Out of my class at Wilson only one student passed the driving portion of the test. One went home end of first week. Two failed driving test. That was in Springfield, MO. Their school didn’t live up to what I had heard and read about it.
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It may not always be like that. The week we went Wilson’s was working on a take over or something and there were a couple of deaths various trainers and other staff were dealing with: family, not drivers. I thought it was the Jim Palmer side you were looking into? That’s a completely different facility with entirely different trainers. I watched a video of training there and was nothing like what we did (didn’t) do in Springfield. We literally bobtailed once each, except a vet who was there, then drove once with a trailer. The rest was backing and simulators. It seemed they trained vets far better than any of the rest of us. A little unfair to those who weren’t vets, but very good for vets.
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It seems no matter who I decided on, I had to leave state for training: Missouri, Tennessee, Iowa, Texas, or Utah Honestly I probably should have went to Swift Academy in Tennessee. I’d most likely be driving now if I had.
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After 13 months, they start paying it back at $37 per pay period for a year. It's real, I should know.. month 14 here. There is not a contract, never was with Swift, unless something has changed.
Swift has over 35 terminals nationwide, so if you want to travel nationwide and do real OTR there are advantages, as in cheap under $50 hotels near most terminals. Hometime is allowed near any terminal as well.
Also, Swift has the most dedicated accounts with the likes of Wal-Mart, Target, etc if you are looking for more regional with 34 restarts each weekend as home time right out of the box. Not sure about Florida though.. I think Osceola (spelling?) is the main terminal out there.. would love to check it out some day..
IMO, stay away from reefer with any company.. It's a waiting game not worth playing.
Finally, the academy training is 3 weeks if you self study and obtain the CLP, 4 if you go in without the CLP.
Hope this helps. Also, if you do OTR as opposed to a dedicated account from the start, you'll get $3k bonus payed out $1k@ $250 weekly first month solo, another 1k at 30k miles, last 1k at $60k. Best of luck! -
As for lodging, unsure in my specific case how that is going to end up working out. I have reasons (not just preferences) that I will need private accommodations as opposed sharing a room. So, I am figuring I may end up paying for my accommodations myself at the time I use them. I figure I'll probably end up finding and making those accommodations outside of Swift. I have concerns, for the same reasons, how circumstances will work while I am on a truck with a trainer. However, my recruiter is aware of all this (to include need for private room during training) and I think that will not be unsurmountable. I am not trying to 'special'. But, in this situation it is just something that has factored into the calculus of it all. BTW, those 'reasons' are real, justify the extra conditions and are also private and not to be shared on an open forum.Last edited: Jul 2, 2019
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