Becoming a new truck driver? My best video here kzread.info/dash/bejne/po6trpiEibHOZdo.html

You’re 100% correct. I was extremely lucky back in 2008, my grandma offered to pay for my CDL school. She wouldn’t even let me pay her back. She’s since passed, but I think about that nearly every day when I’m out here, with my own business, providing for my family better than I ever imagined. It all is thanks to her.

@TheMercadoChannel

3 жыл бұрын

God bless and stay safe

@malikjones1746

2 жыл бұрын

Your gmom is a real one 🙌🏾

@ChoKeller

Жыл бұрын

How do you manage the balance between home life and trucking? Do you miss a lot of moments?

@survivetothrive21

Жыл бұрын

@@ChoKeller it’s tough, and I have definitely missed some moments. However we’ve don’t it so long that we balance it by taking full advantage of our time when I’m home. We go on a lot of family vacations, camping trips, things like that. On the super important times, birthdays, anniversaries, I plan to be home and I am. I was there for the birth of all 3 of our kids and I’m thankful for that. I’ll have to do a video on my channel about this topic. It’s a very hard thing to get use to, but for my family and me, it’s all we’ve known so it makes it a LITTLE easier, if that makes sense.

@zionrose007

11 ай бұрын

That's beautiful brother

I paid for my truck driving school here in Louisiana. I went for 8 weekends and worked at my old job during the week. Yes I was tired during those 8 weeks but well worth it!!! My first truck driving job helped pay my loan back.

@jstunner49

2 жыл бұрын

What that’s amazing who did you end up working for if you don’t mind me asking?

Great video, good information!! 👍🏻👍🏻

Thank you for the helpful tips. Hope you keep making videos. Moving back to the States and looking for a good paying job for the next 10 years Keep on trucking.

Can't tell yah how much I appreciate yah! Will be buying your merch once I get my first check brother!

thanks for the advice, I was thinking get into Company I guess next week I going to school!!

Thank you for your advice 🙏 I'll be paying myself

I found the right man I fixing to go to school and this man is the Dr. Of truck driving

Awesome video! I’ve had my CDL since 2010. I never went to CDL school though. When I first came in the army in 2001 I was an 88M ( Army Truck Driver). I transitioned to Special Forces later in my career, but with the skills and military grandfather waiver I was able to obtain my CDL just by taking the written. No road test and no pre-trip. There are only a few states that offer this with FL being one of them.

Excellent video, I went through Swift Transportation in Phoenix to get my CDL back in 2004 and it was a one year contract

Thank you so much! Your video was so helpful. I was having a hard time trying to figure out if I wanted to pay for school or do a paid training program. Your video helped me figure it all out!!

Great advice Brian I wish I’d had someone like you to break things down for me a long time ago when I went to M.S. Carriers “Professional” driving academy, yes I’m dating myself that’s how long it’s been since I got my CDL.

Thanks so much it’s really helped me on which direction to take as far as trucking school..

I Would Love To Use A Few Your Videos About This As A Reference Video & Was Wondering If It’s Ok🤞🏼 You Gave ABSOLUTELY GREAT ADVICE , Tips & Made Everything So Clear!!

I appreciate you sharing your knowledge!! My husband and I just got our CLPs today and are set to start trucking school in a week 😁 We paid out of pocket and our company we want to hire into will reimburse us for the cost, so that's handy (as a formed team they will reimburse $400/month each)

Bro, Great video and very informative for new drivers. Some companies reimburse a driver for school. Not only can you start out making more but with reimburse you control your future. It's important to remember this is a business and sometimes you have to have skin in the game. You keep posting and I'll stay driven. ☮️ from Cali.

@elperrocovero

2 жыл бұрын

Could you explain why they would reimburse one ?

It is a helpful video, Thank you so much.

I agree although I decided on a sponsored program, but I don't mind the 15 month payback as for the short term, I will have a home daily route. For me it is a good way to break in knowing I have a job right away. Once I build a good safety record, if I move I will get a better rate than I otherwise might.

