CDL School vs Self Taught...

Easy answer.....MOST people...almost all.....are not able and should not be allowed!! LOL.

 

It's hard to get hired if you're self taught because of insurance companies. Yes, the jobs are there for self taught drivers, but they're limited. When you apply for a job, the application is shown to the trucking company insurance company. The insurance company then tells the trucking company,"Yes, we will insure the guy, but the rate for him will be XYZ dollars" or "No, we won't insure the guy." If the applicant completed cdl school, his insurance is much cheaper.

How many people have access to a truck anyway to self teach. It's easy for someone that has connections through family or a friend, but very few people have that opportunity.
How many people have enough money in the bank to fool around learning on their own? They can go to a 3 or 4 week school, then hit the road earning a paycheck. Those $60K - $70K jobs are given to new cdl grads, but highly unlikely to be offered to a self taught driver with no experience and no cdl school certificate.

 

Because I can't find a truck to take the skills test in. Or some one willing to teach me how to drive one, and I don't have any money to rent a truck. I have my dot physical and my cdl permit. Where can i go from here without some one willing to help????

 

And tanker and doubles and triples endorsements.

 

Where is your location?
Two choices; attend a trucking company cdl school or hire on with a foodservice company that hires drivers with only a cdl permit.
These hire with only a permit:
Sygma Network
Reinhart Foodservice
McLane Foodservice
Do the online application and apply for "driver helper" or "driver associate", whichever term they use. You'll run teams with an experienced driver and they give you 90 days to finish acquiring the cdl.

 

trucking is not a trade or profession so the trainers do not have teaching degrees. That's the first clue so if you are confident in your abilities go for it. It's not rocket science pulling a wagon, we all did it as kids
I self taught decades ago

 

The pros of getting it on your own is you don't go in debt $7000. The cons are the big companies want experience or train with them.

 

There is a place in (or real close to) Crystal River, FL. That you can take the test in one of their trucks. The examiner as a person is reasonably friendly. As an examiner he is firm but reasonable and fair. If you properly do your part you'll pass. If you can't do it properly you won't pass.

He is not there to push around his power or intimate you. He is not going to pass you just because you paid him to give you the test. He is simply looking to see if your qualified to properly and safely drive a huge 80,000lb vehicle on the same streets as his family uses.

Anyway, if you need the contact info post it and I'll see if I can find it and get it to you.