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Very interesting. So far I've been doing pretty decent and will take the test This Thursday is what it seems like. But I would like some other info as well on C1 and your school

I am so happy that I found this site. I read all of the comments today and felt much better. Today I had a talk with the director and got everything settled out. Feel very positive and will test this next Thursday. I also got the really good instructors to help me out all day and will be staying after tomorrow to practice my pre trip and downshifting. I am very excited work with Swift and was very impressed with their professionalism through this whole situation.

Thanks again for the advice.

I will not quit never have and never will!

I am still confident, but if this school does not work out somehow I can always find a better one. I have also texted my recruiter to see if there was a way I can actually go to a Swift school, but I also texted her and told her I will actually talk to the schools director to see if we can solve any issues. I seriously appreciate it guys. See you on the road!

Charlie Mac,

I am at a school in Missouri. Now, I don't know about any other schools anywhere else. I'm going to try and talk to the Head Director to get put with the instructor I need to learn. I won't give up or be negative, but I also need to do whats best for me since it is my life. I only know 2 or 3 instructors I actually really respect and love to teach and do it well. I am not here to bad mouth anyone or any company. Just searching for advice from truckers who have/or know of someone that has gone through any issues such as me.

I'll give you info on the school though.

Week 1 you will go into a classroom with a class of 13-16. You will have a bunch of paper work first day. Second day is drug test. Third day is when you go to take your permit. (This took me a while to get because I have such bad test anxiety and I honestly felt like I was very unprepared.) Day four is class work and so is day 5. During this first week you are learning everything other than how to drive, like keeping logs and planning out your map. You will have the weekends off. I honestly loved the classroom time and the Instructor was awesome.

Week 2 is driving.

You will be put in a truck with an instructor and 4 other students. You might go out on the road first into an industrial area to learn to shift and control the trailer around turns. Or you could be in the yard learning maneuvers. Such as straight backing, offsetting, alley docking and parallel parking. This is where it honestly gets extremely hectic because its not consistent at all. You will put in a random truck with a random instructor. I honestly found it very chaotic.

Week 3 is the exact same as week 2 and whether or not the school thinks you're ready, you take your CDL test.

I am not going to say the school itself is bad, but I strongly prefer a different learning/teaching method, but saying that every instructor is different. That again though is just me and what I think will help me personally. After all, if the school was THAT terrible people wouldn't graduate or pass from it.

You could pass through it easily like a friend of mine is doing right now! Or could be like me and some other guys who are so freaking lost. C1 in my honest opinion is a great school for guys who have some experience in hauling, driving manuals, or just a plain refresher course. But for guys coming into the trucking industry with absolutely no past in any of those things, will more than likely struggle. Especially in the driving part.

I will not quit. Never have quit and never will. But if things turn to the worse, I will do whatever I can to benefit myself. I already talked to my recruiter about my situation, but I'm going to try and handle first on my own.

Good Luck!

As much issues I've been having, Its honestly a lot of fun. Especially when you are confident and do things correctly. Best feeling in the world.

So I'm in a bit of a dilemma and need some solid advice. I am very new to trucking and have just started training at C1 trucking school through Swift. Everything was going very smoothly, until we get out on the road and now I'm starting to think I'm not getting trained properly.

I have never driven a manual before in my life, let alone double clutching. Since they only have a certain amount of trucks and instructors, they limit it to 4 students per truck and at the very least you only get an hour a day to drive IF you're out on the road that day, they like to switch it up all the time to either yard or road. What concerns me is that the instructors do no care one bit about the students. I'm getting yelled at and talked down to by my Instructor for not clutching correctly, rubbing a curve every now and then, missing a gear. No one taught me any of this. No one taught me anything about manuals or how they work, what I need to do correctly or how to recover. How to keep the engine from dying. I'm getting yelled at for screwing up, other students are getting called names and demeaned. It even took me such a hard time to even get my permit because they didn't give me any proper study material.

And they're always switching instructors and trucks so its hard to get use to a certain vehicles reaction. We'll get in one truck and one instructor will tell us one way, then the next day we'll go into another truck and that instructor will tell us to listen to forget what that instructor taught you and listen to them because they know everything. I waste my time, having a 9 hour day at this school to only drive for an hour that day getting yelled and screamed at, not taught in anyway. I'm in my third week and apparently I'm suppose to text next week? I AM NO WHERE NEAR READY. But they don't really care. I've asked the main instructor if I could drive with an instructor who is apparently amazing, and he tells me, "No, You're going to ride with who ever we tell you you're going to ride with. We have too many people to move students around when they want."

What a load of BS. Im sitting here busting my butt off, studying and desperately trying to learn and when I need help I'm shooed? I'm not learning anything here when it comes to actually driving.

