I wanna get my CDL, but every company that runs a school doesn’t have one in my state

Discussion in 'Trucking Schools and CDL Training Forum' started by Evergreenapple, Apr 26, 2019.

  1. Evergreenapple

    Evergreenapple Light Load Member

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    i really can’t leave my state to go train for a few weeks without pay, I can’t get a loan, and I make too much for financial aid

    Is there anything I can do?
     
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  3. Brandt

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    They usually pay you to train or once you get it on a trainer tuck. It's not big pay

    Here is two week training then you get $125 a day with a trainer for 5 weeks and they are in Ohio they run PA but no northeast like CT MA or NYC
    Truck Driving School - Earn your CDL with Keller Trucking
     
  4. Chinatown

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    Check the cdl school near you and ask if they have weekend classes. Many drivers do this so they don't have to quit their current job while in school.
    I found two, so give a call and ask:
    All-State Career School
    1200 Lebanon Rd Ste 101, West Mifflin
    Rosedale Technical College
    215 Beecham Dr Ste 2, Pittsburgh
    Open 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
     
  5. Chinatown

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    Ask the school if they finance. Some do finance and don't require the first payment for a month or two after graduation.
    Some trucking companies will reimburse the tuition back to you. This way, if you can borrow from a credit card or whatever, trucking companies with tuition reimbursement will give you monthly payments to return the loan.
    Here's a Teamster Union outfit with tuition reimbursement (I think Strimbu still has reimbursement) & you're in the hiring area.
    Refrigerated & flatbed.
    Click here > Nick Strimbu Inc
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  6. Chinatown

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    Schneider reimburses tuition up to $7500.00.
    Saw one ad a while back; Schneider Intermodal driver hauling shipping containers from PA, WV, OH to steamship lines on the Great Lakes.
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    Freymiller - www.driveforfreymiller.com - click on "Recent Graduates". Tuition reimbursement.
     
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    Leonard's Express hires new cdl grads in Pittsburg. I know they do long runs because I see their trucks here in Las Vegas and have seen them in Los Angeles.
     
  8. Evergreenapple

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    Thanks, unfortunately the only school I know of that does financing requires a 620 credit score, which I don’t have(Penn Commercial I’m Washington PA)
     
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    If nothing else, get a credit card from those mailers you see in the mail. Take it to the school and pay the tuition, then throw the credit card away. Start paying it off when you get your first job out of cdl school.
     
  10. Evergreenapple

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    Unfortunately my credit is so terrible right now I can only get secured credit cards(made some mistakes when I was a younger man)

    Would any mega that offers training put me through school here possibly?
     
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    Some trucking companies might sponsor you through one of the schools near you. Call the schools and ask that question.
     
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