Obtain my CDL with Driving record from 2006-2009

All Pro Driving School
7601 S. Kostner Ave. Suite 230 Chicago, IL 60652

Website

Students earn:
www.drivefordti.com/schools
- Free tuition
- $750 per week throughout school
- DTI employment on day one

 

YRC/Yellow also pays hourly pay, 8 hours a day, while attending their cdl school.
Sometimes they can train you at the local terminal vs. sending you to another state for school. Either way is good though.

 

160driving academy is legit. Truck Driving School | Get your CDL | Truck Driving Classes | 160 Driving Academy
I almost went to the one in Rockford, IL until WIOA which is ran by Manpower pulled my funding because I'm a "Conceptual" person.
$5280 for school as of this summer and reasonable training. Local community college had a 2 semester waiting list and is closer to $7000

I want to be with a trainer in the real professional driving world for 15,000 miles and not on a school obstacle course.

Regarding Paid sponsorships if you can find one, they are going to pay me to learn? I won't have to find a job after school?
Seems like a win win and i will gladly honor that contract!

Be careful though and heed the great advice on these forums. Read thy contract! I found companies paying as crappy as .30cpm and still wanting 7k for their sponsorship paid off over 10-18 months. Of course Food, Lodging was included but what's that really costing you?

One thing that really helped me decide also is look at their equipment going down the interstate. I travel I-90 anywhere from Chicago to Madison frequently and the company that chose me has some really nice looking equipment that appears well maintained compared to others (Prime). Sorry to call you out Prime but your #### looks ragged and tired around here.

Good Luck to you!

 

Please remember the way you felt!
It will help motivate you to stay out of trouble in the future.

 

Floor mount toilets with the classic Harvey no seep #3 aren't bad but man i feel your pain carrying them around. Knockout toilet flanges can be tricky and compressing those closet mount toilet rings solo and securing are a real pain!

Glad you got it all sorted out Skywings! Some aren't so lucky! I also successfully completed my General Knowledge, Air and Combo tests today up in Sconnie and had two people next to me testing who didn't do as well. One 50 year old something came in 10 minutes after and must have bombed the general knowledge i'm assuming as the amount of expletives and then he got up and left after 10 minutes. Other gentleman came several minutes after the first fella and was still on the computer an hour later with his head buried in his hands once i finally got back to the counter to get my temp paper and picture taken for the license. I wanted to tell both about the test sites but was strictly forbidden from talking to others when testing or touching a cellphone.

Pretty darn noisy, i would in retrospect advise people to ask to see if they can use earplugs if they have focusing/attention issues.

 

Glad to hear you passed.

As for those who were not prepared, they should have studied I don’t care about the noise or any other possible distraction, out on the road there will be multiple things going on around you with 50 other cars and trucks doing all kind of stupid things. Those who are not prepared and easily distracted should take failing as a sign that maybe they just shouldn’t be driving period let alone a truck!

 

Pre-trip is going to be easiest to memorize practicing with another and in a truck. Catching what each others misses is paramount to learning the monotony of it quickly i felt.

I made a video of my trainer with his permission and that and the above made it pretty simple. Use whatever tools are at your disposal and use them all.

Good Luck!