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<p>[QUOTE="Chinatown, post: 6401870, member: 70690"]There are exceptions, but most refrigerated companies are "driver no-touch" freight.</p><p>Do some research on these:</p><p>Eagle KMC Transportation in Phoenix.</p><p>Jim Palmer Trucking - <b>has APU</b></p><p>Roehl Transport - this company pays you $500.00 weekly while attending their cdl school.</p><p>Contract Freighters Inc. (<a href="http://www.cfidrive.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cfidrive.com" rel="nofollow">www.cfidrive.com</a>)</p><p>Celadon</p><p>Stevens Transport - <b>has APU. </b>Probably ship you, by bus, to Denver for school. Lodging & meals provided.</p><p>Swift and Schneider will probably both hire you. Swift has their own cdl school and Schneider uses private schools.</p><p><b>Keep it in perspective; most new drivers don't stay with their training company too long;maybe a year or long enough to fulfill the commitment for cdl training. Having said that, I'd look at companies with driver comfort amenities such as APU as first choices, then work your way down the list from there.</b></p><p><b>APU (Auxillary Power Unit) is used when the truck engine must be shut down and not allowed to idle except for short periods of time. The APU gives electrical power for use of refrigerator, television, computer, heating/cooling, etc.</b></p><p><b>I'd put Jim Palmer Trucking and Stevens Transport at the top of the list, simply for the creature comforts provided for driver comfort on the road.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Chinatown, post: 6401870, member: 70690"]There are exceptions, but most refrigerated companies are "driver no-touch" freight. Do some research on these: Eagle KMC Transportation in Phoenix. Jim Palmer Trucking - [B]has APU[/B] Roehl Transport - this company pays you $500.00 weekly while attending their cdl school. Contract Freighters Inc. ([URL="http://www.cfidrive.com"]www.cfidrive.com[/URL]) Celadon Stevens Transport - [B]has APU. [/B]Probably ship you, by bus, to Denver for school. Lodging & meals provided. Swift and Schneider will probably both hire you. Swift has their own cdl school and Schneider uses private schools. [B]Keep it in perspective; most new drivers don't stay with their training company too long;maybe a year or long enough to fulfill the commitment for cdl training. Having said that, I'd look at companies with driver comfort amenities such as APU as first choices, then work your way down the list from there. APU (Auxillary Power Unit) is used when the truck engine must be shut down and not allowed to idle except for short periods of time. The APU gives electrical power for use of refrigerator, television, computer, heating/cooling, etc. I'd put Jim Palmer Trucking and Stevens Transport at the top of the list, simply for the creature comforts provided for driver comfort on the road.[/B][/QUOTE]
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