Trucking School Costs

the 160 hour course can run anywhere from $2,500 to $5,000

the full course can run anywhere rom $5,000 to (YES) $12,000, especially at the CDL Mills that have more than one location.

UP TO reimbursements are a fine line to balance on, YOU have to ask the company what THEY MEAN, the full course or the short course, as that question i cannot answer.

 

many trucking companies have "paid training"...but you will have to work for them for x amount of time, otherwise, YOU WILL HAVE TO pay them back the balance.

personally, i prefer to pay my own, and owe only the bank (or the student loan people) rather than to be a slave for x amount of time, and cannot seek better jobs until the contract id fulfilled.

 

I would eat the costs myself (I have...) and be free from company reimbursement. Company approved this company approved that means nothing to me. It actually tells me that the class is being fenced in like puppies to learn one company's particular ways which might not fit another.

Do not sign a promissory note or contract promising repay balance of that training with a company that hires you. Because about 70 of 100 new truckers are dismissed, or fired for a variety of really small reasons. In short, disposable. And there you are with a huge bill legally binding going into collections against you while you stand in the unemployment line.

I paid 2500 in the 80's that's about same as 6000 in today's inflated money. What I should have done is paid them off cash money, (Uncle Sam Student loan) within the first few months. I made my first 3000 in net take home pay within 7 weeks with my first employer back then.

 

i think my student loan was for about $3,000 and i had to pay fee's, admission back then for about $300.

my student loan back then was about $55 per month, starting after the 6th month after graduation.

what i did back then and still do today with ANY loan is i either double up or add an extra (say) $50 to the payment to quickly pay down my debts.

pays off the loans faster.

 

which is why better to pay your own way. say if you are into your job 5 months, and a real sweet local job comes up and you gotta act NOW...

best to up and quit, owing the company ZERO dollars, and yes, you still have to pay back the loan, either way.

i just personally do not appreciate someone holding a dagger over my head and mess with the freight all the while, i owe them money...

do not forget, they take that money out of your weekly paycheck..they start messing with the freight, you got maybe $5.00 left for your actual paycheck, you gonna live a week off that $5..??????

 

too many people here every once in a while crying that they ain't made no weekly paychecks......and i mean mostly newbies. us OLD TIMERS know how to get our money each week, but then too, we have no company paid student loans holding us back.

you wanna live, or starve..????