It's Always Something...

So I was supposed to go with Roehl and when I called to set up the date I found out that the wrong person had been working with me for 3 weeks.... Despite all the CDL school conversations I had with this young lady somehow I was talking to the wrong person that only recruits company drivers. Now my options are pay around $500 out if pocket to attend their CDL school, (transportation there, food, and the $185 processing fee) or go through Central Refridgerated's accelerated program. I really want to go with Roehl but I'm not sure I could afford $400-500 out if pocket plus I would not have transportation to and from the hotel to the facilities where the school is held. It's about 4 miles apart. So I would either walk or possibly find another student going that I could ride with. So I hit a snag....I wanted to get in on the school but now I have to figure things out and reevaluate.

Can anyone that has driven for Central Refrigerated tell me how you liked them? My only out if pocket expense with them is a $60 fee and food. I read under the CDL schools that they are about average when it comes to starter companies but are they decent? How are the miles? How do they treat their drivers? I know nothing about them except from what I read in the Company Sponsered CDL school section. I know they drive reefers and that's about it, which is something I didn't consider driving because it seems like there is even more that can go wrong with reefers VS dry van or possibly flat beds(which is what I wanted to drive)