Truck Driver Training is set up for Failure

[wepoppimpin]

i went to south seattle community college's Commerical Transportation course from 1/97-3/97, yes three months,best school by far,,,,1 month classroom and theory,,,2nd month brake system knowledge and maintance( had to know it from steer to last trailer axle), yard driving,,,,backing blind side, corner backing,serpentine backing and my favorite back up to a dock with out spilling the vending machine coffe cup on the dock plate,,3rd month street freeway,and night driving,damn good schooling,sorry

[TruckerDesiree]

@wepoppimpin Thanks for the info

[soridtale]

I want to be a truck driver. Oh, and a real boy.

[TruckerDesiree]

@soridtale Aw Right ... Kool Kool

[Sauron767]

very rare you get good lookin ladies like her around the road :)

[mlke4258]

There is no money in OTR!!! You know why? There is almost no demand for OTR any more. If you should happen to get a 1500+ mile load, you know you will be sitting on the other end. Do what you have to do to get your expierience and find local work in LTL, Intermodal , or some dedicated account for one of the bigger carriers. Schools teach you how to pass the test to obtain your cdl, the rest is up to you. Sadly, a lot of people end up destroying their records in this ever so delicate process...

[TruckerDesiree]

@mlke4258 Thanks for the comment... very good for prospective student to understand... "No Money in OTR" ... you might get the load but have it lifted from you 400 miles down the road... at .28 cpm you got nada

[megainsomniac]

U don't learn shit until u are out on ur own unless u get an experienced trainer who isn't completly in it for the money

[TruckerDesiree]

@megainsomniac True ... you gotta find out what works for you

[wop75631]

Well i'm a truck driver i drive a low-boy and move equiment i have had to train some people that came from truck driving school and from what i've seen this school is a joke they teach you nothing but make you think that you know everything. I don't know about all of them but the ones around here give the cdl test at the school. the point is that they teach you wrong. the only way to get good at driving a truck is to get out on the road and get some real wheel time

[TruckerDesiree]

@wop75631 Thanks for the comment. It's true they charge these students as much as $8000 to learn truck driving in a few weeks & let them loose believeing the are able to run team freight often with a trainer who has just a tad more experience than they do.

[80XT820]

Many years ago I was a training instructor for a nationwide armored car co. We would often get "graduates" of various truck driving schools. We had a driver training program every crew member had to take and pass. Most of the "graduates" were complete ass clowns behind the wheel and flunked. I've seen incomplete pre trip, people who couldn't fill out a DVIR, dumping the clutch, grinding gears, poor space management etc. Sad to see not much has changed.

[TruckerDesiree]

@80XT820 Yes it is sad to see not much has changed but the ATA is a powerful lobby group that represents the big carriers who feed off the governments funds in truck driver training so as a business their objective is profit over safety but they claim the opposite for press releases & the public is complacent

[vllockhart]

OK, what happened? I'm still waiting for the story.

[itelluwhat1]

wow a pretty good looking female truck driver

[wepoppimpin]

@itelluwhat1 a rarity :}

[TruckerDesiree]

@wepoppimpin :-D Thanks

[TruckerDesiree]

@itelluwhat1 :-D Thanks

[northIdahofolks]

I went to truck driver training in Spokane WA. They taught us everything we needed to know. The rest is all COMMON SENSE!! Your either a good driver or your not. I am a female, I passed all my tests with flying colors. I then went to work at Werner in Phoenix. My trainer there slept while I was driving all the time. We were more like a team and as a matter of fact I drove for him a lot of the time. The only complaint I have is that you make dirt in training and the trainer gets it all.

[TruckerDesiree]

@northIdahofolks I think any veteran driver would say your remark that your "truck driver training taught you all you need to know" would cringe & see that in itself as less than common sense. Most everyone will pass truck driver training because they want to get you out there running freight for peanuts AND running as a team when you barely have enough experience to operate the vehicle & THAT trainer should technically be in jump seat NOT sleeper. You need to rethink comment

[SOLID2U]

At the moment Tmobile got the 50 bucks a month with no contract its good service and cheap Just letting you know about the prepaid I had those bad days barely coming out of it and yeah lol Im working on it. Thinking of getting my cdl As well I need otr But its hard because its going to take 2 years atleast but I need that otr to work anywhere locally here in Chi Ill.

