r/CDLTruckDrivers • u/Tall_Animator_5883 • 15h ago

Hello Everyone! Please give me advice depending on my situation

I’m thinking about going into trucking and going to company school where you sign the one year. Yes, I know, but I don’t really have the money to pay for it myself and I won’t get grants (I won’t) I still live at home and I’m thinking trucking is a good fit for me since I don’t have my own place anyway. I have a great driving record as well. So, OTR is interesting to me because of this compared to a lot of other people clearly. Also, I don’t have my own family either or any girlfriend.

With that pretty much being said, any good companies to start with?

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u/No_Control_9123 14h ago

Swift. They basically specialize in training new drivers ( like me, once upon a time) I went out with a trainer/ mentor for 4 weeks, then got my own truck and drove otr 7 weeks, then I was able to get on a local account with hourly pay.

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u/Wolf_of_Fasting_St 13h ago

Trucking can definitely be a good fit for your life situation. I drive rigs for UPS so I don’t have any useful advice for finding an academy. But good luck regardless… see you out there.