Comments By Thomas C. (aka Ghost)

"If you implied, you ain't lied!"

(adding this little gem to personal use list)

Glad to hear that someone grabed you real quick. Pretty much instantly if compared to other industries! Hopefully you will be back on the road with little down time!

This place is a great resource is it not? If you haven't done so already you could always grab the CDL practice test app for your phone. I still use it everyday just to keep the stuff I have learned fresh in my head even though I have passed the knowledge tests. Just another awesome tool that this community has thoughtfully provided for us! Good luck and fingers crossed!

Priceless!! LOL!!

Sorry to hear this happened to you. I'm sure you will bounce back in no time. You have offered a lot of solid advise on here. You couldn't so that without the experiance to back it up right? I'm sure one of these companies will find you to be a great catch and real you in.

And on top of it all I talked to an EX from 18 yrs ago and she has no hard feelings.

Nice! Where you one of the Mega Millionair winners?!

As far as choosing between those companies, you could almost flip a coin. You can't go wrong with any of them. If they meet your criteria for things like home time, pay, & benefits then it's really just a matter of applying to each of them to see who is willing to give you a shot. If you have options, speak with their recruiters and find out if there are any little perks one might have that you really like.

But really, it doesn't matter a whole lot. You can do great with any of them.

Thanks Brett,

Looks like I will have to shootgun them and see what sticks. At least to get started. After researching a lot of these companies I pretty much have an idea where I would like to end up. I was just hoping to start and stay rather than jump from one to another. BTW Heard back from Roehl. I had an accident this past April that was unavoidable. They decided to pass on me since it was not a year old yet. So for now I will apply to many and see what happens. Like I said I have my permit and a friend that will let me use his yard and trucks to practice in for the meantime. I just would hate to use up this six month permit because of something I couldn't do anything about and have to start over.

Oh well something will come through. Gotta stay positive!

Good luck Woody! Please update when you can as Knight is one of the companies I am most interested in.

I'm glad it's not that bad here. Yet...

Thanks for the warm regards. I did pass the GK, Air, and Combination tests easily thanks to the training program on this site. I missed a couple here and there so I wasn't perfect but was well above failing. Of course I probably should have made the attempt when I hadn't been up for 26 hrs. Oh well. Water under the bridge right?

So I have decided to explore the company sponsored CDL training if I can be accepted somewhere. I already talked to Roehl Transport (still waiting on more information from them.) But am exploring Knight and Prime as well. I'm looking at refrigerated to start. I simply can't afford the upfront costs of a private school right now. Wife going back to school and Daughter getting ready to graduate HS and move on to college.

I have already discussed going national in general as we think we will be good for the first year being apart 2-3 weeks at a time due to how busy we all will be anyway. That and we will be forced to appreciate the time we have with each other more.

So regarding the a fore mentioned companies. Any suggestions or concerns that I should be open to? I have read the training and back grounds of ALL the companies listed on this sight that provide CDL training and would like to hear about any personal experiences with these companies. Unfortunately I have not been able to make it out to a TS to try and find a driver passing through as things are quite busy and my work schedule conflicts with everyone in my house so I get very little sleep as it is.

Again thanks for all the comments and suggestions thus far. Still excited to get moving!