[thabred32]

can I take you out to eat?

[thabred32]

I just fell in love

[deadpool19954]

Waht is a good company to work for??

[TruckerDesiree]

@deadpool19954 There are tons of compnies. For training it is a crapshoot, there is no one carrier that is the best for every person. It's really about knowing what you are getting into and beating the odds against you based on that carriers weak spots. It's about making lemonade out of lemons. That being said ... I do not reccommend a t student go to any carrier that also tries to lease them a truck or makes them team drive as a student. Very risky for everyone

[pigeonforgetnnet]

I learned allot from schneider when i went through in 1996 i told more about some of the things i learned on my website truckingnation

[dandanzoo]

Ohh yeah baby I like it when you get mad its so hot!

[TruckerDesiree]

@dandanzoo I know

[cadillacdude1975]

you say that the schools out there that are not training students well enough is not your problem? that is a problem to me, and until something is done, as a professional driver myself, under trained drivers out there are everyones problem. there is no greater danger on the road than an under qualified rookie driver who was poorly trained. i hope that the company that hires them takes serious corrective action so the danger risk is reduced.

[TruckerDesiree]

@cadillacdude1975 This Training problem IS a problem for everyone but few recognize there is something to be done. The ATA who lobbies for Carriers should be doing something but they are not. Money talks & safety suffers. Until more people speak up and do something to change that .... more individuals taking action and indentifying the training carriers who are being coddled by the ATA & jepodizing the safety of the masses. No statistics are kept of student carrier crashes

[dandanzoo]

Shut up lady and make me a sandwich!

[TruckerDesiree]

@dandanzoo Make it yourself bitch... get a life

[dandanzoo]

Truckers are morons

[TruckerDesiree]

@dandanzoo Truckers bring every friggin thing you need to eat, sleep and shit... so ??? who's the moron now dickwad.... If you are not bright enough to figure out how your computer got to the place your mommy bought it for you from.... you are just taking up space in a place that is already overcrowded if you catch my drift

[062681fish]

women rule!!!!!!!

[TruckerDesiree]

@062681fish YES! They Do! Thanks ....

[bg27651]

Can U Give Me your opinion on Prime Inc training School?? I'm looking into going t them within the next 8 months

[TruckerDesiree]

@bg27651 I have posted about Prime here many times. You should google any carrier you plan to train with followed by the word "complaints". Stay away from ANY training carrier that has a lease option to become an owner-operator at a training carrier. IE: CRST, Prime, CR England ... ALSO stay away from ANY carrier who has a "team Driving" component to training that exceeds a month unless you are entering as a couple already (married, significant other) no guarantee either but better odds

[bg27651]

@TruckerDesiree THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[svviftey]

@TruckerDesiree Everything she said was spot on, just to add to it any carrier that advertises alot is generally bad news, I run for J&R Hall, bet you havnt heard of them, 65 trucks and considered one of the highest quality carriers here in canada, A driver focused company. I took an amazing course to get my AZ, and jumped right into it, no trainers, no bullshit, and i wouldnt have it any other way. I feel bad for you guys i hear alot more horror stories about carriers in the US than anywhere.

[dino11216]

good story ,but you should reword your tilte because my cdl school tought me very well.

[TruckerDesiree]

@dino11216 Not all CDL Schools are bad but they only teach you very basic skills. Like going to Kindergarten you leave knowing the alphabet but you can barely spell your name on a piece of lined paper. The training carrier you go to next is supposed to help to build upon those basic skills so if you get recruited to a crappy training carrier even if you went to a decent CDL school you are still screwed so you have to be diligent to know these games. PS: tought is spelled "taught"

[dino11216]

@TruckerDesiree Thanks for the spelling correction, i'm a college grad and i still dont proof read, lol. Just know i love my school and if there is anything i do not learn i will later on , thats life for me. im going with roehl flat bed, any input on them?

[33kemit]

@dino11216 And who is your CDL school?

