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cost of trucking school!!! what shoud I do?
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Relientk



Joined: 08 Feb 2007
Posts: 6
Location: Colorado

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:21 pm    Post subject: cost of trucking school!!! what shoud I do?  

Hi,

I have narrowed my choices of companies I would like to work for down to 2. One offers a full meal deal school which is valued at 4k with a work commitment of 6 months. The other company does not and my option would be to attend my local school which is 6k(US Trucking School) but I would have to finance it. 150 down and 150 a month with 19.25 % interest. Now that is the part I don't like. Also how can a school offer a class for 6k when others schools offer the same class for half that cost. I am a little confused and don't want to pay 6k for trucking school.

Question:

Am I better off letting the trucking company(CRST) pay for my school which includes hotel, Food, transportation etc. or go through my local school? when I ad up the cost of the local school with fuel and everything else figured in the total would come to around 7K. :? :? :?

Thanks for the help,

Sean
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dle



Joined: 03 Jan 2005
Posts: 731
Location: Texas

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:03 pm    Post subject:  

Have you checked the community colleges in your area?

In either choice you will probably be stuck with a debt that will have to be paid. I don't know what CRST does, but they might have you sign a promisory note for the cost of the training, etc etc etc.
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NevadaJim



Joined: 20 Jul 2006
Posts: 251
Location: Las Vegas

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:01 am    Post subject:  

7k @ 19.25% a year interest. The interest alone will kill you. Just me, but I would run from that deal. If that's the only school option I would start looking at companies to get your CDL. These schools are in it for the money, nothing else.
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