Thanks for this info. I'm thinking about getting my CDL just scared if i can do it but this information was helpful

Good information!

Thanks man! Great vid! You seem cool, I wish I could work for you! I’m just starting out.

Great video, thank you! I'm currently unemployed and in process to get grants so hopefully I don't have to pay anything. The driving school I will be going to offers 3 weeks program if everything goes right., and for sure I'm not going to sign any contract with large companies.

Heading to Northeast Community College, Norfolk Nebraska. $1995.00. Good 1 on 1. Six weeks training.

@TheNucleerbomb

3 жыл бұрын

That's a very good cost. Both schools in my area are 6k.

Good morning! Do you know or have you heard what are some of the best companies to drive for as a brand new CDL holder? Thank you for your videos and all the effort it takes to put them out!

I was lucky. I got my school paid for from being a displaced worker from US Steel here in Northeast Texas. Just got my CDP yesterday and start my skills training this weekend.

Just signed up for cdl school. Thanks for your insight. I was starting to wonder if it would be worth it. Wish me luck.

Got my CDL this past May, studied the cdl manual like no tomorrow. I took my permit test, passed and 14 days later took my skills test. I found some very good videos on pre trip inspection and the skills test on you tube. Found a guy who rented me his truck for a day and took the skills test the next day. Passed. Now do I need additional instructions and to gain more skills, Yes I do. It boils down to this, set your goals, work to achieve it and accomplish your mission. Just my story. Thanks and keep up the good videos. 👍

@javeenyoung8161

3 жыл бұрын

Taking same route man I just got my permit

@blkisis

Жыл бұрын

You should do a video on how you did it all.

@Mike_The_Hog_A_Nator

Жыл бұрын

I'm in TX & went through a 10 month, 6 days a week, fully paid by Fed. Grant while on Unemployment at my local College CDL Training Program. Graduated with X endorsement, Hazmat, Doubles, Triples & Over Sized Qualified. Best training you can get. Trained in a Pete 389 18sp manual. All new CDL Drivers should be trained in Manual Tranny's.

@michelleb4545

6 ай бұрын

Hi, I appreciate reading your comment. Because I'm going a little bit crazy. Not sure what state you are in, but I am simply trying to find out if I can obtain a CDL license without going to hundreds of hours of training for some reason I cannot get an answer to that question. So you've helped me. However, I'm in the State of Illinois. I still can't even find out if that's required. I am employed full-time. I am just simply trying to seek a better position within the same company I work for that does not explicitly explain what type of CD l they require, but it is a CDL so I'm simply trying to study and look regarding pre-trip inspection and the differences of commercial driving classes. I understand that these things are important. I used to drive for the postal service, but you don't need a CD l for that, but if you can train and work for the United States Postal Service that is training and driving that I hold with a great degree of respect. I am interested in a better position where I work. I'm just not sure about how to obtain a cdl license without going to school. Because I have no time for that. I just want to be able to study and take the test when it comes time to needing a vehicle. I will pass that bridge when I get to it. I guess I'm just needing to know do you have to have class training hours to obtain a CDL license?

@patricksowers8157

6 ай бұрын

@@michelleb4545, I think you can obtain your CDL yourself and the company you work for will train you driving their trucks in order to know that you can operate them safely. I took a job as a ready-mix driver and I went through a 2 week program with them for driving. I hope this helps you out.

good video bro.

Thankx bro

I love it, love it bro, by far you made sense of this KZreadr for me which way to go. I'm already making a way getting my CDL on my own qualified gov grant money. You made crystal clear to how Im get started top pay within 6 month experience. Thank you sir 🙏✅💯

@elperrocovero

2 жыл бұрын

Could you explain that please

Thank you

I also had a small class. 6 people. Got a lot of 1 on 1 time. Wheel time and skills time.

