Looking to obtain my class A Cdl

Ah yes, the impatience of youth.

I hate to break it to you, but you are going to have to hurry up and wait.

I would strongly sugjest you check out your local community college and see if they have a driver training program. Might be well worth the while.

to be bluntly honest though, finding a Trucking job before you are 21 is going to be like looking for a needle in a stack of needles.

 

YES!

I got my Class A CDL when I was 18. You will NOT be able to go threw a Company training program or most Community Colleges till you turn 21, but you can still go through a private truck driving school.

Here is a list of schools in Ohio:

• 5 Star Truck Driving School Inc 6398 Trenton Franklin Road Middletown, OH 45042 513-422-3340
• American Professional Truck Driving School US Rt 36
  Gnadenhutten, OH 44629 740-254-9313
• Big Rig Truck Driving School 2230 Shepler Church Avenue South
  Canton, OH 44706 330-456-4571
• CDI Center1350 Kelly Ave
  Akron, OH 44306
• Crist CDI Training Center 8816 Harding Hwy E
  Galion, OH 44833 419-845-3558
• Hamrick School1156 Medina Rd
  Medina, OH 44256
• Lima Tech Truck Driver Trg 1370 Bowman Rd
  Lima, OH 45804 419-995-8000
• Mid-Ohio Valley Truck Driver Training Route 2
  Marietta, OH 45750 740-373-6283
• Napier Semi Driver Trg 9267 Cincinnati Dayton Rd
  Cincinnati, OH 45246 513-755-3413
• Ohio Truck Driving Academy 1355 E Archwood Ave
  Akron, OH 44306 330-773-1930
• Owens Cc Truck Driver Trg PO Box 1000
  Toledo, OH 43697 419-661-7357
• Pia Trucking ProgramEnskat Center / 1310 W. 4th St.
  Mansfield, OH 44906 419-529-0900
• Tdds Tech Institute St Rt 534 / PO Box 506
  Lake Milton, OH 44429 800-475-8337
• TDDS Technical Institute 1688 N Pricetown Rd
  Diamond, OH 44412
• Terra Cc Truck Driver Trg 2830 Napoleon Rd
  Fremont, OH 43420 419-334-8400
• Tri C Cuyahoga Cc Truck Driver Trg 2415 Woodland Ave
  Cleveland, OH 44115 216-987-6000
• Tri-State 6690 Germantown Rd
  Middletown, OH 45042 800-860-7364
• Washington County Career Truck Driver Trg RR 2 Box 676
  Marietta, OH 45750 740-373-6283

Good Luck! I'm about to turn 21 in 9 day's and will be heading out OTR soon after........



American Trucker

 

we ALL have bills to pay. here we are in the second week of september. by the time a private school enters you, then your training, then seeking a job, it may very well be into december, if NOT january before you get a job. so it would appear to me you're gonna do some "waiting" till your bills get paid. best to grab a part time job for now while you attend school.

 

In some states I am not sure about Ohio....You can drive in state only at 18. But finding a job for in state only would be hard. I live in WV. I could have got CDL at 18 if I chose to. Only to drive in state only. I am about to go get my CDL's now at 28. Will be starting school at the end of this month or begining of next month. If your 20 now with a B-Day in November I would just wait. Then it will be alot more easy that way for you to get what you need. Good luck with the CDL's in Ohio. I hear its real hard in that state to get them. I work in Reno Ohio now, I have some trucker wives I work with. They said its real hard for their hubby to get, and keep CDL's in Ohio. Good
Luck

 

With anyone under the age of 21, they are restricted to in state driving only. That's a FED law/requirement. Must be 21 to drive interstate.

 

Thats just plain stupid, they said you'd fail because your 20? I passed on my first try when I was 18.

From my personal experience, and trust me I learned the HARD way. Sign up for the school, set a start date that has you finish school 1 or 2 weeks after your birthday. That way your good to go as soon as you turn 21! Thats what im doing now. Trust me you don't want to have to PAY OUT OF POCKET TWICE FOR SCHOOL LIKE I DID....





American Trucker

 

this CAN and DOES happen. right now, we have an 18 year old in class........he works for his dad's company one or two days a week, driving class B trucks, and when time warrants, his dad allows him to practice backing up his 18 wheelers.......

then there is all the school practice he gets, that is, when he shows up for school............sometimes, he can only come in 2 days that week.

he's already failed his DMV twice now.........!!!!!!!

blows the back wall right out.

just because YOU passed at 18, doesn't mean everyone else will.

a "good age" for people going to CDL school would be 21-23 in my opinion.

 

That's absurd. He's not having trouble because he's 18, he's having trouble because he's not practicing. He could be 50, and still have the same trouble with that frequency of practice.

Some people need more practice to get it, others are "naturals" aging isn't going to change that.