Prime, KLLM or Werner?

Out of your list I like the idea of KLLM the best. You could go to Roadmaster or even a community college in which you can get a student loan or possibly a grant. Then you aren't committed to the training company if things don't work out.
Living in Florida you ought to consider a company that runs refrigerated as most of the freight coming out of FL is temperature controlled. I usually hauled into the Walmart DC in Arcadia and picked up a load out of Tampa or Deland coming out. Many times I had to deadhead out of FL to get a load since it's slim down there. You are kind of in the corner of the world.

 

Florida is a consumer state. More products going in are consumed than products produced leaving the state... Also it's a road to no where... Nothing passing thru except maybe to the ports.

Consumer state = lots of trucks going in to fight for the little bit of freight coming out = low rates /cheap freight.

 

Some decent outfits near z-hills/dade city.

Good Luck.

 

Werner is too cheap and Prime is too slow, so I guess KLLM your best choice IMHO.

 

I've heard good things about Prime. Haven't heard anything about the others.

 

Look into which schools Crete accepts students from, and go with them.

Best opportunity for new drivers that I've found.

 

Transport America in my opinion is a good starter company. They have a higher then average starting pay, newer trucks and a nice safety policy. They have a no ask policy if you don't feel safe driving in the snow or something.