What Company To Choose For Paid Cdl Training

Theres is so many factors with money during training cost of school cpm after training training pay. I am just so lost if anyone has been through any of the company schools crst, cr England prime, knight, Schneider if you could give some feedback on training and maybe a little bit about salary expected first year home time anything that could help Id greatly appreciate the help!!!!

I just don't want to get stuck in a crappy paying job and be stuck there for a year or 8 months since I have seen a lot of crying about each of these companies about their driving programs and pay rate after

For a little insite on what I want out of the program. well wants my contract is up its simple with a family of 5 in western pa what I'm looking for when I get done is to have a dedicated route where i'm home every day or every other being able to feed my family.

Unless your extremely luck, don't count on it, you will need to go OTR for at least 6 months to a year before you could find a local job like your wanting. Problem is in your area ,PA, there are a lots of local jobs there and about twice that many drivers trying to get the same jobs.

Most local driving jobs are 5 to 6 days a week and 12 to 15 hours per day. Local jobs running less than 150 miles from home base do not run log books.

Hey Christopher. Welcome aboard!

Ok, before we get into too many details, we need to make sure you have the core information you'll need to understand how these Company-Sponsored CDL Training Programs work and how they compare with each other. So take a look at our information on each of the programs. Each one has like 4 or 5 pages of information:

Company-Sponsored Training Programs

Now you may indeed have to go OTR for at least 6 months before finding something local, regional , or dedicated to get you home more often. If you were to go through a private school and had your choice of companies you might be able to find something right off the bat. But most of the company-sponsored training programs are for over-the-road positions.

Now Knight Transportation hires nationwide but on a limited basis. They hire depending on their current needs so it varies all the time. But they have some amazing home time packages and they're well worth looking into.

Also, when comparing companies, the dry van companies will have way more local, regional, and dedicated opportunities than refrigerated carriers will. So I would focus a little more on those in the beginning.

As far as salary, expect about $32k-$35k your first year, about $40k your second year, and it will top out about $50k-$55k somewhere between years 3 and 5. Those are good averages, but obviously there are a lot of variables involved.

And as far as the garbage you read around the Web about these various companies - please try to ignore all of that. It's useless. There's no way to know who these people are or determine whether anything they're saying is true or not. But I can tell you for a fact that 95% of the success and happiness you'll find in the trucking industry will depend on your work ethic, attitude, safety, and reliability. So the people you hear crying the blues about these companies that are scamming people and taking advantage of people - you can be 95% certain that they screwed it up for themselves and now they're embarrassed and looking for someone to blame. Ignore it. Find a company that seems to suit you best and go in there with an awesome attitude. You can do great at any trucking company if you handle yourself like a true professional.

Lastly, make sure you read through our Trucker's Career Guide. It's loaded with fantastic information about getting your trucking career off to a great start.

Thanks i have all the companies on here charted together school cost training pay startin pay home time yada yada 8 months is the shortest contract i have found but training and starting pay is way below the other companies will any companies change the obligation time if asked??

Thanks i have all the companies on here charted together school cost training pay startin pay home time yada yada 8 months is the shortest contract i have found but training and starting pay is way below the other companies will any companies change the obligation time if asked??

You may be able to change length of time but you will probably have to put down a deposit up front. Or maybe if you agreed to pay more back per check than what they ask. You probably would have to talk to each of the companies and ask. Probably get it in writing too in case the recruiters b.s. you.

Yes already thought of having contract in hand beforevi hop on a bus to iowa or farther just to getvroped into a b.s. contract and be stuck for however long.

Thinking throwing some money in and trying to negotiate a couple things on the contract with millis might be the fit. throw some money get a 6-8 month deal although i may miss year 1k bonus and try to get 2 home for 7 out its 1.5 now so not to big of a stretch and try to get a dedicated route off them. like their start pay like their incentives and bonuses plus taining is one state over. think i mightve found my fit.wish me luck in my negotiations lol if not theres always mct or knight.

anybody work for them or have any insite with perdiem vs none and practical route verse the other? guessing like anything else tthres alot of people with different opinions someones always gonna cry thinking the one way rips you off or theyre just set in their ways. so in other words was kinda just looking for facts or somebody who has tried both and has a good comparison on all of it not just somebodys set in their ways comment lol

Also ive found little info about endorsments received from eaxh of the companies whats normal hazmat and tanker??