RoadMaster Drivers School Dunn NC Review

another quick question. i dont kno a darn thing about mechanics. how intense is this 140 point pre trip inspection test gonna be becouse i feel im good to go on everything in the written test but im starting to go over the pretrip and its kinda boggling my mind. any tips? becouse yeah i can learn what everything is and does but that doesnt mean i can point it out to you on a semi. do they go over the pre trip in the first week at all? sorry to ask so many questions its just that failure is not an option and i just dont wanna pass i wanna ace everything.

 

No matter how good a school is it just gets you a CDL . You'll probably end up at a BFI where much more is expected . Lifetime job placement means little if you get terminated with a negative DAC or end up going more than a few months between jobs . CDL mills make their money by high driver turnover at carriers when their past students fail .
As good as a school may be there is a problem with abusive carriers .

 

$11,000 to $12,000 how does the payment for this school work?Do they want the money up front, is there housing?

 

I also graduated from the Dunn Roadmaster and I am very happy with my experience there. I am in the military and I worked hard and focused. I showed up early and studied during lunch and I was the only one in my class of ten to graduate on my scheduled date. I was on the weekend class, but we were there at the same time. The weekend is much better because you will have 2 students to 1 instructor which gives you much more drive time then when you 4 students to a truck. I have not taken a job yet as I am still in the army for another month, but the job placement service was very helpful for the others. I decided to go with an outside company, but she still told me to call any time I need anything.

 

Thanks for your post, it was very informative. I am looking at trucking for a change of careers and trying to decide the best way to get my CDL. I will be paying for any training and not financing any portion and one school I talked with a while back offered a discount on their tuition and I believe it was Roadmasters in San Antonio. Do you know if this is true?

I also wanted to know if looking back you would recommend this school or if you had a do over you would go another route to get your CDL. Several years ago when I was looking at getting my CDL I took and passed all the written tests but didn't have a vehicle to practice driving to do the driving tests so I didn't go any farther at that time.

Now as a 52 year old newbie just starting any advice you or anyone has would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

I would do it the same way if I had to do it over again. Most companies will not take you as a newbie if you did not come from a good school. I will say how you get your CDL is really a matter of what you want to do. Several companies have their own program to get you a CDL if you plan on driving for them. I know England, Swift, and a couple others have their own program. I like Roadmaster, because you have the option to go anywhere rather than just go to the companies who's school you went to. However you could go to a companies school, do 1 year and then go wherever you like.

 

Thanks for the quick reply. One of the reasons I was looking at Roadmasters was to avoid being obligated to a particular company and hopefully have options to choose from after graduation. I am currently working so I am trying to avoid too much disruption in getting a paycheck. During the summer I can take vacation to do the schooling and then continue working until I find a trucking job. In some ways I would like to give notice now and start training right away but if I didn't get a decent trucking job in a few months it would be difficult financially.