What companies hire and triain there green recruits?

Their are several approaches you can take. If you have Internet access and I assume you do.
Look into Pell Grants and Government training programs. You can attend a good school and not be obligated to any one company. You will still owe money for your education but you will not be at the mercy of the company you are working for. After finishing school you can pick a company that will give you a chance.


After school I suggest you look for a company that will start you as a hostler, which will give you experience backing, and after a while you can move into local routes, then move up from there. All these give you experience.

 

Which company is this? Sounds like a local LTL type company which would be pretty good. Dan Rather scared me away from CRST lol.

 

Most LTL companies have the Hostler help on the dock. Thus moving trailers and breaking freight. You are paid for both. And you should move you up when a position for a local driver opens up. Even if they do not move up you have a job that counts toward experience. Most logistic companies need hostlers to move trailers at their warehouse operations also. This is dirty greasy work, but gives you backing experience one of the most valuable lessons to learn. Look into a government grant for a good truck driving school. Google "government truck driving school grants" that will give you I think a better option. Most schools also have placement programs that the big companies recruit from. But you need to do the research on the schools, check reviews of former students, check with your state employment office to see if the school is honest or just taking your money, and remember the trucking companies need you far more than you need them. Even though it may not feel like it to you because you are trying to make a living, They have freight they need to move and there are only so many drivers.

 

Well son, I am glad you asked that question. Let me tell you of a little company that I like to refer to as The United States Marine Corp. They will take a green recruit and turn him into a man. You will learn to drive not only tankers but real actual tanks.

Seriously. More and more companies are offering to train you as a way to get you early. They pay you slave wages and make you work a year or you have to pay them for the training. They already are getting tax credits for the training, so they are double dipping.
Check with a local community college and see if you can get a grant to attend their driving programs. All the schools teach you to do is pass your CDL. That is it. Once you have one then you can sign on with a starter company. They will then send you out with a trainer who will do your actual training.

I am going out on a limb here, but I am beginning to believe the $300 anyone can get a CDL is a better financial decision then having to pay for training by a trucking company. It is not better training but it is much less expense and with a CDL in your pocket, you are not tied to just one company.

As that last paragraph is controversial please feel free to comment.

 

Of course you could always google your question.

https://www.google.com/search?q=wha...j8&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8

Lots of ads from companies wanting to "help" you.

 

Millis or Roehl would be my first two choices.

 

Im looking at getting my CDLs the same way you are and melton trucking is the best I found but youbhave to take out a loan and pay for your school and then they give you 100 dollars each month to pay on yor loan till you get it paid off and they also pay you 400 dollars a week while your on the road with a trainer all the others was 300 or 350 and they also pay you 40 dollars tarp pay since they are a strictly flatbed company

 

Prime Inc- the school is free as long as you stay on a year only out of pocket to get started is $100 Admin fee, $35 CDL permit test if you do not have a permit and $70 for your CDL license after you pass pre-trip, skills and road test. during orientation they will pay for your hotel room (Prime owns the hotel) and will feed you 3 times a day. while your out on the road with your CDL permit learning what you need to take your CDL test Prime will loan you $200 a week. Repayment for money borrowed is taken out at $25 a week once you are a Prime employee which is usually when you pass you CDL test. after you have your CDL you go out with a trainer for 30,000 miles (about 6 weeks) during this time you are guaranteed $600 a week (before taxes) or .12 cpm which ever is greater on the week. if you come in with a CDL already then you go out with a trainer for 40,000 miles and you are paid $500 a week or .10 a mile which ever is greater. After 5 weeks you go up to the $600/.12cpm on the week plus .04cpm bonus for every mile over 3,500 miles in a week. My student and I just did a 6,400 mile week followed by a 5,000 mile week. the 30,000 & 40,000 miles is how many miles the truck has to run before you can go in to up grade to your own truck.

 

Student? Running those miles=team.

How long was you in the right seat before Prime starts team training>

 

I'm interested in this route, however is their only training facility located Springfield, MO? I'm located in Northern California and so far Central Refrigerated has the closest company training facility in Fontana, CA. I have heard mixed reviews about the company, however there seems to be more negative, so I'm exploring other directions that may be available to me.