MTC CDL School?

Just curious to see if anyone has heard of this school. They are out of MO and I have read some not so good things about them. Just trying to get another perspective.

Rodney, I've read some "not so good things" about almost every trucking company or school that is out there. So, I have determined there has to be a better way to evaluate these things. I spent the first sixteen months of my career at Western Express, and brother, you can not find a single encouraging word about that place on the internet! Guess what? I did great there, was one of their top performers, and made some pretty decent money even though they had a fairly low rate of pay.

Here's my secret - I kept a great attitude, applied myself, and gave 130% every day I was there.

There's a strange mystery about this business of learning to drive a truck, and that is that there are thousands of folks who try it and fail, and then they have the audacity to blame it all on the industry that they knew nothing about in the first place. People continually try to jump into this career thinking they already know how to drive, this will be a cake walk! I witnessed this with my own eyes at the truck driving school I attended. There was a man in our class who threw a fit on the first day that he got to drive. He threatened to stomp the instructor into the ground, and we came very close to having a physical altercation right there on the side of the highway. He was screaming and yelling that this is no way to teach someone to drive a truck! He quit that day, and I'm sure he has never had anything good to say about that driving school. I went on to graduate and start my very successful career. Now, how can that be?

Every rookie has got to start out with the attitude that he is going to listen and learn even if he doesn't understand how the whole process is going to unfold. Sometimes the rookies don't understand the methods being used, but there is still a reason behind those methods that usually will become clear at a later point in the process. Trucking can be trying career, it's not for everyone. I happen to love it, and yet I see truck drivers out in the truck stops who seem to be miserable most of the time.

Rodney, I don't know a thing about the school you mentioned, but I do know a little about how trying it can be to get started in this career. I'm not sure what the appeal of that particular school is to you, but the thing to do is go talk to them, or make a phone call. Find out if they offer job placement services - I think that is important, and it tells you if they have some good connections in the industry. Ask the which trucking companies hire from their school - don't accept "lots of companies hire from here" - get specific names, and then call a recruiter at those companies and confirm that the information is true. Make sure that you will receive a training certificate that shows 160 hours of training upon completion of the program. If all that can be confirmed then I think you are in good hands.

We have a section here on the website designed to help you with How To Choose A School. We've also got some great material concerning How To Choose A Company.

There is a vast deal of information available to you here, in fact I would recommend that you start your reading at the Truck Driver's Career Guide, it will help you considerably when trying to learn about a new career in truck driving. Follow all the links you come across in there, you will be impressed at how much you will learn by doing that.

Thanks OS I appreciate the reply and wisdom. I started this with intentions of going to Roehl. This school works with Roehl so it will work out in the end.

I'm still mystified by all of the negative comments about trucking companies. I drove for a long while up until 10-12 years ago when I had to come off the road for family reasons. Before that I was driving and making money with a flatbed company and all I ever heard from the other drivers is how bad the company was and they were not making any money because they couldn't get the miles. The crazy thing is I was one of those drivers that loved driving for this company and always had plenty of miles..

I guess what I'm trying to say is I understand what you are saying about different people with there own view of a company or driving school. I'm going into this with my eyes wide open and my mind set in getting my CDL any way I can to get back out on the road.

As always OS your opinion is valuable and appreciated.

Rodney M.

Rodney, I've read some "not so good things" about almost every trucking company or school that is out there. So, I have determined there has to be a better way to evaluate these things. I spent the first sixteen months of my career at Western Express, and brother, you can not find a single encouraging word about that place on the internet! Guess what? I did great there, was one of their top performers, and made some pretty decent money even though they had a fairly low rate of pay.

Here's my secret - I kept a great attitude, applied myself, and gave 130% every day I was there.

There's a strange mystery about this business of learning to drive a truck, and that is that there are thousands of folks who try it and fail, and then they have the audacity to blame it all on the industry that they knew nothing about in the first place. People continually try to jump into this career thinking they already know how to drive, this will be a cake walk! I witnessed this with my own eyes at the truck driving school I attended. There was a man in our class who threw a fit on the first day that he got to drive. He threatened to stomp the instructor into the ground, and we came very close to having a physical altercation right there on the side of the highway. He was screaming and yelling that this is no way to teach someone to drive a truck! He quit that day, and I'm sure he has never had anything good to say about that driving school. I went on to graduate and start my very successful career. Now, how can that be?

Every rookie has got to start out with the attitude that he is going to listen and learn even if he doesn't understand how the whole process is going to unfold. Sometimes the rookies don't understand the methods being used, but there is still a reason behind those methods that usually will become clear at a later point in the process. Trucking can be trying career, it's not for everyone. I happen to love it, and yet I see truck drivers out in the truck stops who seem to be miserable most of the time.

Rodney, I don't know a thing about the school you mentioned, but I do know a little about how trying it can be to get started in this career. I'm not sure what the appeal of that particular school is to you, but the thing to do is go talk to them, or make a phone call. Find out if they offer job placement services - I think that is important, and it tells you if they have some good connections in the industry. Ask the which trucking companies hire from their school - don't accept "lots of companies hire from here" - get specific names, and then call a recruiter at those companies and confirm that the information is true. Make sure that you will receive a training certificate that shows 160 hours of training upon completion of the program. If all that can be confirmed then I think you are in good hands.

We have a section here on the website designed to help you with How To Choose A School. We've also got some great material concerning How To Choose A Company.

There is a vast deal of information available to you here, in fact I would recommend that you start your reading at the Truck Driver's Career Guide, it will help you considerably when trying to learn about a new career in truck driving. Follow all the links you come across in there, you will be impressed at how much you will learn by doing that.