[TruckerDesiree]

@33kemit The CDL School in Miami

[ir10031981]

Hi Desiree, I just want to say I appreciate that you were informative, and open about what you have experienced. Keep making videos, :)

[TruckerDesiree]

@ir10031981 Thanks... I used to get emails from people saying "I just got off a trainers truck and I had a horrible experience and sure wish I found your videos sooner..." now I get more "I am glad I found your videos before I signed on the dotted line at (insert Crappy Carrier Name) and making an alternate plan" ... that is the sole reason I made these videos. To help people THINK before they jump in and make better decisions for themselves

[atpchase]

Thank you very much Desiree. You are one supersmart Lady

[JenSEA72]

I'm female and sure the hell wish she would get to the point of Why driver training is set up to be a failure??? All the extra blabbering is crazy!

[TruckerDesiree]

@JenSEA72 Someone that intends to rush into the center of a story and expect the answer is probably someone well one their way to making an error. It does not matter is you are a female or a male, if you jump into the center of the fire and think you are not going to get burned... then you do...no one will have any sympathy for you...you are just another "MARK" in the trucking industry. If you want a sugar coated package made just for you... this is not the channel for you.

[JenSEA72]

@TruckerDesiree I've been in the trucking business for 7 years and errors are abundant. I was commenting on the extra jibber-jabber. Pre-paid phones and your credit? How is the trucking industry setting folks up for failure? I appreciate you rolling around with loads of merchandise that keeps America going. But there is politics and bad communication in every industry.

[TruckerDesiree]

@JenSEA72 You Say you have been in the "trucking business" for 7 years BUT I see you are NOT a driver. Therefore why would you know what I am talking about? Let me enlighten you. Did you know that people are actively recruited from rehab and homeless shelters to enter trucking? People who do not have a pot to piss in who HOPE they can make it but are actully misled from day one because they are Commisions in the pockets of people in the "trucking business" who have not driven a truck.

[JenSEA72]

@TruckerDesiree I'm not the only viewer that thinks you ramble about nothing. I can guarantee if I saw you at my driver room window and you started in with your babbling, I'd tell you to wait in your truck. Some drivers just don't know when to shut the hell up! I put in my long shifts making sure drivers trailers are properly loaded/manifested/dispatched. I know central dispatch/planners in home office have no real clue..but should I babble them a video saying how stupid they are?

[TruckerDesiree]

@JenSEA72 Well I guess you shoved your foot right in your mouth. If you met me in person you would find I rarely talk to anyone. I do not "chitty chat" or "shoot the shit" anyone at loading docks, terminals or truck stops. and you really showed you are the type of "trucking business" person who... well .. you will soon find out hon ...LOL

[JenSEA72]

@TruckerDesiree I did my boot camp at Lackland AFB in 1990, so I know discipline and finishing a job. Nothing worth doing/having has ever been easy.

[TruckerDesiree]

@JenSEA72 Okay well as a former Miltary Wife whose Husband taught at Westpoint I will tell you truck driver training is not set up to tear you down and build you back up. It's built to get you to pay a shitload of money or get you to use a workforce voucher and then run you to death until you burn out and make room for more students who are bright eyed and bushy tailed. It is called the "Student Trucker Industry". It is to create low wage turnover. The objective is to keep wages low

[TruckerDesiree]

@JenSEA72 Being Ready to encounter anything like you would in the military and have the will to keep going even though it seems like your ground support is fucking you over right and left.. that is only ONE PART of student trucking and when you UNDERSTAND that this "inner Industry" to make a profit from students is very lucrative you will start being able to outfox this system and be sucessful at the CURRENT truck driver training situation

[lovenyc1267]

@TruckerDesiree You are so beautiful! Just wanted you to know that :)

[TruckerDesiree]

@lovenyc1267 THANKS! Much Appreciated by this 47 Year Old Grandmother of 6 :-)

[TruckerDesiree]

@JenSEA72 If & when you drive a truck some of this might make more sense but like I said before, starting in the middle of a 3 year story & making ignorant remarks based on something you don't know the context is... well...ignorant..Once you become a trucker perhaps you will see the "trucking business" from the dashboard side of the desk. For Instance: Some poor guy having to get food money wired to him on the road even though he drove all last week but his paychec was ZERO

[JenSEA72]

@TruckerDesiree I am ignorant for observing you babble? Do you not see how absurd this is? I'd hate to see how you act if someone says they can't stand long haired brunette's. God forbid!!

