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KLLM is one of the largest temperature-controlled truckload carriers in the United States.

 

The other forum sucks…..

 

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145 N Kansas St, Edwardsville, IL 62025
Hiring new cdl school grads.
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From what I've read, if you go to a company-sponsored school, you probably won't last either.

Giving all these reasons why option A is better than option B when they haven't even demonstrated that this is in fact the the case isn't very persuasive. Real data would be a whole lot more useful than all the unsupported arguments and anecdotes.

I assume there have been longitudinal studies of driver careers that address whether there's a correlation between the type of training and how long a driver lasts, and other measures of success, but I haven't found them. I tried Googling and found a bunch of paywalls, and some articles about driver retention related to pay and working conditions, but nothing that specifically relates to private vs. community college vs. company-sponsored producing better outcomes.

 

Strange thing to say as I'm on the cusp of going local...but I like the idea of coast to coast loads. I got thrown a few bones early on with trips to the west coast but ultimately became more regional over time. If I end up ever wanting to go back OTR I would consider something that goes coast to coast on the regular.