Thanks sir

My school was about 6 weeks, just graduated 1.5 months ago. I went on my own, no company. I had good instructors that gave us info on how to pass and basic operations. But also alot of insight of the job. This isn't the norm, I hear. Most schools get you to pass the test and that's it. They also hooked me up with a job within 4 days of graduating, flat bedding. I just finished a month and a half of ojt and leave out on my own next week. But I owe no one any money, nor do I have year obligations many company's require after training.

@thisismagacountry1318

3 жыл бұрын

One thing most schools miss is vitally important. Go down the Rockies or Appalachian Mountains 1 gear lower than you went up in the right lane. Do not pass except for breakdowns in the lane and ease onto your foot brake in a 5 mph spread from say 40 to 45 to prevent overheating and losing brakes. Some poor kid ran down I-70 and crashed killing several people. I can guess nobody asked if he'd been trained on mountain descents.

@GreenHornTrucker

3 жыл бұрын

@@thisismagacountry1318 both my instructors spent alot of time on it and school unfortunately we trained no where near hills (reasonably). So they tried to knock it home verbally and running through it. My trainers at my company have had me running the Sierra alot. So they were right there climbing and descending. With engine brake) without (incase I lost the engine brake). Grabbing gears up and down etc.

@thisismagacountry1318

3 жыл бұрын

@@GreenHornTrucker Yeah, I forgot to mention something equally important. DON'T change gears on the DESCENT. You'll get stuck out of gear and in a runaway situation because you can't get back in gear. Just feather the brake on that 5 mph spread so they don't overheat.

@GreenHornTrucker

3 жыл бұрын

@@thisismagacountry1318 yeah and I should Clarify I mean grabbing the "right" gear. Lol.

@chriszanetti2619

2 жыл бұрын

Hey bud so would you say me applying for Truck driving school on my own and getting a loan out to pay for it since I can't pay for it all up front and then look for a job once I get my cdl instead of going to a job that will help me get my cdl

I paid for my school. I made sure the company I picked would reimburse me for my school.

Thanks for the video!!! How about getting the permit than going to school for the training?

Back in the 70's it was all OJT...here's the keys, go here, and we'll see you when you get back.

Hell yes go through a College Credited CDL Training Program at your local College like I did. It was 10 months, 6 days a week & it was fully paid by a Federal Grant w/ job placement. I'm in TX. I was on Unemployment, that's how to get qualified for a Grant & the College takes care of everything. We trained in a Pete 389 18sp attached to a dry van. Every CDL Driver should train driving Manual Tranny's also. I graduated top of my class & we all graduated with X endorsement, Hazmat, Doubles, Triples & over size load qualified. I had to teach my trainer at my 1st job a ton of crap.

Another consideration of you go to a mega carrier most likely you will only be trained on an automatic, and will ha an automatic restriction like I had. I went to a school later and got manual training.

I test out of truck driving school tomorrow. Save up your money and put yourself through. I'm lucky enough I get to train with my Dad for a month or so and will be driving for a small owner operator company getting paid a whole lot more than a mega carrier.

@ChrisPBacon-zv4et

3 жыл бұрын

Same here i can only do trucking school on saturdays since i work full time during the week but i do have a buddy whos waiting for me to start working on one of his trucks.

I was able to get a student loan, and a grant for my school, 6 months, their teaching me how to drive manual, and there's a list of about 20, maybe more companies recruiting directly through my school, and my instructors know a lot of guys looking for drivers, my options are pretty freaking good and I couldn't be happier I chose the route I did, the 3 other schools I could have paid for near me were all 6 weeks or less, and the cheapest one was only 3k less than the school I go to

I just thought of my very first day on the job....super said ...hit the green button for me carlin....I hit the red 1 ....he laughed n said no the green....n I hit the red 1 again...

If you lost your job through no fault of your own, some states will pick up the tab for truck driving school. My state paid for everything through Career Link. They will have you take an aptitude test before hand and then monitor your employment for a year after completion of the school. Went to a community college. Not sure if things have changed due to COVID but its worth checking into.

