Hey Corvairjunky, I'm in the same boat you are. I can't afford or finance school either so it looks like I will go with company sponsored training. I tried the workforce center route and got turned down but I am thinking of trying again. Anyway, best of luck.
So basically you want training through the company? correct? In California you might want to try Swift, Schneider, Southern Cal transportation, and [/u]C.R. England :sad: if you are brave enough. Anymore it is hard to find companies that do their own schooling. If you can get a grant or a loan you will open your possiblities tremendously.
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well it cant be any worse than when i was in the army :P sad to say i was medicly discharged over broken leg. i miss the good ol army. there is a million agencies and cant figure out who i should go to. i got too busy working on my corvair that i didnt have a chance to go to any of em. so i gotta try again wensday. but just like army i dont mind a contract as long as its steady and pays decent, so. i uno im going to try for funding first though. wish me luck.
Corvair...have you got enough training to qualify as an ordinary seaman? if you do..Mack was right ...try starting with one of the Tug companies. Foss Maritine and Crowley Marine have had ads nationwide looking for OS's to be Bargemen. Pay is a heck of a lot better than truckin...but it is also harder work.
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i love my corvair hehe best car i ever owned not joking. about the seaman job, im in process of getting my z card i got the stcw training done but. and if i go ship im not sure of tug boat but its like somewhat seasonal and i just want sumthing a lil more steady plus i love driving heck if i dont like driving after a yr or 2 i can still do ship im only 21 yrs old i have a lot ahead of me. so whil im still waiting i might as well give trucking a shot.
This may not be true i am not sure. But i heard cali has some kind of laws that prevents a company from making you sign a contract for training. I know wih schnieder i have talked to 3 drivers from cali that said the did not have to sign 1. May be worth looking into as well.
Van pay is not great at all for new drivers. 27 cent start 29 after 6 months and 32 after first year.
Tanker pays alot better but need hazmat liscense friend of mine plls a tanker only been here 3 years and grosses 1500 a week. As a van driver on a dedicated account. (slightly less pay- All drop hook) I make about 850 gross a week on average. I am out 12 days off 3 and start a new run. I have only been here for 10 months though so it will go up a step when i hit that 1 year mark to what i am not sure.
They arnt to bad to work for but like every where there will be good days and bad days. But if you want to run the miles are here. They also do a gauranteed 500 week minimum for your first 6 months.
Damn i sound like a recruiter scratch everything i said and run the other way screaming.
( on a side note i will be quiting after my year. Not becuase of the company i get along fine with them but i got offered a better job local paying twice as much)
I enjoy being able to curl up with my girlfriend every nite to much to keep driving lol.
Anyway best of luck to you what ever road you take.
i miss the good ol army. there is a million agencies and cant figure out who i should go to. i got too busy working on my corvair that i didnt have a chance to go to any of em. so i gotta try again wensday. but just like army i dont mind a contract as long as its steady and pays decent, so. i uno im going to try for funding first though. wish me luck.
heck if i dont like driving after a yr or 2 i can still do ship im only 21 yrs old i have a lot ahead of me. so whil im still waiting i might as well give trucking a shot.
