Should I pay for my school?

BUT....BUT....BUT..... You'll be an Indentured Servant and forced into dungeons and force fed gruel for a year. You will be whipped daily and paid peanuts! Don't you ever read the advice given on this forum??

 

Lol all the time....but those whippings will toughen up that back side

 

@TxFLdino57

 

Here's a post from a Florida driver about Leonard's Express
@xlsdraw
Update time. Here's loads 11 through 17:

11) Wilsonville, OR to Clackamas, OR to Auburndale, FL/home to Boca Raton, FL. (3,276 miles).

12) Boca Raton, FL to Auburndale, FL/reset at home to Lake Wales, FL to Hopkins, MN. (1,831 miles).

13) Hopkins, MN to Gaylord, MN to Woodburn, OR. (1,820 miles).

14) Woodburn, OR to Scio, OR to Woodburn, OR to Caldwell, ID/shop to Metairie, LA. (2,627 miles).

15) Metairie, LA to Geismar, LA to Inver Grove Heights, MN. (1,245 miles).

16) Inver Grove Heights, MN to Eau Claire, WI/shop to Gaylord, MN to Auburndale, FL/home to Ocoee,FL to Auburndale, FL/home. (1,888 miles).

Home 6 days for Thanksgiving.

17) Auburndale, FL to Jacksonville, FL to Champlin, MN. (1,722 miles).

14,409 miles for that 7 trip block. Average trip length 2,058 miles.

Brings my overall average for my first 17 trips to 1,809 miles average.

I did find out that detention starts at 2 hrs past appointment time and is @ $16 per hour.

Also, for my $2,000 sign on bonus. Got first $500 after my first load. Got second $500 after 30 days. Got third $500 after 60 days. I assume that the fourth $500 will be after 90 days.

And orientation pay was $400.

When I'm empty in the morning in Champlin, MN, I head to Le Sueur, MN to pickup headed back to Woodburn, OR.

 

Don’t pay out of pocket. There are plenty of grants out there. But DO NOT go to a company paid school. You will be beholden to them for a year or so if you do.

And fact is you likely won’t last six months. Most don’t last that long. The last thing you want is to be out of pocket $3k - $5k, or have a loan hanging over your head for something you’re not even using anymore.

 

I did pay out of pocket for mine back in October. In my case though, trucking is a 2nd career, so I was already employed and made too much to qualify for the state grants. However, I highly valued not having an auto-only restriction and not being in a contract, so paying myself was the only option. If you have the means, especially if you qualify for the grants, it will give you more flexibility and options after school.