what would you do?
 

i have been doing my research online to see which company is the best to work for.

first let me give you detail of how far i have going.

1. i talked with CR england and have been pre-hired waiting on them to send me a bus ticket to school in Dallas. school starts on Monday the 18th. CR england have a program you go OTR with a trainer for 3 week first then another 3 week for lease purchase or some thing like that.

2. want to go to school at ASU Newport Arkansan fees very reasonable CFI have tuition assistance program and i will pay the rest of the fee which i don't mind that way will not have to sign contract. CFI have a program they called finisher program where you go out with a trainer for just 4 week.

what other company will you guys advice if i can afford school my self?

what will old school truckers advice on this issues.

do a search on cr england and i think you will have to ask no more questions. Dont walk away from them.....Run away.

Why are you limiting yourself to these 2 companies? Haves you looked into

Schneider
Millis
Roehl
Crete
Maverick (flatbed)
TMC (flatbed)
???

Those are some of the better companies to start out with.

Re: what would you do?
 

With a statement like this you've got a long road ahead of you, you need to get your facts straight with companies before you even take the next step, your "something like that" approach to companies will get you in a ton of trouble, you'll end up at orientation asking questions and finding out that all the "something like thats" are going to screw you royally.

Re: what would you do?
 

I don't know much about CR England but since you are already in pre-hire state maybe you should go with them. You have some time left though and more research with other companies will never hurt. If you go to school on your own at ASU, I recommend USXpress, Roehl, or Swift. I personally do not recommend flatbeds or tankers for new drivers and I have reasons why I can't stress this enough.

USXpress doesn't have the school now. They'll take new drivers and train them, but they must have their CDL beforehand.

I have heard only the worst from drivers about CR England.

Please try someone else.

You should http://home.comcast.net/~documentarian/run.png away from CR England. Everything I've heard for the past 10 years confirms this. Everything.

I almost started with CR England too, and I'm glad somebody told me to bail while I still could.

THANKS A MILLION
 

thanks a million CR england are out of my option now. some one mention USexpress more details if you don't mind. i noticed much is not known about CFI.

Re: THANKS A MILLION
 

USXpress doesn't have their school anymore, but they do take new drivers for finishing training. I never went through their training, so can't offer any guidance there.

If you are able to, I would try and go to school before going to any company. If you sell your sole to a company to get training, you are stuck. And just starting out, don't even think about a lease purchase! Give it some time first.

talked with CFI today
 

Hi guys appreciate all your input. i talked with a CFI recruiter today i love the response but just thought i should check it out here if it's true.

i was informed that the company pays you as a driver trainee .26c for every miles dispatch even if you driving or your trainer is driving is this true. also the train is a three week OTR with a trainer before you go solo.

thanks

you won't get paid .26 mile in training for every mile that truck runs, just think if further in to your training you begin to run as a team and average 6000 miles, that's nearly 1,800 a week, absolutely unheard of, you might want to check your facts on that.

Aw shucks...I'd settle for a 3,000 mile week with my trainer driving most of the miles. You see I learn best by observing from the passenger seat.... :P :roll: :lol:

I've heard nothing but good things about CFI but what you said about YOU getting paid mileage while in training is really unusual. I'd think it was your TRAINER who got paid the mileage and you'd get around $500/week while in training. Get a 2nd openion on that aspect but I think you'd be happy with CFI. Their per mile pay is a little on the low side but it's "practical" miles which makes it much better. I'd say $.26/mile practical is about $.32-.34/mile that everyone else pays. Six one, half a dozen the other as they say. Stay away from that damn CR England like everyone else says.

You know, I changed my mind. Just how bad can CR England be? I don't currently work for them, but I do see alot of different people bashing on them. And IT IS GETTING OLD!!!

I say the job is what you make it. Give them a try, just don't try their leasing program. :wink:

????? Cluggy, a job is what you make it????WTF??? Then why all of th JB bashing. you made i shitty, maybe someone else can make it great. Maybe you should shut your piehole for while cause you obviously have no idea whatyou are talking about.

Yeah, dont lease with them, although when its cold or hot you cant idle the truck since the trucks are programmed not to idle for more than 5 mins when you are a co. driver.

i trained at cfi and went through their sponsored schooling ....it is a great way to start out i made about 600 a week with the finisher i averaged about 750 to 850 solo at 28 cpm and about 1200 a week running team when i could find a partner....but while it is a good place to learn to drive it is not a good place to make a carreer the benefits are subpar and the only reason why you never hear much on the negative side is cause most people are chasing a 40000 dollar recruiting bonus for getting the most recruits and that is on top of the 1000 you get per a person ....make a friend with a current driver split the 1000 dollars get your three months of experience and start looking for another job....

i left for the dreaded jbhunt and went from 28cpm and med ins with a cap of 10000 and no dental or vision to 38cpm with full med dental and vision and the company picks up the cost on my first 1000 dollars a year toward my deductible ps i am home weekends and even get practical miles on my dedicated account....

in my opinion take cfi's money get your start and find a better place to make a carreer

wow....I guess it doesn't matter what i post about, does it? I try to give a positive post, and this is the responce. Hmmmm....maybe it's not the post, maybe it's the poster you don't like.

However, i know enough to know that their are always people who want to be rude. I have no idea? I should shut my piehole?

And where in this post did I post about JB? Well? How about you take your advise, and go........well, I was told to be nicer on this board, but you get where I'm going.

That's a new one. Where'd you get that from? :roll: It's simply amazing the BS that flows out there.

update.
 

since i got a lot of advice from you all i just feel it's proper to update you all on how far i have made progress.

am starting school on monday 2nd of july at ASU, is a three week program, i have been pre-hire by CFI CR england is a no go area after all i have read on this board. the pay for CFI is not great but like bagdad7 say's you got to start from somewhere to get somewhere. CCC will not hire me now. but after 4-6 month they will.