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Central Refrige
Anyone heard anything about Central Refrigerated? They have a school about 5 miles down the road here. Looks like they're looking for dedicated solos for coors and kraft. What about refrigerated? It seems adding another element like that is just one more headache to take of, downtime, and all that. Dedicated for coors and kraft seem interesting cause I don't think beer and food are going out of style anytime soon.
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If a mega company is the only option you have, it makes your decision easier. Of course, if you do have other options, it might pay you to look into them. Some people may get on with the mega carrier, love them and stay with them many years, but that wasn't what this OP was referring to. He said that his plan was to get in with a "mega" just to get a year or two experience and then move on. My opinion was, why do people dive into this industry with that type of thinking? I'll never understand it. |
the best advice I can give is find cdl schools in your area and price them out and see what is the best for your money. If you go with one of these larger company's like swift, Werner, England you have to go through their training and you are obligated to work for them for a year. Usually their training is really expensive. The last I have checked swift was 3,900. You will have to sign a contract and if you leave before your year you will owe the rest. What happens if you dont like the industry? What happens if you dont like being away from home for weeks or even months at a time? And just to let you know dont let these big company's fool you into believing that their cdl school is any better than anyone else. Its all the same just a name. Swift gives you all this class time for the written exam. I would get my dot psyical out the way. Go to the dmv and take the written after reading the cdl manual, then find a school where it wont be as expensive. Why pay for all that class time if you dont need it. Just make sure the state that you reside in doesn't require the class time. Their is no worse feeling than being obligated to work for someone that you dont want to.
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all good advice
It appears that my list is starting to narrow. Crst looks like they only run teams out here, so that's off the list. England and Swift seem like they're in the same boat. I was looking at Schneider because they run a school close to home out here. I also heard somewhere that they can't enforce the contract in California. That's interesting to me because it looks like you can get the training, get some experience, and if I don't like it I could go when I want. I'm still not sold on trucking as a career so I will continue to wait and see. However, I get more interested in it all the time. If someone would let me stay at home during the cdl training, with no contract to settle, and get what I want, it's starting to look like pumpkin season. I'm in no rush and I will exhaust all the recruiters with questions I want answered. If they can't answer my questions, I'll just cross them off the list.
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I myself am getting the experience from a company and am planning on starting my own business after going local for a bit...And the stories you hear about different companies dont listen to em'... There is always a discruntle employee somewhere no matter how much they make...Just role wit the punches and come out on top...
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Thanks to all
Thanks for the comments and suggestions. It seems like the ball is in my court and every experience is different. It might just depend on how close the schools are here, what they can do for me, and what assurances each place can give. I'll continue to wait and see. I know these recruiters get paid more for each driver they recruit. Let's see how many give up on me and which ones are more patient.
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