Here is a consideration..... they train you get you cdl a and you agree to work the 3-4 month season![]()
Californian looking for paid CDL training
Discussion in 'Trucking Schools and CDL Training Forum' started by joshuar03, May 1, 2025.
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Hey guys so I decided on Swift because the school is nearby and so I could avoid the housing cost. Where as Knight is in Arizona and that’s an additional $1800 for housing. Swift and Knight both pay $650 with the trainer. Swift deducts $75 per week for 52 weeks which comes out to $3900 for tuition. Knight deducts $100 per week for 52 weeks which comes out to $5200 for tuition. Swifts CPM for dry van is 43-44 and refrigerated is 45-46. Knights pay is show below. Other than that do you guys think I made the right choice on Swift or should I go with Knight? I plan on staying with whoever I go with for a year.
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Go with Swift Refrigerated.
That reefer experience is good to have and also plenty of freight during recessions. Even during recessions, people need food and medicine which is refrigerated.joshuar03 Thanks this. -
Swift is ok.
Again -- start off in dry van.
For reefer duty: be sure to learn how to use the "split sleeper" DOT clock feature (& also, "personal conveyance"...aka, "PC")....& then after 6 - 8 months of dry van...if you still want to try reefer....go ahead.
With Swift -- if you try reefer & later decide you don't like it -- you can still go back to dry van with Swift.
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Stay away from dry van. You'll make more money pulling reefers because most runs are longer and the accessorial pays are better.
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Okay thanks now that I’m going with Swift. I just have to decide on either dry van and refrigerated.
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Another issue to consider, you can haul refrigerated and dry van freight in a reefer trailer. You can only haul dry freight in a dry van trailer.
An example of many: hauled a load of produce from Florida Everglades to Ohio. Unloaded in Ohio, and dispatcher said, you can get moving right now with a dry load. I said OK and took a load of paint from Ohio to Los Angeles.
Load of produce from Los Angeles to El Paso, Texas.
Load of ceramic tiles (dry van load) from El Paso, Texas to Jacksonville, Florida.
Then, a load of tomatoes from the Florida Everglades to Los Angeles, CA.
On and on that way. Kept the wheels turning.
All pays were refrigerated pays, no matter what my reefer trailer was loaded with. As a company driver they all paid the same.joshuar03 Thanks this.
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