Private Cdl Training

I found a private cdl school near where i live, but i cannot find any information good or bad about them. I want some advice on what i can do to find out if this is somewhere i should get my cdl from. Or do i just take a chance with them? Any advice, would be much appreciated!

I found a private cdl school near where i live, but i cannot find any information good or bad about them. I want some advice on what i can do to find out if this is somewhere i should get my cdl from. Or do i just take a chance with them? Any advice, would be much appreciated!

Hi Kylan and welcome.

Being private or company trained really does not matter. The only difference is for private, you will pay. For company sponsored school, they will "pay" and you will work off the balance by signing with them for a period of time.

What is the name of the school?

You will need to stop by and talk with them before you can decide whether they will train you the way you need to be to get the job you want. They need to have a long enough course, so that you get 160 hours, and they should be certified...and they should offer some sort of job qualifying perk...So just walk in there and ask em all those questions....then come back here and we'll help you decide if thats what you need !! Good luck.....and Welcome to TT !!!

If they are a good school, they should be able to provide you with a list of companies that will hire you after you graduate their program, and offer you pre-hire numbers and recruiter phone numbers

Good luck, do your research, I spent about 6 weeks reading the different options on training before deciding to go for a private school, then getting pre-hired with a company that will reimburse me for my tuition.

I am posting a thread to get advice on company's that do reimbursement...... I still have not decided if I will choose a company that will pay or not

Here's on thing I did: Call up some trucking companies in your area and ask them, (without telling them the name of the school your looking at) which private schools produce the best new drivers. When I consistently heard the name of the school I eventually chose, I knew I was going to the right place.

-mountain girl

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-mountain girl

Here's on thing I did: Call up some trucking companies in your area and ask them, (without telling them the name of the school your looking at) which private schools produce the best new drivers. When I consistently heard the name of the school I eventually chose, I knew I was going to the right place.

-mountain girl

Hey Mountain Girl, not to bust your "??", but, didn`t the school you attended short you 10 hours of sweet sweet training? This site is called Trucking Truth and I know you know I know you know...

Here's on thing I did: Call up some trucking companies in your area and ask them, (without telling them the name of the school your looking at) which private schools produce the best new drivers. When I consistently heard the name of the school I eventually chose, I knew I was going to the right place.

-mountain girl

Hey Mountain Girl, not to bust your "??", but, didn`t the school you attended short you 10 hours of sweet sweet training? This site is called Trucking Truth and I know you know I know you know...

-RT

You know, I only got 150TT however, I'd only encountered (so far) one trucking company that wanted the full 160TT. I guess you can say they "shorted" me by 10 hours but I got those 150 hours, one-on-one which most schools don't offer. Also, my school has made arrangements to help me with those additional 10 hours. I can explain in a PM, if you are interested to know more.

-mountain girl

Kylan, we have a series of article that cover How To Choose A Truck Driving School and we also have a chapter in our Truck Driver's Career Guide that covers how to choose CDL training. Have a look through those article and that section in the career guide. Make sure you follow all of the links you come across in the guide and read up on everything.

The main two things I always tell people when choosing a school are:

1) Get a list of major companies that hire from the school and call some of them yourself from home to confirm this. If major companies will hire from a school then you know they're still worthy of consideration.

2) Go take a tour of the school, see the facilities and equipment, and meet the staff. But most importantly while you're there you need to pull a few of the students aside privately and ask for their opinions. Anyone who just put a few grand on the table to pay for schooling is going to be more than happy to share their thoughts with you. After all, they were just in your shoes trying to choose a school a few weeks ago. So if they're happy with the schooling they'll recommend it. If not, they certainly won't want to see your money end up in the wrong pockets.

Thank you all for the advice! The name of the place is called, Advance trucking Institute in Asheville,nc. I talked to a guy from the school today and we are supposed to meet and talk for a bit soon.