[TruckerDesiree]

@JenSEA72 Have you READ the written story? That I wrote with a cell phone ignoramous? What the fuck does my hair color have to do with anything??? Get a life... or a cunt massager and take a break

[atpchase]

Hi. I am in Roadmaster in my final week. I have been "pre-hired" at Covenant and my wife and I have sunk our savings into this. 2 weeks after I started school they tell me I have to pay 555$ to fulfill my loan before I can graduate or even take my CDL roadtest. I am stuck having to take a title loan out on our only vehicle. I am scared shitless! I dont know weather to continue or cut my loses and get an hourly job elsewhere. Than I owe over 7k$ for my loans. I am so worried.

[TruckerDesiree]

@atpchase This is very upsetting to hear that you had to take a title loan on your vehicle. Being scared is good. I will say that married couples fare better at team driving than a single student who is recruited by Covenat Transport. That being said you MUST know this! There are no guarentees you will get a good trainer at this carrier or be nickle & dimes to death by the poor payroll mismanagement. Document EVERYTHING! WATCH OUT for Jody Maynor who assigns students to trainers

[TruckerDesiree]

@atpchase Also, make sure you have the IRC number before you leave the orientation center. They may hesitate to give it to you but ask a driver who has been there awhile to give it to you so you can program it in your phone. As far as cutting your losses on the loan you already own. That is up to you but yes they screw you into debt you can barely pay yourself out of. See the Dan Rather show on iTunes called "Mind Your Loan Business" to see how they screw you. It's $1.99 & worth it.

[kirosuks]

So just what is your point? You are all over the place in this video, and I assume you are trying to make a point, but what is it?? When you tell a story, there is a beginning, a middle, and an end. You are talking somewhere in between all this!

[TruckerDesiree]

@kirosuks This channel is for people bright enough to connect the dots of many different pieces which is really what trucking success comes from. It is not for people who need a color coded diagram to get from Point A to Point B... you are also commenting at about 3/4 of the way thrrough a 3 year story so that is pretty lame

[shootsteel101]

Seems like a terrible time to get into trucking. Especially if you just went to the MVA and got your license. As opposed to going to an accredited school. Don't do that cause it'll get you no where.

[TruckerDesiree]

@shootsteel101 Even many of the accredited schools are a joke. Even if the ATA (American Trucking Association) has their stamp of approval on them there is no guarantee you will learn enough to live through a crappy training carrier they represent. It's all about scaming people, saddling them with loans & getting a cheap labor force until they burnout that is neverending. It's a scam & it's up to each individual to figure it out & beat the odds

[trvl4srf]

You look SO much like my sister!

[quincy962]

Trucking school are a joke I had the best trainer MY dad A 30 + year driver 

[TruckerDesiree]

@quincy962 Having your Dad teach you is a thing of the past now though because the federal government and the ATA have turned truck driver training into a corporate welfare program. A Father may be able to teach you skills but cannot give you the documented experience to be acceptable for hire. This system has been created to suck money from taxpayers. The students are an industry in an industry

[steedaphil]

what in the hell is she talking about....damn blabbbabalblabalablba damn

[TruckerDesiree]

@steedaphil If you knew about real truck driver training you would KNOW what I am talking about... This channel is for people who want to succeed.. not for hot doggers who "know it all"

[ghetty]

@TruckerDesiree Thanks for your informative videos. Im looking to get on the road soon and decided to do some research on the industry first. Your vids helped me out alot. Drive Safe.

[TruckerDesiree]

@ghetty Great! I wish you good luck! The more you learn ahead of time will give you the upper hand. You will see once you get into this how ill informed the majority of students are about the realities of truck driving. These videos are meant to give you the raw truth so you can plan ahead. Good Luck!

[amkitty130]

If you don't know what your doing after CDL school Your an IDIOT! They teach you how to drive not common sense. IF YOU DON"T HAVE COMMON SENSE DON"T DRIVE A TRUCK!!!!!

[TruckerDesiree]

@amkitty130 "Common sense is not so common" ~ Voltaire ... anyone who thinks you should know how to operate a 75ft vehicle that is potentially 80,000 lbs after a 3 week CDL course... EVEN an 8 week CDL course... WOW! I certainly hope you are not a driver.