Very true brother, I pay for school to get my CDL, I was trained for 5 day n I was told here are the keys don’t kill your self see you when you get back 😎🤣, 2 months later I was training a new rookie being a rookie my self, thank God we are still here I’m heading to my 10 month mark, I get paid by % not bad at all , watch your videos all the time , very helpful THANK YOU

@terrellparks93

2 жыл бұрын

What school is that definitely dont want to be going there

@javierguizar8553

2 жыл бұрын

@@terrellparks93 my bad after I got my CDL , I got hired , I got trained for 5 days n that’s what I was told here you can drive don’t kill your self

I got funding through a Workforce scholarship through my state I start school at the end of November at a technical college will be going five nights a week from the end of November to March I will graduate with my class A CDL my HazMat endorsement and my passenger endorsement and it was a Workforce scholarship so I don't have to pay it back it wasn't a loan which is very nice. Cannot wait to hit the Road

I didn’t have 5-7 K sitting around so I went through CRE’s school. It was terrible but I got my license, drove for them a few months, and left. That was 6 years ago. Now I make great money with a decent company.

@davidj7998

Жыл бұрын

I officially stopped smoking and drinking for almost 2 months now any advice

I got my CDL way differently than most. I Co-owned a Trucking company with a 20K investment before I got my CDL. My business partner had a Class A. I'll have to make a video about it someday.

In February 2022 The DMV would no longer grant CDL's without Certification from a Trucking Academy. I researched many in my State (NC,) and found that Trans Tech Trucking Academy was close enough to drive to everyday and that a local Community College would pay for the tuition.($3,700)

Looking at going to Roehl to get my cdl back after giving it up over a decade ago to raise my kids, their still nine and ten. Was hoping to not do it again but atm I’ve been homeless for six months living in a tent little to no help and factories aren’t turning out for me, so I haven’t much choice in the matter and it sucks but I was raised to be a hard working sob and professional. I loved trucking before and it’s the only job I liked, so I’m forced to play my ace in the hole I don’t like HOW I’m doing it but I need to do some thing and I’m not seeing any other way. Either way I’ll get myself out of this shitty predicament I found myself in after my mother passed away, I’m more than ready to bust my ass and work my way to a better life. 👍

If you go thru a mega carrier to get your CDL, chances are good you will have a manual transmission restriction on your license, as all they have are automatics.

Go to a local community college they have grants apply for a grant to go to school I got mine that way

I went to Swift decades ago. I ALWAYS recommend going to a community College. But you can go thru Swift, JB Hunt, Werner etc. But the MOST IMPORTANT THING is when your get your CDL, pick a company, and unless they just aren't paying you, STAY FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS. If you have a good record, you can get on with 90% of the companies. THE GRASS IS NOT GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS.

Appreciate the insight and knowledge my friend. That’s the route I chose I’m starting school next month paid for out of pocket. I know it’ll be worth it in the long run. I have a vision and I have a plan and I’m not stopping until I reach them. Thank you for all the information Much love

@elperrocovero

2 жыл бұрын

Hello. Did you start yet ?

@TheMercadoChannel

2 жыл бұрын

@@elperrocovero yes I did I have 3 weeks left of school

@elperrocovero

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMercadoChannel what state

@TheMercadoChannel

2 жыл бұрын

@@elperrocovero Massachusetts

Hey! Appreciate this info.. currently making about 50k working in an office job but was looking to start driving. School I was looking to attend is costing me 4K however they also help with getting my hazmat endorsement as well.. hoping to make about 50k at least, think it’s possible doing regional or local my first year?? appreciate the help!

