Napier Truck Driving school

How long was the school, how much driving time during training, and how much did it cost? Do they have financial aid and did they place you with Roehl? Just curious. We wannabes have to explore all options.

 

Congratulations CJS! I also graduated from Napier, back in September, 2009. I thought it was a very good school also and found it to be a real good experience. I posted a thread on here about my own experiences while attending Napier. Good luck to you at Roehl, I've heard some pretty good things about them. Unfortunately for me, they turned me down when I applied there, but I've still heard some good things.

Drive safe!

 

Ha ha. Don't ya just love baseball?! Three strikes and you're out! Yea, Dallas is one of the good guys, along with Mouse, Big Joe, and the one guy who does the parallel parking (can't think of his name, darn it!). And Butch is a hoot with his trips to the Podunct Chicken Plant to pick up a load of Partially Plucked Chickens!

I have to wonder if Stinky is still there....I hope not! Stinky isn't an instructor, he was a student from a class before mine. I guess the story was he missed some time because his father was sick and was there during my class to make it up. But this guy just can not back a truck up to save his life. All of the instructors had spent considerable time with him, but it just wasn't working. I really hope, for the sake of everyone on the road, that they suggested to him that he try something else. Like it's been said before, trucking just ain't for everyone! BTW, you'll never guess how he got the nickname!

 

Ha, you just missed me! I graduated Sept 15.

Yeah, that straightline lot was messed up, but it's true, if you can get the trailer straight in that mess, ANYwhere else will be a piece of cake. We did it so much that it got boring, so we would do stuff to make it more challenging. Try getting off a little, then straighten it up without pulling up. They say to use both mirrors to back up. I would do one pass using just the left mirror, then do it again using only the right mirror. Got it straight each time. Then when I took the test, had no problems. And when I went to orientation and out with the trainer, the straightline back was the easiest part. Getting the 45's down took a little more work.

 

this my first week at napier. butch is funny with his chicken plant. i like the school. today we took a million tests today im beat up with testing.