[fordfan1975]

I've seen good and bad comments on all of the companies you mentioned and then some. I don't intend to lease anything until I've been working at least one year, and then not lease through the company I'm working for after that. It's easy to make excuses why not to work for any of them, but I believe there is good and bad in every company. I have to pick someone to get some time in and get experience. I thought I read that you work for crst..I've seen many negative comments about them.

[TruckerDesiree]

@fordfan1975 No I did not work for CRST & yes they are a bad company as well. I did my training at Covenant Transport which does not have the "lease program" but they do the 'team business model" of training like CRST which is just as bad as CRST. Just as haphazard, just as unsafe, just as unprofessional. It's really up to each individual to know what the worst situation is at each carrier & decide what they can or cannot tolerate

[TruckerDesiree]

@fordfan1975 The carrier claims and recruiter claims are generally false and keep in mind some drivers get recruiting kickbacks to convince you their carrier is good when actually they suck but they need money so they start helping to lead people knowing that person will get screwed too.

[fordfan1975]

I researched several companies online, including Prime, that pay up front costs for schooling. Prime looked to be the best one so far. Do you know of any companies that will pay for school up front that would be a good option?

[TruckerDesiree]

@fordfan1975 There are a few that pay upfront costs & generally have a tactic to ambush you into getting into a lease program. You are basically only getting enough miles to pay them the lease payment & have food to eat. Not good food either. Unless you want to work in a 'Sweatshop on Wheels" & eat Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches indefinately I suggest you rethink any carrier that has any sort of lease program associated with training. I'd go to Swift before CR England or Prime

[fordfan1975]

Thanks for responding, I know about the high turnover rate. I don't have many options because I can't pay for schooling up front. I went to a local truck stop after posting that comment and talked to an owner operator Prime driver. He said to stay away from those big companies, and Prime is a good one to work for. I looked at them online and liked what I see, so I may be going to their school soon. I would just have to sign a contract for a year and I could do whatever I like after that.

[TruckerDesiree]

@fordfan1975 Google the carrier name followed by the word "complaints" for instance

"Prime Trucking Complaints" ... also known as "New Prime Inc." , do this for any carrier you are considering before you make any sort of commitment

[papichu10]

i wouldnt flinch if someone took a crap in the street either... lol

[arturdrozdz297374]

you went to swift to become a truck driver ill teach you how to drive swift is a joke noobs traning noobs they make money of noobs who work for 20cpm saves them 500 buks er week multiply it by 20k trucks and you have 520 mill a year thats the incentive lol i cant spell either im with you

[fordfan1975]

Thanks for making these videos, they are informative and you are also pretty darn cute, which makes them nice to watch:) I'm planning on going to school to drive a tractor trailer soon and it's good to learn things ahead of time. I found some schools through internet searches that I have been considering. My favorite so far is FFE which is in Texas. I found this school through TruckingTruth on Facebook, very useful information on there for beginners and also veteran truck drivers.

[TruckerDesiree]

@fordfan1975 FYI: "Trucking Truth" is merely a knock off of "Ask the Trucker" Allen Smith's "Truth About Trucking" & FFE is merely another training carrier that will take anyone off the street to run cheap freight for them. These carriers advertise like crazy , everywhere you go. "RULE OF THUMB" The more advertising you see indicates high driver turnover because they mistreat drivers or run them ragged into the ground.

[Broadcasting1996]

Hey ! Just wanted to say your video gave me a lot of help for the future. I really enjoyed watching it. Just keep your mind free and clear. Try not to let anything in your job ruin your outside life. Having to splice together the video would have been hard. I give you enormous amounts of credit to you for using your phone for all that. Thanks again !

[TruckerDesiree]

@Broadcasting1996 Thanks, I am not trying to win any film awards I am just try to share information & just do the best I can with the meager equipment & resources that I have. thanks for the comment

[zoretta1]

thank you i love listening to your trucking story. i drove a big truck 20 years ago. but i do not how to drive the big rig. i would love to truck again, i may be to old at 50 years old to go to driving school so i will just enjoy your story

thanks stay safe out there!

