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Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by imtomj, Mar 22, 2011.

  1. Mar 22, 2011 #1
    imtomj

    imtomj Bobtail Member

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    I am trying to decide whether I should attend a standalone CDL school or attend a school owned by a trucking company and then which one, and I can't make up my mind. I talked to my best friend about it last night. He's not even remotely familiar with the trucking industry and suggested that I have a conversation with someone who's currently a trucker. I was thinking that if there's someone on here who fairly recently graduated from a CDL school, is currently driving OTR and is either from Colorado or familiar with working from here, it'd be great to be able to talk to you. If there's anyone out there who would be willing to talk to me about this and help me decide, either online or on the phone, I would sincerely appreciate it. My email is imtomj@gmail.com.
     
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  3. Mar 22, 2011 #2
    flyingmusician

    flyingmusician Road Train Member

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    read through alot of the threads on here and you'll figure this one out without even having to talk to someone......i'm just a student, but figured out way ahead of time it's FAR better to pay for your own school and not be bound to a company for at least a year just because they paid for your training....i'm attending a community college which has a very good reputation for training drivers and the cost is about a third of what a "standalone" school does and about a 1/4 of what the company sponsered slave labor camps do......pay for it yourself and you'll have more options in hiring and will avoid some of the horror stories that abound in this forum. just do a little reading on here and you'll find out all you need to know about the risk vs. the benefits of either option.
     
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  4. Mar 22, 2011 #3
    Rerun8963

    Rerun8963 Road Train Member

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    frankly what kind of a conversation do you need...??

    there's gottabe zillions of threads/posts on all these boards....why start a new one, when a zillion will do...??

    please do some searching, you WILL FIND your answers....
     
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