Do they route you home after training?

do you know what for?

 

that's cool that they can turn you loose early if they feel like you are ready. I know this obviously wouldn't happen with USX because it's only 3 weeks but it's nice to know that some companies will let you get out there if you are ready in 5 or 6 weeks instead of the full 8. What company was this if you don't mind me asking?

 

yes 40 hours of one on one training. I got pre-hires from USX and Roehl. Roehl was on the list of schools that the trucking school I went to talks with. Werner actually called me and denied me because I don't have 160.

I hope the recruiter for USX didn't make any mistakes. I will remind her where I went and it was 40 hours to make sure because I will be PISSED if I have to come home for ANYTHING that the recruiter should of known.

It's pretty stupid if you ask me. It's all politics. I went to a school last year for my B license that has the 200 hour course for the A license. I saw the guys that went through it. They didn't do 200 hours that's for sure. Also they tested on a 6 speed class B truck with a tag-a-long trailer grossed over 10K so it was all legal. They got their A license without even having to drive a split shift. Yet these guys have a better shot than me who trained on an actual split shift. I am not saying that I am a better driver or anything I'm just saying that we all should have an equal shot. It's all politics. It's absolutely ridiculous. My 40 hours one on one I probably got about 15 hours (just guessing) of road time. Shifting and everything. I got it from the beginning no problem. By the end I wasn't even thinking about shifting at all. It was all one on one. Again hope I'm not sounding like I am bragging. I know I have a lot to learn but I just feel that its ridiculous that I don't get looked at by some companies because it was only 40 hours.

The real training happens out on the road any way. The CDL schools just get you the license. So we are all noobs with a license in our wallet whether we have 40, 160, or 200 hours. We ALL have 0 hours of driving time alone and that's the BOTTOM LINE.

I appreciate you bringing this up Jonny because perhaps my recruiter overlooked this. I was truthful on my application though. I can not wait to call her tomorrow. Would you suggest that I speak to anybody else besides the recruiter. I really do not want to go to Ohio to get sent home I will be so pissed off.

 

I really don't think it's so much about how many hours of class. It's the recognition of the school. I think it's politics. Help me help you kinda thing. My school specifically told me the carriers that they TALKED to over the phone. They almost work as recruiters for the carriers by telling us to go to them. HO Wolding and Baylor Trucking are 2 of the 14 carriers on the list that my school gave me.

Some of it is insurance though. The stupid insurance companies will only take 160 hours or more of an accredited school. These insurance companies are a little ridiculous. I think it should be a thorough MVR and criminal background check as well as a road test. Good old road test will gauge a rookie driver's ability to shift and drive in general.

Like I said before, we ALL have 0 hours of road time where it counts. We all never actually had to back up to a real dock. No we just have either 40, 160, or 200 hours of practicing driving between cones. So in my eyes we are all the same. Just rookie drivers with a CDL-A license in our wallet.

 

Well I can tell you first hand that the truck driving school that I went to was much more thorough then the accredited one with 200 hours. They don't let you back into any docks or night drive there. They do the same thing I did at my school if not less.

My point here JONNY is that you can't just judge a driver by the school he went to or by how many hours he supposedly did in school. Yet these insurance companies are doing just that. They are basically saying that these driver's that went to an "accredited school" are less of a risk than driver's that went to any other non accredited school. It's no different than the BBB. Pay your dues and we give you a good grade. Money talks and you know what walks.