[zipy46]

One might consider that these companies that offer training

hold you accountable to pay them back should things fall apart while working with them.

Trick is...bite the bullet...get 2 yrs SAFE experience and then you

can get more selective.

Living with another guy for 5 or 8 weeks in a truck during training was the hardest part for me.

Thats the first hurdle ...its generally downhill from there.

Good Luck

[anb82]

schneider does have good training as far as teaching everything that is required by DOT. Pre-trip, post trip, shifting, logging. After that though my experience went sour. Once I got my own truck and got starting driving by myself I had to fight every week with them about my check and miles. I had a terrible dispatcher. Even when I went above his head after 6 months of dealing with BS his boss said I couldn't be switched boards.

However if you get a good dispatcher Schneider isn't all that bad to work for. My buddy I went to school with there is now averaging like 3000 miles a weeks with them. Still glad I jumped though. I couldn't afford for them to keep making mistakes.

Schneider, USXpress, Crete if you can get in are good companies to start with