Are you tall?

lets try not to get off topic here :thumbsup

So apparently my recruiter left the company and no one bothered to inform me. I talked to the receptionist after trying to call him again and she told me someone else should be in touch with me.

Apply for the recruiters job dude!! Do it now! :banana

Apparently since the WIOA funding has been suspended, I'm not worth anything to them anymore. The new "recruiter" kept trying to push me to get financed ($7000) and made it sound like the WIOA Grants were permanently suspended. That's the complete opposite of what they were implying last week.

Sage Trucking school is only $5150 if I do choose to go through financing. I'm trying to exhaust all my options here first. I bet they even lied about my recruiter leaving the company. I'm crossing Roadmaster off my list. They're a bunch of cunts.

I fucking hate people. :mad:

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I'm just curious... someone call them and ask for Bobby.
Post here if he still works there or not.

Their answering system voice is annoying. Was on hold 4 minutes and hung up. What's bobbies extension?

Makes sense that since the funding is gone that things change.

1552 but it's already 6pm here so they're closed now.

Have you considered Freight Uber?

They honestly are the next thing. A friend of mine sent me her friends YT link and her friend on video is really good people]

Then you need to stop dreaming to pass this test

If you go through a school, you will owe the 5k-7k no matter what happens, if you get a shitty job or a good one. Meanwhile if you just take the training through one of the decent megas you will make money while training and only owe money if you don't stay a year.

I simply can not see the school option is a good deal because they aren't teaching you how to do the job and driving over the road, they are just teaching you how to pass a CDL test. Then once you get hired somewhere you are gonna get put in their training for however long they require a new driver to run as a team.

TBH, you can self study to pass the restricted license online. There are shitloads of practice tests online that have the actual real questions and answers on them. Just study those and memorize the answers.

After that you can self study the pre-trip. I knew most of my pre-trip before I ever got a trainer. Meaning as far as the CDL license goes the only thing you need to have a trainer for is learning how to back up a trailer and do the different back ups the test requires and get road experience for the road test.

As far as the backing up, these schools and even the mega trainers don't really teach you how to "back-up" a truck. They teach you when to turn the steering wheel and look for turn points in the mirror for specific backing maneuvers. You only learn to back up the truck by doing it in real situations and from experance.

Meaning when you pay these schools you're just paying them to be trained like a assembly line to pass a test and use their truck for that test.

Even if all you wanted was the CDL it's still cheaper to go somewhere like Prime because you go there do your week's orientation, get a trainer go out on the road for 2 weeks (usually), come back do a bunch of practicing on your back ups then take your tests.. You could then pass the test, get your CDL and walk away with the CDL. You'd then be on the hook for the $4,5k which is still $1k cheaper than that other school.

You can maybe find cheaper via one of the other Megas as I think Prime is on the higher side but they have a good training program. Some will only hit you in the $3k range if you don't stay a year.

Interesting option for owner operators. Thanks for posting this, I haven't heard of Uber freight.

I did check into Prime and the weight limit for pets is 30 lbs so I called and was told that they'd give leeway up to 50 lbs but no more. That was the main reason I wanted to certify my dog as a service animal but that option turned out to be more difficult than I expected. I've talked to several drivers that told me not to even mention my dog because they'll never see him anyways but I just can't do that if I know there are rules against it.

Roehl transport is suppose to be one of the most pet friendly trucking companies but even they have a 50 lbs max on pets. So, I kept calling around and did start to find a few that didn't have any limitations on pets as long as they're non aggressive. None of these places offered training but some did offer to reimburse.

I figured I would have more freedom finding a company that will accept my dog if I just got my CDL from a school. I also wouldn't have to be away from him as long and saving me 4 weeks of boarding fees. I still have to figure out what I'm going to do with my RV as well when I go in for training. I'm thinking I'll put all my belongings into storage and put the RV up for consignment or maybe I should wait and find a storage unit for the RV as well.

I didn't know Uber Freight existed either. I was kidding about the friend of a friend of a friend saying if you didn't get my sarcasm lol but I came across that video and thought of you. Prime seens like good people too. You're putting obstacles in your way worrying about the weight of your dog nobody cares and nobody will notice. They need driver so get out there and start making some money :thumbsup

I'm hoping everything happens for a reason. I really want to believe that. I've been going to church for the past three weeks. It's a mormon church. I met some missionaries when I was at the dog park one day.

Well if you go the Mormon route you're guaranteed a young wife and lots of kids plus an air tight small community of support and full employment the only negative is giving a lot of your money & time to the church.

Well what I was mentioning before is even if you get a CDL through a school you will still have to do team training with another driver at whatever company you go to. It doesn't matter where you get your CDL, you will have no experience driving a truck as a job. Meaning no matter where you go, expect to get put on a trainers truck for most likely a few months.

No company is going to say here's the keys go have fun to a new CDL holder who has no experience. In all honestly if a company tried to put you out there with less than 90 days team driving with a trainer then I'd run very fast away..

as far as uber freight. You have to be a owner operator with your own insurance and DOT numbers and it's still very new.

Yes, I believe its 30k miles with an instructor at Prime.

So what's the status on this? Things looking up?

Was thinking about this today, I have a buddy that couldn't get a WIOA grant because he is not a displaced worker, so he is going to Millis Transfer's school in June and is going to run for them. What ended up happening, did you manage to get into a school?

Just for the record.. you can still do hot shot & expediting with out a CDL. Hot shot is using a normal pickup truck pulling a trailer with the combined weight under 26k lbs. Expediting uses vans like sprinter vans.

Obama created the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and on July 1st, 2016 it went into effect.

In 2017 Trump cut funding for WIOA by 39% (it went into effect in 2018) stating that companies & cities should be paying for these programs directly not the federal government.

Unfortunately due to Trump's cuts WIOA has had to put much stricter qualifications on potential recipients.

I'm not sure if I replied in this thread before, I'm not about to check.

But weed sticks to fat. The fatter you are, the longer it stays in your system.

No body shame.

Yes, I received a near perfect score on my placement tests so I was eligible for any training. I'll be taking my certification exams for web development (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) in July.

Apparently the Careersource in Tampa was stealing money from the federal government. They were giving out bonuses to their employees and making up fake numbers. Over 50% of the staff has been fired since then.

very solid :thumbsup

Tampa Bay’s two largest job placement agencies handed out $6 million in Visa and gas cards since 2014 – all paid for with public tax dollars – and a share of that money went to people who didn’t use the centers to find work and never had to account for how they spent it.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/public...ersy_171361565

Good to hear man, getting a CDL is great for getting back on your feet and it's a good skill to have if the shit ever hits the fan, but it's a tough life if you are OTR. Glad to see you have other options, and I wish you luck... :thumbsup

Wow what a fucking shame, although I live in Pinellas during the winter so I can't say this surprises me at all. Misusing funds meant to provide unemployed people career counseling and job training is incredibly fucking low down...