[TruckerDesiree]

@zoretta1 I appreciate you checking out my channel. My Story is really not unique to todays truck driver training. The love of the driving and the feeling you get when you pick up & deliver a load on time trancends the corporate BS so it is very frustrating to hear the industry claim driver shortage when it is their mismanagement creating it. BTW my written story (unedited) is called "A Day in the Life of a Lady Trucker" located on the "Ask the Trucker" website. Cheers! Desiree

[whiteribbonman1]

I will definately remember Smartphone! Thank you. I feel blessed, or lucky, now, that I was hired by SWIFT Transportation, about 9 years ago, and my trainer was awesome. My second trainer by SWIFT (long story), an owner- operator, was equally as professional. So, on to your continuation video if I can find it. I am viewing your videos because I am pondering whether to get back into trucking.

[TruckerDesiree]

@whiteribbonman1 From my understanding, once you have had an abscence from trucking for a period of time you must take a "refresher" course so keep that in mind. Some drivers feel it is yet another way to get money from you. Esspecially if they had just taken a few month off to deal with family issues. Just something to keep in mind as you are making your decision.

[whiteribbonman1]

@TruckerDesiree I would never consider a refresher course merely a way for a school to get more money. The Air Force taught me well. . . . . . . . .One never knows what can be learned from more training. Every time I changed bases, I was tested for knowledge of equipment. I would enjoy it. Thank You immensely for the info! :)

[lewsea70]

@whiteribbonman1 only if you are sure of long nights away from home .just saying i have 8 years out hear lost 2 wifes from not being there. on the right night. so there is good and bad from being a trucker

[TruckerDesiree]

@lewsea70 Good Comment to add. I have heard many male truckers who have lost wives because they were not home. Affairs are common and the road can be very lonely when the person you love is in bed with someone else when you are out in the snow busting your ass for a paycheck

[wannalayya]

My range instructor paul copp over in arizona with the swift trucking school stayed inside the office reading a newspaper eating a twinky and peeking out the window once n awhile while the advanced students taught the other students back manuvors this guy was getting paid to teach and wasn't even present to teach us. I didn't learn jake sh*t. I also filled out the sheet 'how are we doing' at the end of class and put his name down on it specifcally .

[TruckerDesiree]

@wannalayya That sort of sounds like the instructor I had at CDL School. He wasn't eating twinkies watching us through a window though. He simply dropped us off on the driving course & left us there to figure it out on our own and picked us up at 7pm to take us to the train station. Talked endlessly about her personal issues the entire ride ... We learned about as much as you, 2 weeks later were were running a real rig in the snow in mid December. REAL SAFE ...Right? ... DUH ....

[wannalayya]

@TruckerDesiree I could have taken my other 2 tests but was not feeling ready at all so I dropped out. I asked if I could take the class over they said if I did I would have to pay out of pocket $750 I only had $220 on me enough to get on the bus and head home which is what I did. They didn't care about me at all I was just money in the bank to them. They were gettin there paycheck whether I passed or not and got a liscense, so that is where paul copps focus was.

[wannalayya]

My range instructor paul copp over in arizona with the swift trucking school stayed inside the office reading a newspaper eating a twinky and peeking out the window once n awhile while the advanced students taught the other students back manuvors this guy was getting paid to teach and wasn't even present to teach us. I didn't learn jake shit. I also filled out the sheet 'how are we doing' at the end of class and put his name down on it specifcally .

[TruckerDesiree]

@wannalayya Ya , I had sorta the same experience. Our instructors spend more time gossiping about each other than they did teaching... they basically let us off on the driving course & told us they would pick us up at 7pm. We taught ourselves. I wrote a detailed "how are we doing" survey the day I got my graduation certificate.... yet the carriers still actively recruit from them even though they know the students can bare turn a corner from the poor training they get there

[sirmontyrock]

I though about becoming a truck driver for some time. But, all I hear are negative things about it. There must be good reasons for that-I guess I won't bother with it.

[TruckerDesiree]

@sirmontyrock If you like driving, don't mind being alone & broke being a truck driver "Over the Road" which is where student truckers must start is great. The BS from the carriers, the ATA (American Trucking Association) and other so-called "safety minded" or driver organizations make the job worse than it has to be. They want mindless steering wheel holders and this is contrary to their claims of caring about "Highway Safety".

