CDL TRAINING SCHOOL REALLY NECESSARY ?

I have someone willing to train me now that I have my CDL-A but due to the terms of his lease he cannot train me and this is the person I am wanting to team with who will be paying me, paying the workers comp. and providing the Phase 1 & 2 part of my training. Yet trucking companies still want the school certificate when there is NO Govt. funding for these DRIVER MILLS because they are not a College course so any Govt. Funding is out of the question. TWC says I make to much money to be funded by them and so after 2 years I finally get the CDL and now cannot get the Job. Biggest Scam I have ever seen. Trucking Truth is the only way I passed all my exams to begin with. To bad Brett that you don't offer some type of schooling certificate because you are by far better than the schools. My search Continues.

"driver mills"? 160 hours of training and road time is a driver mill? How about the company insurance insists that all new drivers take a course of 160 hours training from a certified school? Not a driver mill.

There are college courses, and the government has financial programs that will help out in the tuition category, public, college or private school.

And your friend can "fund" you. Otherwise, most companies either have their own driving schools or will actually pay your tuition after the fact for you.

Your choice: work with your friend, who you say will be paying you anyway, and your friend's truck will be as far as you get in your career for a few years. Or, go to a certified school, and choose among several companies and their benefits for a trucking career.