Spot on. I got mine with the GI Bill. Nothing is free. Any company that says your CDL is free if you do a 2 year, (some are now 2.5 years) they are lying. You are paying for your school with your labor. Many states offer free CDL training. Ask questions. If you are in a trainer truck 2 weeks only, walk away. I recommend 4 weeks minimum. Ask for a trainer that has at least 2 yrs OTR. Experience counts. If you get no trainer truck time, walk away. You can look up any company and see their MCS rating. This can tell you alot about a company such as "Do they have a lot of out of service violations". This could indicate poor maintenance and inspection practices. Another good idea is, ask a driver. If you think you want to drive for Billy's OTR Gang, ask their drivers what they think of the company. Nothing is concrete, but ask about the cons of driving for them. And if not already, subscribe to this channel, no punches pulled herclog. no quarter given. Fact based vlog.

If I recall correctly, if you get your CDL through the company, they will have a document that you are suppose to have. And they will keep that document and wont let you have it. Which means if you get fired, they will not give you that document, which means you can not go to another company and work for another trucking company, because the previous company just held your document hostage. (( I forgot the name of the document)) Its not the license itself, its another document that is just as important. You will have to go through training in a school all over again to get it. Many companies do this on purpose, by holding your document hostage. They say "We paid for your license training, so we keep the document because its not yours" Which is a lie and against the law. But for some reason the laws lets them do it anyways. THIS IS WHY - New drivers should always get their license on their own without the help of any company. it will save you the headaches in the end. Does it cost more YES of course. but it will save you the headaches in the end.... There is a Philippine American OTR truck driver that explains this in great detail a few years ago on youtube. He drives a blue Kenworth.

Yeah screw office yuppie politics I wanna drive trucks. This video is a golden nugget of information.

Something I can’t figure out is when I see people going through LONG truck driving schools. I just went down to the DMV and took the CDL test. Then I got hired, got put with a trainer for a few weeks, and was off and running. The whole process took wayyyyy less time than truck driving school.

I paid for my school, went on the weekends while working full time Monday through Friday, then I got hired delivering beer locally, great money to start and no contracts with anyone

@elperrocovero

2 жыл бұрын

They didn’t ask for experience

@LTLdriverestes

2 жыл бұрын

@@elperrocovero they did during the interview and I told them i had just got out of truck driving school, but here in San Diego places like Coke, pepsi, and beer places usually don’t require experience since a labor intensive job and they always need drivers

@onewayfilms8148

Жыл бұрын

What school did you go to on the weekends

@LTLdriverestes

Жыл бұрын

@@onewayfilms8148 western truck driving school in San Diego

Some places will pay through a job service. And, if you have some "qualifies" it will be free! Qualifiers being unemployed, veteran, felon/ formerly incarcerated. If you have all 3, you're definitely in!

"I" paid for my CDL and went to an independent trucking school (I used my GI bill) and it was $3,500 for 18 days in an accelerated program. Got hired onto a large company that known to be a really good starting company. I've heard others in orientation saying the price for them going through the carrier ranged from 6-8k and was told paying half would satisfy their debt... charge double, so letting them off for half makes them look good. Plus they have the automatic restriction.

@thehomeless_trucker

3 жыл бұрын

Also for the six weeks with the trainer, I was paid $600/week gross.. those that went through the carrier school only got $500/week Gross pay.

@terrellparks93

2 жыл бұрын

O wow sounds good what school did you attend? And which state?

Canada BC has implemented mandatory training in order to obtain CDL. As of 2022, MELT program = $15,000 CAD. I'm all for investing in training, but ouch!

You drove as a company driver for 5 years. Very smart. Way too many people are getting their CDL and buying a truck a year or two down the road. I don't believe that they are ready yet to be an owner operator. They get greedy and want to make more dinero instantly. It's no wonder why so many of them fail as owner ops within a year

My GI Bill paid for my CDL training

Just go to a local company. Like construction, John Deere and something like that. Stay away from truck driving school. They only teach you what you need to pass the test and that's it.

Would you recommend Lonestar College Truck driving school? I’ve have my Cdl for driving a school bus and plan to put in one year at a school district.

What else he’s leaving out is that the 6 week training will be required no matter what school you go to. Also those longer termed schools are very far and in between.

