Truck driver should go with trainer for weeks?

Try watkins shepard they have 10day training and you dont have to spend 6 weeks with any company. if you pick in 3 weeks you can run solo.

they teach you everything you need to run solo.
training pay depends on company. could be $375-450 avaerage weekly.

 

That's how most companies are,some are 4 weeks some are 6-8 weeks.The only company I can comment on about is Werner,I trained threw Werner and they required 6 weeks but you can do 3 weeks take 1 week off at home and go back and finish your last 3 weeks.I personally wouldn't go to werner but if you do,they claim to have a $500.00 bonus if you do all 6 weeks without taking 1 week off.I wouldn't know how true that is cuz I took the 1 week off and never return.I have read and heard drivers saying they got the $500 and heard from drivers said they didn't get the $500.00.

 

Every starter company I am looking at requires some time spent with a trainer. Most are 3 to 8 weeks with a trainer before they assign a truck to you. Roehl offers a 13 day with a couple of days off and 13 more days. I don't see anyway around this unless your have verifiable experience. Bottom line is you need to decide how many days out you want to run and pick a company that offers what you want and not by how many days you are with a trainer. Consider it truck driving boot camp.

 

i know thats what recruiter told me. i think if you have few month experience.

 

No,

you just have to be on the ball !!

 

I don’t understand why any new driver, fresh out of CDL school, applying for a home weekly dedicated run, needs to travel the country for 2 months as a team driver with a trainer. It’s just double miles for the trainer and $500wk for the student in my opinion. It doesn’t take 2 months to learn anything.

 

Rumor is Watkins & Shepard is going to cease to exist by next year. All operations and training is to be rolled into Schneider.

OP where are you from? Where have you done your overseas driving? There are several smaller trucking companies owned by immigrants that will likely get you in a truck without some stupid training. Many pay in the $.50cpm range. But be careful, most are on a 1099 tax status and a larger portion of your pay will be paid in taxes.

The mega trucking companies will all be glad to have you, they may get a tax break by hiring you. But .... they all will put you through the full training. Pay can range from like $.20 CPM to like $.45 CPM or somer where in their.

 

Bob85 was last seen: Apr 24, 2013