How to pay for trucking school?

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  1. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    Here is a thought. How about puck up a 2nd job delivering pizzas nights and weekends? In a moderately high population zone you should make 80 to 100 bucks during the 5 to 8 dinner rush and a couple hundred of you put in a full day sat and sun. Wont take long to stock pile a bunch of cash to where you could quit your job and then go to school full time for a few weeks.
     
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    Unemployment in your state may pay for it.. I'm in Calif. And they pay 100% of the school. But you'll need money for DMV fees, and living expenses. Good luck
     
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    Yeah unfortunately I can’t qualify for it because I currently work full time.
     
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    That’s true I’ll think about it!
     
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    How long was your school? Was it a 80, 120, 160 hour course? The school I’m looking at is 80 hours, so roughly 3 hour classes sat and 3 hours Sunday, but it’s mainly a private mom and pop school and they got some good ratings. Another bigger public school is roughly 160 hours but it’s more packed with people, some comments states that they barely get any drive time at all.
     
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    Mine was 160 hours I think. It was all day Saturday & Sunday.
     
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    Work hard and have a financial game plan to save the money needed for school . Idk I thought that's how it's done.
     
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