Have you looked into local driving? I think the big training co.s might be asking you to be out too long and work for too little money to start. Then Id like to generalize that they will run you into the ground during 'training' and use you as cheap labor. I dont mean to be negative, but I see too many 'career switchers' getting shafted to not say anything.

Forget about all the others and drive for Falcon as a newbie.
You'll make money and get home every weekend to start out.
Falcon has many terminals and based out of Ohio.
I am averaging 1 k a week and have been on for 6 months now.
Brought home 1382 laST WEEK and 540 week before. averaging 2500 to 3000 net a month, flatbedding.
They train and pay back schooling.
Don't hire on without checking them out first!

A company for ..ROOKIES YES...BUT.... I wouldn't put then in the TOP 5......

Werner is good if your choices are limited for some reason..my reason was 2 back 2 back speeding tickets in oct 04 they were small point 5-7 mph over...But most companies want either none or no more than 1 in the past 12 months driving history ....so this limited my choices....my choices are much better now that I got a little over 1 yr experience accident free and no tickets added to my driving record since oct 04........

those companies YOU don,t want to work for are on YOU,re list of companies at the bottom and the one that YOU work for is at the top, don't listen to other drivers who think their company is number 1, I drive for FFE and these people will tell you no no no, bad choice....its all your preferences that will determine who you work for.. if you,re just starting out your limited to who you will work for and after you get in time like a few years then you can advance to you,re likings, I want to be at a top company and only drive 6 hours a day and home every night and drive a brand new truck too.....not going to happen, best bet is to go to top of this page and in the orange bar is a link for company listings, check it out what you find that fits you are and probably not on these lists these drivers flame over.......

I was a newbie driver in Jan with Roehl. Took CDL training at a technical college. If you are interested in more info about Roehl as a new driver please drop me a private message. I have been driving for them for 8 months now. Give me a bit of time to answer you message as I don't have a lot of time out on the road to answer mail at night.

Soladad

Some other companies that come to mind that pay practical miles and decent to good cpm:

CFI
Gordon
Crete
Shaffer

Longsnowsm