Company Bashing
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Began to say oh yeah trucking truth you will never find anything negative on any company that advertises there.
To be clear, the information we have here on the site about Trucking Companies and Company-Sponsored Training Programs is not advertisement. We called the companies ourselves to collect that information and put it up for free. We don't charge for that. So it's not advertising or propaganda of any sort.
WHAT?? You men I DON"T get the 10% fee for all the good things I say about TT??? What about the $29.95 I've been charging for the High Road program? THAT was my retirement!!
Jopa
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Company-sponsored Training:
A Company-Sponsored Training Program is a school that is owned and operated by a trucking company.
The schooling often requires little or no money up front. Instead of paying up-front tuition you will sign an agreement to work for the company for a specified amount of time after graduation, usually around a year, at a slightly lower rate of pay in order to pay for the training.
If you choose to quit working for the company before your year is up, they will normally require you to pay back a prorated amount of money for the schooling. The amount you pay back will be comparable to what you would have paid if you went to an independently owned school.
Company-sponsored training can be an excellent way to get your career underway if you can't afford the tuition up front for private schooling.
What about the $29.95 I've been charging for the High Road program? THAT was my retirement!!
You wouldn't be the first one! I've found various websites selling the PDF version of my book over the years as if they owned it. They just bought a copy and put it up on their website for sale.
Regardless how the information made it to this site I have seen both positive and negatives about a company here however it is ALWAYS done tastefully and not in a manner to degrade the company. I personally feel that this is one of if not the most informative site I have found with regards to researching this industry as well as getting a great deal of advice.
Agreed +1000%. After searching TT for information in the past, I've gone over to search some other sites that I don't need to mention the name of. I'd find plenty of information on said company or activity... but click away not feeling more educated on the subject... but really demoralized and disgusted at the bashing & negativity from the majority of the posts on those sites. It's really quite a sad thing to experience. I'm not sure I can really compare TT to these other sites without gushing on TT and sounding like a "TT Koolaid Drinker", so I'll just leave it at that for now :)
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
You wouldn't be the first one! I've found various websites selling the PDF version of my book over the years as if they owned it. They just bought a copy and put it up on their website for sale.
That's sad that they feel the need to steal what easily turns out to be free if you read it here. As for the company I mentioned earlier in this thread. Once again I received a call from them. 43 minutes of more bashing mixed with bits and pieces of knowledge of the company. I finally cut him off and advised him either tell me what he had to offer or we needed to end the call. Sadly the cal ended.
To be clear, the information we have here on the site about Trucking Companies and Company-Sponsored Training Programs is not advertisement. We called the companies ourselves to collect that information and put it up for free. We don't charge for that. So it's not advertising or propaganda of any sort.
Brett, Perhaps you may want to think about adding a blurb indicating this at the top of the Training and Company Pages as part of the descriptions. I believe doing so could help to add even more credibility to the fact that these really are unbiased & fair reviews of the companies & training programs covered.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Company-sponsored Training:
A Company-Sponsored Training Program is a school that is owned and operated by a trucking company.
The schooling often requires little or no money up front. Instead of paying up-front tuition you will sign an agreement to work for the company for a specified amount of time after graduation, usually around a year, at a slightly lower rate of pay in order to pay for the training.
If you choose to quit working for the company before your year is up, they will normally require you to pay back a prorated amount of money for the schooling. The amount you pay back will be comparable to what you would have paid if you went to an independently owned school.
Company-sponsored training can be an excellent way to get your career underway if you can't afford the tuition up front for private schooling.
To be clear, the information we have here on the site about Trucking Companies and Company-Sponsored Training Programs is not advertisement. We called the companies ourselves to collect that information and put it up for free. We don't charge for that. So it's not advertising or propaganda of any sort.
WHAT?? You men I DON"T get the 10% fee for all the good things I say about TT??? What about the $29.95 I've been charging for the High Road program? THAT was my retirement!!
Jopa
Daniel B has been under cutting you Jopa. He made m a deal at $19.95 and threw in 2 free showers at Flying J.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Company-sponsored Training:
A Company-Sponsored Training Program is a school that is owned and operated by a trucking company.
The schooling often requires little or no money up front. Instead of paying up-front tuition you will sign an agreement to work for the company for a specified amount of time after graduation, usually around a year, at a slightly lower rate of pay in order to pay for the training.
If you choose to quit working for the company before your year is up, they will normally require you to pay back a prorated amount of money for the schooling. The amount you pay back will be comparable to what you would have paid if you went to an independently owned school.
Company-sponsored training can be an excellent way to get your career underway if you can't afford the tuition up front for private schooling.
Did anyone get the lot lizard special?
Well sorry guys i just posted on another topic where i kinda bashed another company so if a moderator reads this or that will they please delete it
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Regardless how the information made it to this site I have seen both positive and negatives about a company here however it is ALWAYS done tastefully and not in a manner to degrade the company. I personally feel that this is one of if not the most informative site I have found with regards to researching this industry as well as getting a great deal of advice.