[TruckerDesiree]

@sirmontyrock They want you to only see drivers on TV & You Tube who go from Truck Show to Truck Show & have homecooked meals in their truck each night but never tell you what those drivers DO to be able to have that sort of schedule

[grkstd1967]

I WENT THRU DIESEL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA TAMPA FLORIDA FOR 8 HOURS A DAY FOR 15 DAYS AND HAVE LOGGED IN OVER A MILLION MILES W/ NO ACCIDENTS OR TICKETS AND NOW OWN MY OWN 379 PETE,IF U HAVE A NATURAL DRIVING ABILITY THEN UR MEANT TO BE A TRUCKER IF NOT GET A DESK JOB , AND I LOVE MY '39 HARLEY TOO

[buzzindozen]

@grkstd1967 YOU CAME A LONG WAY. DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO LOG A MILLION MILES AND ALL YOU GOT IS A OLD TRUCK. REMEMBER THEY HAVENT MADE THE 379 FOR YEARS NOW. I THINK YOUR STRETCHIN THE TRUTH A LOT BIT

[bigcity1974]

As a 15 year vet its good info... folks like yourself just hopping on board to the industry are more resourceful than drivers like myself.

[TruckerDesiree]

@bigcity1974 Thanks, I appreciate that from someone with your experience. Sadly for the small percentage of student truckers who actually enter the industry with common sense & driving abilty, the system in place is meant to eliminate experienced drivers. Even a good student who can drive well has little job security to go on into a good paying carrier that treats drivers well.

[cowboysassilady]

Girl, I feel ya! I was a road tester for a company and some of the students that came in that I couldn't "pass or fail" but only evaluate, amazed me! I had one lady that was a student and could not back the truck up for a alley dock. Another guy about threw me out of the passenger seat and I had the seat belt on! Needless to say both of these students I reported to safety and let them know, they were going to have to spend some extensive time with a good trainer.

[TruckerDesiree]

@cowboysassilady Thanks for the comments. This helps people who are researching training carriers & also people who are researching stories for the TRUE FACTS about truck driver training.... it is like a 3 ring circus

[TruckingItEasy]

Hey, I enjoy your videos. I got my CDL with CR England and now am working my way through their Phase 1 and Phase 2 training. People need to understand that getting your CDL and then a trucking job is like playing poker. You need to know that the deck is stacked in the favor of the house, you need to know how to count the cards, and you need to know how to seperate the steps so you get what serves you, and not get caught in the negative BS in the meantime.

[TruckerDesiree]

@TruckingItEasy That is a very good way to decribe truck driver training ... "Gambling" The odds are stacked against you in favor of the house. You say you are in the early phases of training at CR England so it is good you understand this premise for the beginning.

[mogges1]

believe you me girl I know exactly what your saying. theres a lot of things in the trucking I could tell you..

[mogges1]

Now when i started driving back in 1980.there was not a lot of woman drive.in that time frame.they didn't think woman could handle it.I have trained woman drivers and its my opinion that woman drive are some of the best drivers out there if i was going to team drive, I would pick a woman long before it team with a male.gal email me I can tell you a lot of crap I have seen when I drove.

[mogges1]

WIll your right about these dam school all they won't is people they do not tell a student what its really like.all they care about is DOLLAR BILLS.they do not tell them your away from home for weeks.you'll be sitting in dock for some time 18 hr are more.they tell the student YOUR NOT GETTING PAY SETTING IN A DOCK.

[mogges1]

Shit gal i drove for 25 yrs and i didn't go to no dam school! will OK I did but it was my dad took me on road trips and when i turn 18 he put me behind the wheel.some folk are not cut out for this life style.your gone for week and up 12 to 18 hrs a day.either driving are sitting in a dock.the trucking school do hippe up the trade.again it not for every one

[TruckerDesiree]

@mogges1 @mogges1 Well here's the deal.... a Father or Mother MAY be able to teach you to drive a rig BUT it DOES NOT count as qualified experience to be hired at a carrier because the government has locked down truck driver training to POUR students into a subsidized system. Anyone with a pulse is LURED into trucking & it doesn't mean they will make it. IT MEANS the trucking carriers GET PAID & the the students run cheap freight. It's a business inside the industry & people are being ripped off

[unvanquishableone]

crst is the worst company on planet earth!!!

