Comments By Scott L.

Congrats! What company are you working for?

Swift

Great! Good luck to you!

Congrats! What company are you working for?

Day 3 done. So Monday morning I came into my first class with no experience driving a semi whatsoever. Today I was driving one all around town! I can't believe the progress I've made in just 3 days. I still get skittish with the downshifts when I have to do them quickly, or I can't find a gear, but that will come. Very excited!

Day 2 in the books! Great day today. It was all on the range doing left and right turns, and because myself and the guy I'm driving with are progressing so well we got to mess around with some backing too. The trainer said we're making his job really easy right now. I guess that's a good thing! Just waiting to get our drug tests back to we can hit the road!

First day in the books! I'm so tired tonight, and we have to read 140 pages in our manual. Wow.. A lot of it is the same stuff I've already covered in the High Road Program, so I'm skimming for the most part. I got the shifting down pretty good. I still freeze up at times and grind some, but the instructors are very happy with my progress. All day on the range driving tomorrow!

Checked into my hotel as tomorrow starts school with Roehl! I'm nervous and excited all at the same time. I'll report back tomorrow with how day 1 went!

Guy- ok thank you, I will check out the gps .... and try not to kick myself too hard with the studying

Good job Amanda! Looks like you're really focused about this. You'll have no problems whatsoever.

well like i said im a 21 year old female from wisconsin and im looking to get into trucking. i dont have any kids or a house or a boyfriend/husband or anything. just a very concerned family. i just want someone to tell me a bit about some of the companies ive been looking into. i met a guy who works for central refrigerated and he said dont go there the DMs micromanage you and jerk you around. then reading on here i saw that another driver for them said you can change dms if you want so idk which to believe. ive heard bad things about werner and C.R. England from online review sites.

id very much prefer to go to a company sponsored driving school so that i know exactly what the company expects out of me. just looking for some advice. my family all thinks im nuts to just get on a bus to utah and be gone for a few months. also how does home time work with them? do they try to send you to a load close to where your family is or just wherever you end up when your home time comes is where you stay unless you want to fly home? i need pros and cons and i need to know as much as i can before i make my decision. please help!!

I'm from the Wisconsin area too, and I'm going to Roehl's sponsored driving school hopefully next week in Marshfield. They've been great to deal with. If you drive 120,000 miles for them, they'll pay for the whole school. I would highly recommend giving them a look. Kim is the recruiter I've been dealing with and she's been fantastic. I just had my physical today and they paid for that as well. If you have any other questions let me know!

Congrats! I hope to be in your spot in a few weeks!

Scott - That's a bit of a career change for you I wish you the best of luck with it as well . I haven't heard of them but if your getting good feed back then awesome! Do it

Yes it is. I decided I was really tired of dealing with the worst 5% of society. Then throw in the office politics and I'm ready to walk away. I've always loved traveling, love the open road, and am a very independent person, so I'm more than excited for this new chapter in my life!