I went online and did some research and saw that Knights way of training makes SO MUCH more sense and seems a lot more comfortable. I haven't applied yet because on our first day we were threatened that If we applied to anyone else they would send us home and make us pay for the entire tuition and hotel bill. It all equals out to 6,000. I don't know anything about Swift and I am not going to talk bad about them because it seems like its this school. They're just rushing people through because they get paid for every person that walks through the door. 5 people have already been kicked out these last two weeks. I don't know if its all C1 schools or it could be just this particular one, but I'm not kidding, this stuff is actually happening! And I'm not being negative or telling anyone my feelings towards it, I really do think I'm going to love a job in this field! But based on how they run and train at this school, I'm wanting to leave now. A guy here as a student use to be a trucker and has been talking about how much crap this place is on training and I didn't see it until now. He even plans on taking legal action, or so he says.

I'm really just looking for advice. I can stick it out, but Nervous that they're setting me up for failure here. And now after doing more research I would feel much more comfortable doing Knights training than this is what it seems.

Any advice, guys?

Don't hold anything back, you won't hurt my feelings if you think I'm just being a little b**ch I can take it. Just Let me know what you think or your experience!

Thanks for your reply.

My school is in Missouri.

And I'm not talking about yelling as in "BRAKE" but yelling as in "Get the F**k out of the seat you're done", This is not me getting yelled at by the way. I just honestly do not feel like I'm getting the right training. Nothing against Swift like I said and I wish I would've gone through their school and not some company hired by them. Because the school does not care if people succeed. I'm getting the hang of double clutching, but still I feel like I shouldn't be so uncomfortable when I'm with some instructors. I'm fine when I'm doing maneuvers in the yard and I'm not having an instructor insulting me and my driving (Which I know is not perfect, I'm there to learn of course!" All I'm saying is that honestly, I want to leave now and go somewhere else, whether it be a different school through Swift or another company. A lot of the students here feel the exact same.

Thanks again for your advice.

So I'm in a bit of a dilemma and need some solid advice. I am very new to trucking and have just started training at C1 trucking school through Swift. Everything was going very smoothly, until we get out on the road and now I'm starting to think I'm not getting trained properly.

I have never driven a manual before in my life, let alone double clutching. Since they only have a certain amount of trucks and instructors, they limit it to 4 students per truck and at the very least you only get an hour a day to drive IF you're out on the road that day, they like to switch it up all the time to either yard or road. What concerns me is that the instructors do no care one bit about the students. I'm getting yelled at and talked down to by my Instructor for not clutching correctly, rubbing a curve every now and then, missing a gear. No one taught me any of this. No one taught me anything about manuals or how they work, what I need to do correctly or how to recover. How to keep the engine from dying. I'm getting yelled at for screwing up, other students are getting called names and demeaned. It even took me such a hard time to even get my permit because they didn't give me any proper study material.

And they're always switching instructors and trucks so its hard to get use to a certain vehicles reaction. We'll get in one truck and one instructor will tell us one way, then the next day we'll go into another truck and that instructor will tell us to listen to forget what that instructor taught you and listen to them because they know everything. I waste my time, having a 9 hour day at this school to only drive for an hour that day getting yelled and screamed at, not taught in anyway. I'm in my third week and apparently I'm suppose to text next week? I AM NO WHERE NEAR READY. But they don't really care. I've asked the main instructor if I could drive with an instructor who is apparently amazing, and he tells me, "No, You're going to ride with who ever we tell you you're going to ride with. We have too many people to move students around when they want."

What a load of BS. Im sitting here busting my butt off, studying and desperately trying to learn and when I need help I'm shooed? I'm not learning anything here when it comes to actually driving.

I went online and did some research and saw that Knights way of training makes SO MUCH more sense and seems a lot more comfortable. I haven't applied yet because on our first day we were threatened that If we applied to anyone else they would send us home and make us pay for the entire tuition and hotel bill. It all equals out to 6,000. I don't know anything about Swift and I am not going to talk bad about them because it seems like its this school. They're just rushing people through because they get paid for every person that walks through the door. 5 people have already been kicked out these last two weeks. I don't know if its all C1 schools or it could be just this particular one, but I'm not kidding, this stuff is actually happening! And I'm not being negative or telling anyone my feelings towards it, I really do think I'm going to love a job in this field! But based on how they run and train at this school, I'm wanting to leave now. A guy here as a student use to be a trucker and has been talking about how much crap this place is on training and I didn't see it until now. He even plans on taking legal action, or so he says.

I'm really just looking for advice. I can stick it out, but Nervous that they're setting me up for failure here. And now after doing more research I would feel much more comfortable doing Knights training than this is what it seems.

Any advice, guys?

Don't hold anything back, you won't hurt my feelings if you think I'm just being a little b**ch I can take it. Just Let me know what you think or your experience!