Looking At Central Or Roehl...also A Medication Question, Thank You

Bean, Like G-Town said, your car is ok. Keep receipts, Swift will cover your cost up to the price of a Greyhound ticket.

Also, having wheels during training gets you lots of friends.

Finally, I've already mentioned you could go from school to mentor to upgrade for your own truck. Somewhere in there you'll have to juggle car & truck.

Thank you both G-Town and Errol V - y'all make me feel good about heading to school!

I don't take any meds that fall under that category - should I still try and get a doctors approval? I can walk in to the doctor's on Mondays and Wednesday's, so I don't think I need to tell the school - but to me that seems a bit dishonest...but still, I mean, I'm alert on meds, they don't bother my driving nor do the meds have any kind of "do not take if you're operating heavy machinery", etc..

Bean, You'll need to disclose any medications you are taking on the medical form. As far as getting a physical ahead of time? With Swift they will provide you with the name of a Doctor near you that is on their approved list. It will likely be a Concordia office. Your recruiter will instruct you on this.

Thanks Errol V.

Where is Swifts training hq? I suspect it's Utah since Central was based there.

Oh yeah, Prime won't let me take my own vehicle to travel to Missouri, I have to ride the Greyhound. D'oh! The recruiter told me that there aren't enough parking spaces at the hotel and hq to be able to park my own vehicle. If I go with Prime, does anyone know if theres parking somewhere nearby and then just be able to walk to the hotel/hq?

Seriously considering Swift right now, though.

Does Swift allow travel to their training hq in your own car? Does Swift put you in a hotel? Also, how long before my first paycheck?

My fam just needs to suck it up...

Bean, you are forgiven. Swift is a great company, and could be the second choice if Prime doesn't with out.

"Friends" are advising me against traveling all the way to Missouri. I'm trying hard not to listen to them. I would miss them tremendously, and the recruiter asked me if I and my family are prepared for me leaving, to which I said yes, which was kind of a lie

Missouri if OK. I spent a week there once last year. No problems!

No matter where you go for school, plan to be gone for several months. You get school (4 weeks), then road training (4+ weeks) and then, hopefully, your own truck. Now Prime may let you get home in between those sections, so ask your recruiter about that.

Of course, if you're going OTR you will be driving as long as two weeks to a month between home visits.

I was told the same thing from my recruiter when I went to Prime in MO but because of a bad experience I had on Greyhound, I drove anyway (the recruiter was advised beforehand). When I got there I was surprised on how many empty spaces there were at the hotel so I left it there during my stay. No one noticed or cared. Once on the road I very easily got a sticker to park at Prime HQ. My backup plan for parking while on the road was to leave my car at the hotel. I talked to the front desk, they didn't see a problem with this. Just saying.......