Folks, I am at a loss....

hang tight for a few minutes....ppl will start answerin ya....

 

What part of KY?

 

Millis offers company sponsered training in Trenton, Ohio, 20 miles north of Cincinnati. I have heard nothing but good things about them and might be worth checking out!

 

Several KY drivers on here recommend Lake Cumberland, I think is the name. Most community colleges are good. The local places may be OK, the longer the school, the better. Start now studying for the CDL license, the endorsements, get a passport & TWIC. Make sure your blood pressure & sugar levels are OK. These are thing you can start right now while looking for a school. You will be prepared for a good job from the get-go. Best wishes.

 

The best paying jobs in order:

#1 - Tanker/hazmat
#2 - Refrigerated
#3 - Flatbed
#4 - Dry Van

Sometimes Refrigerated & Flatbed flipflop paywise.

 

until you consider car hauling, foodservice delivery,oversized flat, and household moving.

 

I agree Chinatown. Preparation is key.Community Colleges are great for some but for some the training is too long. The majority are better then the cdl mills out there.,so to each his own!

 

community college seems to be the consensus as the best route to go. after that, id consider private schools that either guarantee a job upon completion, or a private school thaty id researched with companies who told me they do indeed hire graduates from that school. last resort would be company schools. i believe that most of them end up being more expensive in the long run, and require you to drive for them for a set amount of time, or it costs even more. millis does have a good reputation, but id look private first. someone told me what the costs were for them, i forget, but it did end up being a more expensive route than average private schools. i went to c1 in indianapolis several eons ago. they charged at that time $4k and financed the whole shot, OR $2k if paid up front. i paid up front, and after a year with usa truck (the usual contract time for most company schools) the cost to me was $800. this is because usa truck, as well as pam and roehl, the 2 other guaranteed company jobs i had to choose from, paid tuition reimbursement of $100 per month.