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Nothing about this sounds on the up and up. There are far to many questions than answers. Keep digging the truth will eventually be revealed.
UPDATE: Alot of news today, I contacted Swift and spoke several times with a recruiter. I have filled out the app, got some paperwork signed electronically so they can contact past employers, answered questions about my misdemeanor charge and was sent a link to an on line class I have to take for them.
I contacted Indiana BMV and asked several questions....GOOD NEWS.... My Nevada Class C CDL will transfer over to Indiana (no waiting required).....BAD (kinda) NEWS..... I can't for the life of me find my birth certificate...So I ordered two online and they will be here in 10-14 days..... More GOOD NEWS.... My aunt is allowing me to stay with her and use her address as my home mailing address. This is huge because it will allow me Indiana residency, companies seem to have CT and NV for some reason but get all wet and gooey when you mention Indiana. So once I have my birth certificate I can get my IN DL, once I have that I will have the option to go to Millington, TN.
Now Swift was not my first choice but what I did was go to my local truck stop and find swift drivers and talked to them. Over all it seems like a good company to get in with. I'm looking to drive tankers or flatbeds and they have both. Unlike a lot of new drivers I'm not worried so much about pay the first year or so. I know that with time, training and most of experience the money will come. Once I complete the Swift online training I will be doing I may have already passed my general knowledge and air brakes, but I know there is truckloads left to learn.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Bmv:
Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.
OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated
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I spoke with one company yesterday and was told they get you a DL from Indiana when your in their company sponsored training so not sure how that works?
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
Company Sponsored Training:
A Company-Sponsored Training Program is a school that is owned and operated by a trucking company.
The schooling often requires little or no money up front. Instead of paying up-front tuition you will sign an agreement to work for the company for a specified amount of time after graduation, usually around a year, at a slightly lower rate of pay in order to pay for the training.
If you choose to quit working for the company before your year is up, they will normally require you to pay back a prorated amount of money for the schooling. The amount you pay back will be comparable to what you would have paid if you went to an independently owned school.
Company-sponsored training can be an excellent way to get your career underway if you can't afford the tuition up front for private schooling.