Husband & Wife Wanting To Get CDL’s And Team Drive Together.
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Hi and welcome.
The only company that would train you in a team truck would be CR England which is a second chance company and pays a lot less than others.
Most including Prime would allow you to do the school portion together .. But teaming with 2 people in a truck is hard...3 and it is near impossible. Plus it would take a lot longer
Many women feel uncomfortable with male trainers or get upset if a man "yells"...Prime has one of the highest percentages of women in the industry (1200 women last I checked) so requesting a female trainer isnt hard. We even have a "Female Driver Liaison" who can assist in training issues. I have been here at Prime 5 years and a trainer for over 3 years. Our training period is one of the longest at 50k truck miles ... However..if you are willing to team.. They allow an upgrade and pay boost at 30k miles. So you guys could be making big bucks much earlier than normal students at Prime. And you would get a brand new truck as a team.
Our team pay is excellent too.
CRST is a team only company that a few of our drivers here belong to. They seem quite happy.
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
Stay away from CR England if you know what’s good for you.
Roehl doesnt really run teams ( at least they didnt when i left them 7 years ago ) but they did have 2 that i know of so you can ask them.
Stay away from CR England if you know what’s good for you.
And what do you base this opinion of yours on, Dan?
Three different teams that told me they had no experience and that CR England train them and forced them into lease purchase program said they were not interested in. Then after a short time being as CR England controlled all the loads they would not make enough miles to make payments. All three teams forfeited their trucks. All three teams over the course of the last seven years ended up working at the company I used to work for before I became an owner operator. At least one of those teams was still there when I left three years ago, said they were much happier and make a lot more as company team drivers.
Stay away from CR England if you know what’s good for you.
And what do you base this opinion of yours on, Dan?
Owner Operator:
An owner-operator is a driver who either owns or leases the truck they are driving. A self-employed driver.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
I dont believe rumors. I know people who claim they make no money at prime. They lie.
All companies have good and bad. All companies may be good for someone. We have had plenty of people with background issues who went to CRE cause no one else would take them. Then moved on.
Also people say prime forces into lease which is a flat out lie. I was asked once. Our fleets are split so my company driver fleet manager would never want to oose me to a lease fleet manager.
Fleet Manager:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
Nobody is forced into leasing.
Forced and strongly pushed toward for brand new drivers can be very confussing. The company my GF started with pushed very hard. They started with a 4 hour presentation on day 2 of orientation. She bounced some of the material off me and I gave her specific questions to ask and they got mad at her. The year she was there she got messages weekly pushing leasing. She has no idea how the loads were divided, just they didn’t like hearing no.
All companies are different in this aspect.
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First of all, thank you all for your time. My wife and I are thinking about getting our CDL’s. Was wondering if we could get our CDL’s together through a sponsored company of course. Question is how would the training over the road be? Would I be with one and her be with one also? Thanks to all in advance!
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
Over The Road:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.