Kansas City, MO looking for company and school suggestions

We have an owner operator where I work who used to work for liquid trucking. He had great things to say about them. He said he made great money and was home frequently. The only reason he left them was to fulfill his desire to own his own truck. He couldn't do that at Liquid Trucking. He was in their division called Barto. But he said all of the divisions of the company are good.

 

x1heavy is right. Those caves are in western Missouri and start up around Kansas City and go down around Carthage and Joplin and I think there are a few around Springfield. I've read that 70%of industry in the KC metro area is underground. My older brother works for a little steel service center company called Ronson that is underground. He said in the complex he is in, there are roads underground, with stop signs, and street names etc. I've yet to go into one, even though I grew up in that area of Missouri.

 

One of the instructors at Crowder used to be my brother-in-law. I knew how much actual driving experience he had. I have no idea how he got that job. At the company I used to work at, I had a few co-drivers who went to Crowder. They seemed pretty well trained in comparison to some guys I'd had.

 

FYI the caves in Kansas City are by and under Worlds of Fun. That is owned by the Hunt Family and I had rented an area under their for about a year to run a project. It is the largest business development underground in the United States. A lot of drivers hate it since it is tight in some areas. Also caves down by channel 41 I believe down town area called Dean’s. They are a lot smaller and will not fit a 53’ trailer in them. I have rented area in both.

Also liquid trucking claimed when I talked to them they would not hire new CDL holder out of a 160 hour school. You may have better luck with them since you are younger.

Have you talked to Apex CDL school? I know they work with local companies as well.