Comments By Michael R.

I met a guy when I was in training with ptl. We couldn't even ride in the shuttle with him without gagging. His unfortunate roommate said he took showers and did laundry but still smelled like that . He had gotten fired from his last driving job for wrongful termination. Love it lmao. I'm sorry but I like to be clean.

Hope this helps. My family and I have owned jeeps and love them. Have always gotten 300k out of them. But we have stuck with the Cherokee with the vortex engine and hardly any problems at all. Gas mileage lacks something to be desired though.

Everything that has been said here is correct. They are a smaller more personable flat bed company with good equipment and benefits and pay. Yes you are home on weekends also. They do however not put up with any crappie at all they have very high standards and expect the same. I live in Columbus close to them and see quite a few satisfied drivers.

This is why I love this sight, I know I can come here and get the truth and be guided in the right direction thank you guys. On a side note I start with knight transportation next Monday after training I will be doing dry van in the southern region. I chose dry because of the more drops and hooks compared to refer and very long waits every time in my experience. I'm very excited I love this industry and all its challenges that come with it. UNTIL NEXT TIME STAY POSITIVE BE SAFE HAVE FUN

I highly recommend truck driving Institute unfortunately it was my 2nd and should have been my first. All the instructors at the Forsyth site went above and beyond the call of duty. Equipment was good. They are always up for questions. There passingredients rate is extremely high. There job placement is off the chain.

I would recommend truck driving Institute or road master

Thank you for replying old school always love hearing from you. Yes I'm accepted at transam who has all the bells and whistles but only 3 week training. Abilene motors wants me who says there training is self paced but can't find any info on them and I don't know if this is true or not but been told they don't pay orientation hotel travel or anything. Wels wants me but been told my backing needs to be strong. Waiting on Knights to clear me through security due to my 9 year old felony

Some of you have seen some of my posts sorry it's been a while. After failing the upgrade test at PTL I came home embarrassed but positive. There upgrade test is backing between trailers at different widths and is timed. I did not hit anything but timed out. For the last two months working for a friend and many adventures of unpaid tickets on his behalf and only one truck and him not wanting to maintain his truck and run illegally all the time I found myself between a rock and hard place and parted ways. Now here is my dilemma. I have problems backing and shifting. I was trained in school on a manual 10 speed double clutching went to ptl and trained on an automatic then worked for my friend who had me floating gears on a manual 13 speed and never let me back said we needed to get the shifting down first. I am currently applying for different companies and not giving up but I have doubt now in myself and a little scared and discouraged. I love driving and the freedom of the road and the challenges. I am confused now though experiencing different manuals truck and worried about backing. I am not a natural and am dealing with learning curves. Any honest advice would be greatly appreciated

Hey old-school thanks for replying and yes actually going to drive for a friend for a year then retry the bigger companies. Yes I was referring to paschall truck lines

Sounds exciting . I will say that I went with company paid cdl training first and wasn't happy with it so I changed schools and paid the tuition myself. I went to school at TDi truck driving institute and I loved it the instructor s and all were great. There are many companies that do offer tuition reimbursement. Have you looked into Schneider ,Tmc, Mc Elroy, Boyd brothers hope this helps