Class a cdl but no experience

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  1. aimeef

    aimeef Bobtail Member

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    C R england wants me to come to salt lake city to take their refresher course. Should I do this and drive for them as a solo company driver after the training? Or should I fork out the money for a local iitr truck driving school for 4500 dollars because I have no experience and get a letter of intent to hire from swift or werner? Also, as a woman, is C R england a bad place to work?
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    rambler Road Train Member

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    A refresher course is for an experienced driver without recent driving. I don't think a refresher course for a person with zero experience is even in the picture for you. Good luck.
     
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    can't you go back to your former school and inquire as to how much a refresher course there will cost..??

    the schools i have worked at, have either charged $1,500 or $1,000 for a refresher..

    as fir CR England, i can only repeat what i hear and that is they try to get you to go team or lease your own truck, which i highly advise you stay away from... you can try swift and werner, but the same thing applies here as well, refresher training...
     
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    Rerun can a guy make $50k their first year of being a instructor in driveing school(lol)(LOL)LOL)
     
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    Rerun8963 Road Train Member

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    we do quite well indeed....why drive OTR or local or regional when i get paid the same to stay put in one place..?? and get actual overtime..??? and weekends, holidays..off.??
     
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    Can you help Lupe get on when he gets a few years in?:biggrin_25523:
     
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    I had a nephew who went to Swift with no experience. They had their own school, he had to commit to them for a year I think. Though he left Swift after his time was up, he got his CDL A (XT). I went through a school and many companies back then (14 years ago) reimbursed you a percentage of your school cost. But do stay away from the lease programs. As for teams, to each his own. You will get more miles and for a woman it may be safer to have a partner, at least until your get a year or two under your belt. Personally I hate trying to sleep in a moving truck.
     
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    I don't think i could team ,maybe if it was my own wife ?????
     
  9. Rerun8963

    Rerun8963 Road Train Member

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    why sure...first and foremost, i'll help LOOPIE jump off a cliff.....then if he survives, we go onto step 2.......

    i think its gonnabe a 12 step program for LOOPIE....:biggrin_2551:
     
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    Rerun8963 Road Train Member

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    anyones wife will do for me....:biggrin_25522: