Comments By Chris B.

Well the time is here. I begin a new career tomorrow with Central Refrigerated by attending the first week class at TDA in my home town of Sacramento. Then the long lonely bus trip to their facility in Socal for 2 more weeks. then out with a company trainer for 200 hours or 20000 miles of what i hope will be incident free and challenging. I am looking forward to this and am changing my status to in school. I am prepared and ready and will soak all the info like a sponge. Any last words of advice to a scared but confident ready to learn newbie trucker would be greatly appreciated. Thank you to everyone so far for the great advice and I will keep updating as soon as i can.

I was in your position. I started my research by going online and found this website. The training program is excellent. I dont know what a colledge class will teach you. But I researched paying for school myself or going with company sponsered training. I myself asked a lot of questions and got answers i was looking for. Some companies only do team driving and during my research i thought that was a great idea to keep my wife at ease knowing i would be with another person for safety. But then i researched some more and did not like that idea simply because what if the other person and you do not get along and he/she is a total idiot and does something stupid and gets them and you killed or hurt. No thanks. I trust me when i am going to be behind the wheel. I myself will be starting company sponsered training on March 10 2014. Good Luck to you and use this website to ask question and use the High Road to Trucking training program. It will help you get ahead in class when you decide to start. And If not then at the very least you will get a better view of what truckers have to go through.

I start truck school this monday. But my research and asking questions began in January of this year. I applied at cr england, crst,swift,and central refrigerated. when the recruiters call ask lots of questions.(they will say anything to get you to sign with them). They will get you started before you are ready. One Company sent me a welcome package like i was all ready to go. After research and asking questions on this particular website. I made the decision to start in march. Reason being i did not want to try and drive an 80000 pound truck in the ice and snow right after school. Spring and summer months will usually be less icy and i will get experience of driving a big rig before the next winter when I will be more prepared to do so. With that said Get started on this websites High Road training program I am almost done and have learned a lot. Everyone here is really Helpful and will answer any questions that you may have. I start with Central Refrigerated on the 10th.

Thank you all very much. i shall continue my studying. i am eager to start. and i will keep everyone updated.

Awesome.

Ok. Quit my job of 20 years and start school this monday. I drove out to the school i will be attending for the first week just to find it. I'm almost done with the TruckingTruth High Road Training Program (still in the 90+ percent range). I have even bought a training aid in the form of a scale model Semi Truck just to Kind of visualize what a trailer will do when making right turns or backing up. I am getting nervous and scared. I am confident that i will do extremely well. I will use this nervous fear as a motivating factor. I will keep updating my progress as my new adventure begins.

I start my new career this monday. I will be you in about 8 weeks.

Very well put.

I quit my job yesterday. Actually Drove to the training school i will be going to on the 10 of this month. Kind of hard to find but i found it. Walked in and mentioned that i would be there on monday. They said be here at 8 in the morning. being that i have never been late to work or anything else i siad would be there bright and early. I have studied and prepared. Any last minute suggestions i could use before my new adventure? Hopefully Daniel B can help his 916 brother?

I start class on the 10th. I drove out to it earlier today just to find it. Found it and walked in just to make my intro. I am ready to start.