Posted: 8 years, 10 months ago
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Trans Am Trucking... Whole new life...
Thanks for the advice; I forgot all about Dave Ramsey... My bad:p we are planning on selling and donating as much as possible, and storing the rest. And bringing what we can fit and what we really want on the truck. Thanks for the transportation advice:)
Posted: 8 years, 10 months ago
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Trans Am Trucking... Whole new life...
Hey all, its Tim again. So I'm still working through the WIA process to get schooling approved and paid for, and I did research and it seems as tho Trans Am Trucking as an Otr Driver is my best option.. Long story short, the govt takes forever with everything, my lease is up in early August on our trailer and if school goes as planned I'll start 6/1/15 and graduate 7/10/15. So I talked with the wife and she wants to come with me and live on the road to save on expenses and save money. We live in Rochester, NY and we are trying to figure out a lot of things to make it work. Trans Am has 2 terminals, 1 in Dallas Texas, and the other in Kansas City? So we have a car that's financed and want to get rid of it when we can but I'm concerned about transportation; you can take home time in any zip code they go to, but we don't have a clue what to do with our car.. Do we store it, or what? Also on home time if we want to explore, how do we get around? Its not like we can haul the car with us.. Ideas insight and advice would be greatly appreciated:)
Posted: 8 years, 11 months ago
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Thanks for the advice guys and the insight. I got my permit in January before I even thought of going to knight and I'm not sure if I said I was going to a local school or not but I am going to start one soon in the Rochester NY area.
Posted: 8 years, 11 months ago
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Without knowing what made you flunk out, it's a little tough to give you advice... Was there one particular thing you were having too much trouble with? Was there something in your back ground that made Knight cut ties with you? Too many unknowns here. I do know there have been plenty of folks who have not been successful their first time out of the gate that have ended up getting their CDL's.
Well for starters, I'm more of a book learner than a hands on learner. They told me at the end week 1 you will have an evaluation and progression to week 2 depends on successfully doing a pre-trip inspection with 54/70 items minimum as per Indiana DOT regs, and competency driving and shifting using the double clutch method moving forwards and doing all basic skills maneuvers must be at no less than 80%. Is that a realistic expectation? I'm fine with the pre-trip. I could do that no problem. I wasn't the best shifter but not the worst either. But it took me way longer to figure out how to shift and drive than most others. And we also didn't get any seat time doing the basic skills maneuvers. I was told 6 out of 10 don't make it through the progression test to move on to week 2. The day before my evaluation they pulled me aside and they said if you do the evaluation tomorrow realistically you have a very slim chance of passing it and progressing to week 2 so you can go home today, or you can take your test tomorrow and if you make it which isnt realistic, great! But if you dont make it then youll be sent home and terminated. If you go home today voluntairily though, you can always come back once you have your cdl license and work for knight. I just don't want the same thing happening where it takes me too long to catch on and not being able to get my license at school. I know they won't fire me cuz I don't work for them but I don't want to have to withdraw from the program either. Hope that gives you more detail on the situation. Thanks again for your help.
Posted: 8 years, 11 months ago
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Hey all, Timothy Matthys here. I went to Knight's CDL Program in mid February to early March and didn't make it.. So I went home and put my CDL goal on the back burner for a bit and now I'm giving it another go. Instead of going to a company for training, I'm going to a local private school here in the Rochester, NY area. If I flunked out of Knight's CDL Program, I'm really wondering am I cut out for this or was Knight just not the right fit for me? They did have an accelerated program but I don't wanna flunk twice... Advice?
Posted: 9 years, 2 months ago
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Earl L. Henderson Trucking Reviews
Welcome aboard Timothy!
I live in Attica, NY and years ago I lived in Norcross, GA.......right off Jimmy Carter Blvd.........
I've heard of Earl Henderson but I didn't even know they had a training program. So I'm afraid at this point you've been the one to give me some insights, not the other way around. I'm gonna have to find out more about it......
I actually changed my mind. I am pre-hired and ready to go at Knight Transportation. I will start on Feb. 16th. in Carlisle, PA.They have a much more personal and home time oriented training program:) Also as a pleasant surprise, they are not only paying me for school and training, they are also letting my wife come to orientation with me since we have only been married about 5 1/2-6 months and they know that trucking is a life change not just a career change. We just have to pick up the price of her bus tickets.
Posted: 9 years, 2 months ago
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Earl L. Henderson Trucking Reviews
Holy cow! Jimmy Carter Blvd is about 5 miles from where my parents' house is!! I used to work at the Pep Boys right there by brook hollow parkway:) Thanks for the help:)
Posted: 9 years, 2 months ago
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Earl L. Henderson Trucking Reviews
Hi all:) My name is Timothy Matthys. I live in Rochester, NY. Long story short, I moved up from Norcross, GA back in July of 2014 to get married to my fiancé from Rochester, NY in August 2014. I have my class A Permit because I studied the CDL book and did lots of online testing and had lots of help and review from the Trucking Truth training series and I gained lots of insight from the website which is like my best friend in trucking:) So I'm getting prepared to go to School at Earl L Henderson on February 16th and become a company driver for them and once I'm done training I'm gonna take my wife on the road with me. Does anyone have reviews about their company or real life experience with their company? Any feedback is appreciated!! Thanks:)
Posted: 8 years, 10 months ago
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MAKE SURE YOU PASS YOUR DRUG SCREENING
Knight Transportation does urine and hair follicle testing