Help a trucker wannabe out!

Thanks Sammycat and Railsplitter-

I'm really excited about this move, and I agree there are downsides, but there are obviously a lot of upsides as well.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention...the school wants we to get every endorsement, which is great. So I am going for Hazmat, Double/Triples, Tankers, etc. I'll learn all of it when I go to school, which goes a long way to explaining why it's a 6 week course compared to 3 weeks at TDI. They also offer job placement, so I feel confident I'll have a position with a company by the end of this process.

I start school on June 21st, and it should end on July 30th. I'll be sure to post updates when I go to school, and a review on how the school is at the end of the program.

 

I'll definitely keep up with the posts and send other newbies useful information during this process. Today i get my physical/drug screening in order to get into the school. Once that is out of the way I won't have any obstacles towards getting into the school.

 

Thanks, I wasn't able to read up much on the school, but the little I did read said it was very good.

So here's an update:

• I passed my piss test
• and I found out that my class will only have 6 people in it, including myself.

Apparently classes of that size or smaller are the norm so that should give me the opportunity crash errr drive a big rig a lot. I really really can't wait, to be honest.

 

Hammer,

I'll look into that, thanks. It sounds like I'd have some home time with that type of company. My only doubt would be whether they'd take somebody with no experience right out of driving school. You never know until you talk to them.

 

I'm very proud. This is my best accomplishment to date.