looking for CDL personal trainer

You may be able to find an owner-operator who'll show you some of the ropes. But the liability involved of having you actually driving and potentially getting involved in an accident will preclude this. Non authorized passengers are a big problem, and having these same non-authorized passengers behind the wheel is a far greater risk. Besides, you're experience in such a position will probably not later be honored by any respectable carrier so it all may be a waste of your time. Beyond working for a farmer or local grain company or something similar, it's tough to get into driving TODAY like you're describing.

 

It's tough today, unless you take the right steps. You have the CDL permit, so that's good. Your best bet now may be to go with a company and get some additional proper training. Check these websites for starters :

Roehl
Panther Expedite
Central Refrigerated

 

That's a gross over-generalization.

Its not easy, but, its not impossible to go about it the way he says and still drive. Its exactly the way I did. I was taught to drive around heavy haul/ oversize and its what I drive now.

It requires more effort and commitment than writing a check and showing up to classes for a few weeks so that a couple bottom-feeding mega-carriers will send you a pre-hire. You'll be working with small companies and owner-operators, but, chances are you will become a much better driver learning the old way than going to a school.

There will come a day in the future when every person who wants to become a driver, but, until that day, if you have the commitment to learning to drive like many veteran driver's before did, I am in support of that method.

 

He would still be able to get a job at a company but they would require him to basically go out with a trainer for certain amount of time.

 

How would someone go about getting back in the truck that had to leave to care for his wife after she was found with a brain tumor? That person was me, I worked for werner, finished my training,but found out about what she was trying to hide from me and I decided to stay with her. it has been almost 3 years,but you can't put a time on things like this. Now she is better and I want to use my cdl license,what steps should I take? When I went to Roadmaster in 2009 I was told could come back when ever I needed to to take a refresher course, now they say it will cost $1500 up. There has to be some way out of this.

-=Reno=-

 

Very hard these days to get out of the refresher. You might look at Panther Expedite & start out with a smaller truck that may not require refresher.

 

In the old days, prior to your name brand 4 week trucking schools. Drivers would normally get a trainee that was actually a fork lift driver that wanted to learn the ropes. The ex fork lift driver would pay the driver a "training fee" persey and then also do most of the labor if labor was ever a possibility for loading or unloading. I think your easiest bet to do this and to avoid would be first to call around to your trucking companies near you and see if they have any availability for someone with your limited experience. If so, see if you can work out some kind of deal with them. Where you pay them some kind of "training fee" and maybe help out the trainer a little more then by just being a seat warmer for the first couple of days.

Worse case senario, and I only mention this because of your limited experience and amount of time out of trucking. Is that you may actually need to do a refresher course like mentioned in the above if in case you are unable to find a helping hand like I mentioned in the above paragraph.

 

I paid 3500 to go to a driving school but could not back/park the semi when I went for my CDL test. Instead of teaching me the concept of backing, school stressed certain "points" on a particular vehicle. Course has ended and I'm left trying to find a way to get additional training so I can pass the CDL A test...Any suggestions where I need to go from here?

 

Been there done that.I rented a semi from a college that trains to operate construction equipment and practiced my backing at the college for a few hrs.If you need a lot of work then I suggest going back to school only this time try A company sponsored school.No since paying that much twice.With a company you would have to sign a yr contract,just choose your company wisely.