are they with so little driving time?
2. If I went ahead and paid for it myself, most of the companies will pay back the tuition anyway no?
3. Is there such a thing as private one on one training option?
4. What about these truck rental places do you trust them?

 

C & C Concrete Pumping - will train. CDL or Permit.
Interstate Batteries - local hotshot trucking.
de Boer Transportation - local Dallas intermodal.
JRayL Transport - local
Capitol Concrete Pumping - will train. CDL or Permit.

 

160 hr. driving schools are worth it. Dozens of jobs available on graduation.
Some companies do reimburse the tuition, but not all of them.
I wouldn't waste my money on private one-on-one or truck rental places. They're ok for some applications, such as a rancher that need to move some hay or livestock or maybe a small company that needs one or two of their employees to have a cdl; they're not regular trucking companies though.

 

You have been so helpful one last question. How do find these jobs? Job boards don't list them. Is there a website dedicated to finding driving jobs? Do I just call any trucking company knowing with the churn they all need drivers? Is there an option to get one on one personal training?

Thanks again!

 

I don't know about the one-on-one personal training.
I listed quite a few companies and I'm sure you'll get 2 or 3 job offers off those or maybe more.

 

Check with your local Tech school. I live in Metro Atlanta and did my CDL training at Chattahoochee Technical College. And the best part, it was FREE! I used the PELL Grant to pay for it. Good Luck!

 

Check with your local Tech school. I live in Metro Atlanta and did my CDL training at Chattahoochee Technical College. And the best part, it was FREE! I used the PELL Grant to pay for it. Good Luck

 

Check with your local Tech school. I live in Metro Atlanta and did my CDL training at Chattahoochee Technical College. And the best part, it was FREE! I used the PELL Grant to pay for it. Good Luck

 

CDL school is not teaching you everything you need to have a career as a driver. CDL school is just to pass the state test for CDL. EVERY company that hires new drivers puts them with an experienced driver, sometimes ONLY 6 months of experience, and that is where you learn this job. ACDL school is not going to know anything about the customers and their demands, your company trainer will.

I STRONGLY suggest you first find a company that impresses you and talk to drivers at that company and find out if it's a good place to work. How you get the license is a trivial, almost unimportant detail. Winding up at a good trucking company EASILY will decide if you can/will stay in this industry. CDL school is not some leisurely-paced symposium where you have time to do thorough research on numerous trucking companies. It's short or very short.

You may find that a company you want to work at will have their own school. Or you may find, like half of all trucking companies, the company you pick has Tuition Reimbursement in addition to paying you as a driver. IMO, it's a myth that getting "free training" in exchange for 12 months of work at ANY company is a bad deal. 1) you need 12 months experience to work at many companies. 2) some companies with "free training" pay exactly the same as companies without "free training". The difference between the best trucking companies and the worst is far wider than the difference between the best and worst CDL schools.

Find a good company for you and THEN decide how to get your license. 90% of newbies do nothing but Google "trucking commpanies + free training and then sign a contract. No matter how many veterans warn them not to do that, they do. They also RARELY stay in the industry 1 year. Put your effort into finding a good employer for YOU. School is the easy part. You have to work to not make it through CDL school.