Which company training to go with? Where can I get a good start into trucking?

Noobz, my wife and I ran for Central and did pretty well for ourselves. Right now I would concentrate on the basics though. You have a couple years ahead of you before jumping into owning a truck. That is a whole other job. Right now make your mistakes on the companies dime! If you want to prepare yourself for owning a truck someday once you get going by yourself maybe in about 3-6months from now start running and keeping track of everything you do as if you were an owner operator. There are a lot of good business courses you can take on the computer and also companies like Central have classes and mentors in which you can prepare yourself for owning your own business. Keep in mind, companies like Central hope to see you succeed and will help you, however, the guys leasing you the truck just want money and if you aren't cutting the mustard the will very quickly find another warm body to cover that lease! The leasing program is there to make money selling trucks and are no different than car salesman. They are going to talk you into a brand new shiny truck for no money down and when you fail they are going to tell the next guy the same thing. You will be sent home packing with bad credit and a bad DAC. Now you will be looking for the bottom feeder companies because they will be the only ones that touch you. Being an owner operator for a single driver is very , very tough! The money you are going to make at your best will only be a few hundred dollars a week extra. My wife and I ran team and just really felt bad for the single drivers pulling out of the yard with their brand new truck. Sorry I don't mean to sound negative because yes it can be done, by an experienced trucker who is very knowledgeable in business with a good chunk of money in the bank to cover his butt! Enjoy your training and enjoy being over the road as a company driver for awhile. You will look back on those stress free days after you become an owner operator. Check out OOIDA. Good site to prepare yourself for down the road. Good luck to you.

 

Im all lined up to head out for salt lake in december, as i will be a student driver for central, was just courious about a few things, does central let u take the company truck home? is there equipment in good shape? what should i expect from central as a driver what should i not expect?

any info would be helpfull

thanks