My dad, this is in late 50's. I don't know if he went through a trucking school, but he got his CDL. He drove bobtail trucks. But he worked on the docks loading and unloading trucks. While doing that he talked to the drivers. He teamed with an owner operator learning all he can for 4 years before he bought his own truck. That's the way to get in the business I think.

@gooberuso

3 жыл бұрын

Forgot to say the driver trained him was a 25 years veteran driver at the time.

Love your night sky channel intro🌌 This is the most helpful video on this, specific topic I recall seeing. Any thoughts on the 2 to 4 day “refresher” courses that include rental of a semi for testing day some colleges may provide? Iow, could it possibly be enough for someone with a Class B? Matthew 16:6-20 + John 3:3-5 = Acts 2:38-39 💧 🩸 🕊 🔥 👑 -The Faith, once delivered to the saints, JERUSALEM 33AD -be a part of it! Ty👍

It’s only 5 thousand dollars, there’s idiots out there that put themselves into ten times that amount of debt buying a new car

Anyone have any advice on sage I’m gonna be starting school there soon I’m excited too get into the business

Where do you find owner operators to work for? Also do they need experience too? Im looking to get cdl myself

Boss where are you buying your shirts at? I want some

What's the better CDL tracking school being I can't just pay for school up front.. ive talked to stevens,prime,Swift and CRST. CRST is only a 10 month contract.. im just confused ive been researching so much but im doubting all of them from the reviews lol I just want to learn right .. my dad drove for all of my life up till he passed away, he's not here to point me so I'm looking on my own.

I just got my permit everyone giving me different prices in LA county

To all the veterans interested in trucking, remember that you can use your G.I. Bill to pay for trucking school.

Trucker Brown Says go to PRIME TRUCKING? I currently only have 26ft Box Truck experience NO CDL at all , what company do you recommend to start?

Not necessarily. I went to road master/ werner. I drove at best 15 minutes of every 3 hours. I had my learners permit before going to school, so I sat in pretrip class longer because there were people on the backing pad in front of me, who had to grad or fail out to make room for me to advance. Once I got onto the driving pad it was all about pass or get the f* out of the way. I'm a driver now, but regret going to road master. I wish I'd found a school that taught a person how to drive instead of the puppy mill.

I been trying to go to CDL school it’s just so expensive up front what options do I have I need help and I really wanna do trucking

Hi, im 30 no attachments. No big bills other than cell phone and car insurance for my bucket. Have bad credit. Is getting my CDL thru a big company like swift or CR england still a bad idea? thanks in advance. in the food industry use to making 22-24k a year no weekends off and working late afternoon-11p lucky if i can even get 2 days off in a row once a year and they can not be weekends. yes working in the food industry kills the soul.

How much OTR CDL A beginner drivers make? Is $1500/w after taxes on the check realistic for beginners with a dry freight trailer?

I am from Slovenia and I signed up for truck training but the country is paying for it as I am unemployed and this would give me a chance to get hired. There is not way that I could pay for it as it costs 1500 euros to go through with the CDL!

The state paid for my schooling 💯

How far back does the hair follicle test go

I will heading out to Prime Inc sometime in February. Their training program takes up to 4 months depending on how fast the trainer runs through your required mileage. That, and I'm coming into the industry while having no responsibilities other than myself. I know it'll be difficult, but the opportunity to go rent free for a year is too good to pass up.

@Pablo19625

Жыл бұрын

What was your experience with Prime. I’ve heard horror stories.

@HiddenTigerObviNinja

Жыл бұрын

@@Pablo19625 So far it's been fantastic. If you want to learn you will. The only people I've seen wash out are combative and lazy.

@PORSHAY921

Жыл бұрын

@@HiddenTigerObviNinja It’s either Prime or Schneider for me, I’m leaning more towards Prime, good luck. 🍀

@princekubakuba9682

Жыл бұрын

4 months? That’s beyond ridiculous. Most companies train you about 3 weeks to a month.

@Arlexcd

11 ай бұрын

@@HiddenTigerObviNinjahow is it now that it’s closer to the full year? And would you say the training was worth it

I've never heard of anyone not getting free tuition at a community college.

