Companies that actually train you.

CDL B Training in North Carolina

 

Schneider has an excellent cdl training program. Even with a CDL-A you can drive a CDL-B truck.
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Schneider Jobs - CDL Truck driving, Diesel Technician, …

 

Schneider uses box trucks on specialty accounts, but still need a CDL-A.
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Community college, see link below

Search (haywood.edu)

 

Prime has the longest & very complete training program. But you are sharing a truck with your trainer for a few months.

 

Does prime use manual transmissions or automatics?

God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.!

The absolute sheer driving force of our national economy - without truck drivers, our entire national economy would come to an absolute standstill - if not outright be dead.

Over the mountains, through the woods, into the valleys, coast to coast, from sea to shining sea - truck drivers can and do go anywhere and everywhere, every day, every night, all year round.

 

I always recommend that people don't become indentured servants to a company IF they can avoid it. If you have the money or if you have resources such as the post 911 GI bill then I would suggest using those resources with a reputable driving school in your area that isn't directly affiliated with a trucking company. Also that 3rd party school can help you with endorsements which will open more doors for you later in your career while that company school is just in a hurry to get you the CDL so they can push you out onto the road ASAP. Now that being said I understand that not everyone has the resources to do that. So if you have to become an indentured servant I'd suggest a company with better equipment that pays new drivers decently. TMC offers the option of getting percentage of the load as opposed to pay by the mile which usually works out better for drivers. Plus they're flatbed which is where I recommend new drivers start because that experienced flatbedder can easily get hired on to pull vans or reefers but that experienced door slammer will find difficulty getting flatbed jobs with companies that don't have a flatbed training program. So it opens more doors for you. Plus those skills will help you even if you later end up pulling a box. You know more about load securement than most so even in that van you're going to be better than most at ensuring that the load is properly loaded and using your load securement devices effectively to protect your cargo.