just wondering?
people pay alot of money , i heard between 2800 to $4500
i talked pretty much with immigrants (like myself) who did not gain anything from that schools besides some basics
i personally never been at school , started car hauling in august of 2011 with 2010 ford (garbage) and ez4 kaufman , read cdl book , passed my exams test 1st time , skill test 2nd(not my fault) , road test 1st , pretrip 2nd (did not know this test was existing
month ago got my air brakes endorsement ... again all the tests , but all from 1st time with driving my 2007 volvo daycab only maybe 35 hours.
i am not pretending to be pro or call myself smart ...it was just easy for me.
if the group has 20 people , everyone can do the math
so as the title says ...
if anyone familiar with licensing , permits...etc
what it takes to open truck driving school
Discussion in 'Trucking Schools and CDL Training Forum' started by pavrom, Apr 29, 2012.
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First of all, you've got to know what you are doing. Not just having the ability to drive, but the ability to teach others how to drive. You've got to be knowledgeable enough about the trucks, the job, and the industry to answer whatever questions get asked by your students.
If you want to provide 3rd party testing, you've got to be certified by the state.
If you want your students to have any hope for finding a job after they complete your "school", you've got to have carriers who trust that you are teaching your students what they want their new-hires to know. This will likely involve some sort of accreditation or certification from some organization which will ensure your school meets certain standards.
You've got to have trucks. Trailers. A yard big enough to perform the range activities. A building for the classroom portion of the class. Several types of insurance....building, property, vehicles....every aspect of the school is going to have some sort of insurance policy protecting you if a student (or anyone else) should get hurt.
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Nah, I've heard you can set up a virtual driving machine with a big flatscreen and a shifter, steering wheel, and pedals, a couple screens for mirrors, with software installed to run like a video game.
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THE POINT IS :
if you collect $50-75k 60 days thats a lot of money to play with even if you have to hire people to teach(i can do myself many things..ofcourse not all) , buy equipment , rent space... etc- should be enough leftover
on the other side for me as a car hauler in order to make $12k mothly take a lot of work , attention , patience + 13-14k miles , not seeing my beautiful wife for approx 20 days (not straight...4-5 days in a row) , not having regular sex , good food and enjoying my bimmer + other stuffcsmith1281 Thanks this. -
You are forgetting about the investment you have to put out for the trucks, trailers, building, yard, fuel, insurance (waivers aren't enough...you have to have actual insurance), etc...
Anyone you hire is going to have to be paid.
If you offer no job placement assistance and no carriers accept your school as proof of training, NOBODY is going to want to fork over their hard earned cash for your school.
Bottom line, if it were as easy as you seem to think it is to start up a school, everybody and their mother would be doing it.Dan.S Thanks this. -
If you offer no job placement assistance and no carriers accept your school as proof of training, NOBODY is going to want to fork over their hard earned cash for your school. -
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first time i hear this kind of stuff - i know atleast 10 people after school just started looking for work , the only problem - no one wants to have driver w/o experience
never heard of offering job after school , or accreditation
common man ..this is not cambridge full of business people or attorney where they expect to be hired with high pay and reputable company are looking for them...not truck drivers....
just open newspaper , look how many ads , too many companies looking for drivers and they dont care (ofcourse they do at certain point) , they need good drivers but they are always willing to take unexperienced driver for low pay and if he is really good driver offer him competetive salary
as far as other expenses , same trucking business - need rig trailer insurance ....other not that much expensive
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