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The cost of truck driving school will vary quite a bit. Some of the schools at community colleges and tech schools can be down around $2,500. I've also seen a couple schools that were up around $9,000. So it pays to check out different options.
The paid training through trucking companies (company-sponsored training programs) might be a great way for you to go. It might save quite a bit of time and money. They're going to have you out on the road making money as quickly as possible.
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.
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.
I look in to a diffrent truck driving school and its been around a long time and its 3,100 if i make payments with 500 down or 1,900 cash wich is a lot better and they said if i already have my permit i go stright to hands on wich i like and its only 4 weeks class so it pays to look around
Oh it definitely pays to look around. There are significant differences in length of training, equipment, costs, and all kinds of other factors.
We have an excellent series of articles that will teach you all about How To Choose A Truck Driving School. I should have mentioned that in my last reply - sorry about that. Read through those articles and they'll give you a ton of great insights.
I see you're making excellent progress through our High Road Training Program also. Keep working at it and you'll have no problem passing your CDL permit exams.
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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
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so today i stoped by road master to see about there school they guy tells me it well be 6,500.00 for a 3 weeks coures.and then he tells me i would have to put at lest 1,500 down then after i start school they might need more down or i could pay it cash and it would be 4,500.00 and then he tells me all the great companys i could go to work for thur them and the routes but i was in shock i had my cdl before went thur school the state paid for it and it was like 3,500 from what i remeber from school in 2004 and from this site i could get my permits no proble and need a few trips around the truck for a pretrip tell my brains says we already no this and then maybe a 2 or 3 days of driving to be able to pass the road test also went to a teamster test and i might be going to way to get my cdl and lots of training just thought i would vent
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: