Wannabe driver seeking advice.

KLLM Driving Academy - KLLM Transport Services
Terminal:
Atlanta, Georgia
1025 Citizen Parkway, Morrow, GA 30260
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Swift Refrigerated CDL Truck Driving School
Terminal:
1500 Cedar Grove Rd, Conley, GA 30288
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@MetroPlex....

IF ALL ELSE FAILS......

REPEAT: IF ALL ELSE FAILS......

Schneider has a terminal located on the SE side of Atlanta.

That's where I got my start, after CDL school elsewhere.

Hey, I'm still alive....now delivering fuel for someone else, in south GA & north FL.

Given that you're a GA resident, you should (if you haven't already) look into scholarship and/or grant money for a CDL school (like maybe the HOPE scholarship program, or similar).

When I went to CDL school in south GA, I only paid for the gas back & for to the classes--and the different tests.

Also: Schneider, Swift, and JB Hunt hire new drivers, but also do A LOT of intermodal work in the Atlanta area.

After you get about 8 months experience driving, I would suggest looking at intermodal duty there--home daily, in many cases.

It's good experience--whether you stay with intermodal, or not.

--Lual

 

I’d check out the cdl program at Chatt tech in kenneseaw . It’s $1700 or so , and a good program.
There will be plenty of recruiters visiting the class .

man’s I’d you pay for the training yourself , you won’t be an indentured servant to a trucking company for two years or whatever length of time it is

Most companies require you to sign a personal loan for $7-10k for their three week training .

When chatt tech charges less than $2k for a 12 week program .

if you leave before the two years or time limit is up. The trucking company will threaten to sue the next company you get hired with and they will sue you for the money .

they do this to keep you as a slave for one to two years . Most new drivers , I think about 80% ,( I sure someone can correct me here ) quit within the first 90 days . The companies treat them so bad that they leave in less than three months

imagine the media uproar if 80% of nurses or school teachers quit in their first 90 days .

 

Bummer
Not sure what other schools have it
The one in Carrollton used to have a cdl class .

depending on how big of a hurry you’re in you could go ahead and sign up for the one in the fall .

my neighbor went to chatt tech and got an offer from a small heavy haul company , and is still with them four years later .