Got my permit but don’t know standard smh.

💪💙💪

What is a good percentage pay?

Insurance won’t take you fresh out

only 20 out o 60 made it? very discouraging

When I went through my trucking company we got paid $500 a week it was 4 weeks with an instructor after I got my CDL is another 6 weeks over-the-road with the trainer before I got my own truck and yes it was 120,000 miles with a company to pay off the school.. I will disagree that you're saying training is a crash course I just don't want you to say in general terms and all carriers are like that because they're not

Anyone recommend a school on DC/washington area?

The majority do pay for it, by committing for a year to a mega while they learn how to drive.

Thanks for the video. Always had my eye on trucking but haven't ever done it. I've heard that someone with a CDL can't get anything off of their driving record because they are a "professional driver." Ex: I have a CDL and I'm driving my personal truck and get pulled over for rolling a stop sign. Normally this will be taken off the record after a year or through defensive driving but as a CDL holder, it is forever on your record. Any truth to this?

I’ve heard from good sources that Roehl trucking has one of the good trucking schools. Still I would pay for it myself if at all possible.

@MrBurleyfish

3 жыл бұрын

You are so wrong !!!!!!!! Sure they do good at training but what comes after is a nightmare beyond words.

@keithferrante6915

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrBurleyfish please tell me a little bit more

@MrBurleyfish

2 жыл бұрын

@@keithferrante6915 Just my experience and a few other that got their CDLs and moved to phase 3 doing the job. They seem to be very very disorganized or just does not care about how much time they make the drivers wait around and not getting paid. Found myself always getting sent to pick or an empty only to find myself waiting for hours on end because there is no empty and dispatch/trip planner now has to figure out the next move. Big problem is no communication between the drivers and the trip planners as it all has to go through a Fleet Manager. That only cause more of a breakdown in communication and waiting. They also only work 8 to 10 hour shift so when they are gone for the day you wait "gets really bad on weekends. Anyways spending 11 to 12 days on the road and only averaging $1500.00 for my time or $750 a week made it so not worth my time. Oh and yet you are always working a 14 hour day. They seem to make sure to get you clock on you will waste 6 hours of the day playing fiddle de fee's mental misadventures. Yet then being forced to drive on your 13th hour so you will not be late for the load they drop you with at the last minute. Last but not so last 😜 If you go national freight they will treat you like a regional or day cab driver. The only difference is National they send you out 500/700 miles away from home and then have you doing 200 mile runs for the next week just burning up your clock.

I got my CDL through Amazon because I work in the transportation department. They sent me to CDL school, which was 40 hours to pass the permit test, then 3 40 hour weeks that they paid for and paid me my wage to be at to pass DMV road test. Then another 20 hours of training to learn policy and procedures for when on the road, and then 1 on 1 training with a trainer where I had to pass another road test similar to DMV. Also anyone who works in an Amazon warehouse Amazon will pay for their CDL and they will go to CDL school on their days off. Then they can transfer to Transportation department or leave for a truck driving job.

@masimohmand3385

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Or leave for another job ?

@epicshitz

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@@masimohmand3385 Yes. It's a program they have called Career Choice. They'll send any warehouse employee to school for Dental assistant, welding, computer programming, and CDL. After you get your training you can leave amazon for a job in that field. Or if they have positions that require training you can get promoted. Like amazon needs people with CDLs and people with computer programming skills. But amazon doesn't need Dental assistants and welders, so those people leave amazon for a job in those fields.

@masimohmand3385

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@@epicshitz how much shold worked with amazon to be qualify for this career choice ? 🙄

@epicshitz

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@@masimohmand3385 You qualify after 90 days but it will probably take longer because there is a wait list, at least in my area.

i went to a truck driving school offered by a trucking company and it was a joke.i dont think the government should allow trucking companies do have these kinda schools.trucking is way too dangerous to do that.u need to go to a real trucking school,

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