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I agree. I think the minimum "standard" for truck school is 160 hours. I may be wrong about that number. 12 hours does not seem to be nearly enough. Plus, you have no classroom time. What about pre - trip inspection. I would look at other options if you can.

The reason I have been considering it is because I work a 12 hour night shift currently, and this school is close to my job. I can go in a few hours before having to go to work. The woman from the school I spoke to over the phone said I can come in everyday if needed. It's entirely up to me, according to her.

Another thing is that I don't want to do OTR, so I am avoiding a company sponsored school. My wife and I have spoken about this quite a bit, and I'm 95% sure that if I can't find a local job after getting my CDL, I will just give up on the idea and go back to college. That's why the low $1400 school interested me. I have enough to pay that price through my savings; if things don't work out, just continue working my current job and start college up again. The money lost isn't overly significant, even though it did take me a long time to save it up.

This is the closest trucking school to my current job, which is a graveyard (overnight) shift. I called them about a week ago and found that of all the other locations in Southern California (ignoring driving schools in Los Angeles County because they are over 90+ miles away from me) this place is the most affordable; furthermore, I can come in on my own schedule, which means I could just come in once or twice a week if desired... Here's the problem, though: they only do 2 hour sessions a day. I can come in whenever during their business hours and fully expect to receive one-on-one training, which is great, but the 2 hour sessions are worrying me. The woman I spoke to over the phone said the training is thorough. I believe her, especially after reading some reviews online and not seeing too many negative ones. She also told me that if I were to only come in one day per week, say Saturday, I should be done in 6 weeks. One day/week for 6 weeks = 6 total days of training at 2 hours per session = 12 hours of total training. That doesn't seem like enough. I just get this feeling that whenever I do start applying for new jobs, I will be turned down because the training will seem too short. Any thoughts? Should I go through with this school? Will the low number of hours spent behind the wheel be detrimental in my search for a job? Sorry if this is in the wrong forum section. New user, obviously.