[michaelheiland123654]

What you means by Truck Driver Training is set up for Failure? You are saying truck driving school training want you the people to fail ? correct me if i am wrong.

[TruckerDesiree]

@michaelheiland123654 What I mean is that anyone who goes to CDL School & pays several thousand dollars thinking they will have a new career will most likely get a chance to drive a big rig BUT most will not make it past 1 year in trucking because many truck driver training carriers abuse government subsidies given to them to train student truckers & have created a system to generate turnover. This has been unmonitored. Most anyone will pass CDL School, Most will get hired, few will last

[kree1964]

Just a word of support from a fellow driver. I drove semi for about 10 years, beginning in 1988, and it was always a running joke even back then, that truck driving school grads were THE WORST drivers. Everytime you heard of, or witnessed some boneheaded maneuver, you auotmatically said "must be a truck driving school grad". Those places really are just mills, only interested in taking people's money, and not in turning out properly educated and capable drivers. Its really quite shameful.

[TruckerDesiree]

@kree1964 Yes it is shameful because the government has created this student trucker welfare system for these carriers so even a qualified candidate who attempts to enter trucking often falls through the cracks and boneheads who cannot place two pencils end to end still are able to get behind the wheel of a big rig. A huge safety issue and the trucking lobby would prefer the general public not be educated on how they are financing this hazard on the highways

[thevakoffski]

In trucking school, I don't believe that is set up for failure. You pass no matter how dumb a person is. Now, training in a company, that might be set up for failure because it's a hard job. I quite with Werner because I just got tired of it. It's better to work for a local or small company in my opinion but that is the past. I have another job now. I sure miss trucking though.

[TruckerDesiree]

@thevakoffski That is what I meant is that truck driver training at the carriers like the one you mentioned are set up for failure. The CDL School/Mills I agree, you will pass no matter what because they don't get their kickback from carriers until they feed them students and the carriers won't get their government Cheese handout unless they get a constant flow of "Steering Wheel Holders"

[Cindyshot]

I recently graduated from my cdl training, the instructor I had contacted a trucking company i was interested in 3 weeks before i graduated, he got me the interview, provided me with a reference letter. Once I graduuated, I went to the interview and got the job. I have the company Tractor in my driveway.........nice

[TruckerDesiree]

@Cindyshot That's Great Cindy but what I am understanding you just graduated & have your own truck? You did not say if you had a trainer after CDL Training which is really only a few weeks. Nor, did you say if you went to a carrier as an employee or went in a s a lease O/O which makes a big difference about 6 or 8 months from now. Getting hired is not the hard part. Wish you Good Luck!

[stephenzenaida]

i went to six months of school at AIT in Gardena, i will admit i harley knew anything, i tested at DMV in san bernardino and got my CDL, then i went to Werner in Fontana, again i felt so out of place i didnt know anything, my trainer went through hell cause i didnt even know how to properly shift or downshift, i paid 5 thousand bucks to go to school and didnt learn anything, my trainer really did a great job at werner training me to shift ,i aced their program , i am starting in october,

[TruckerDesiree]

@stephenzenaida Glad you got a trainer who was patient to work with you to get through those rough spots. It is pretty common that these "CDL Mills" charge about $5000 to $7000 to teach you bascially nothing. Then you go with a trainer who is frustrated that you know nothing & your are stressed out that you know nothing. I hope the best for you when you start in October. In my opinion, beginning in Winter is a good thing, you see the worst weather & if you live through it,Springtime is lovely

[stephenzenaida]

@TruckerDesiree you know what , thanks for your fast reply, i would like to be friends with you if possible , because your vids are very helpful and very encouraging , i am currently over in the Philippines where i married my fiancee of five years, Werner gave me the green light on doing that, and they will let me start when i get back, i realize i have to start somewhere, and Werner has been very nice to me, i am worried but werner thinks i did excellent, im gonna be western regional,

[unvanquishableone]

get a grant. or get a loan, pay for your own lisence otherwise they own you. some schools get shut down. crst might be the next. they hire people who cant read. they hire people that cant fucking walk. the guy in front of me was too fucking fat to shower. he fucking stank. fat people that are huge and they aint gonna check on any 5th wheel. they are going to die from a heart attack or stroke and kill you family. the whole industry is in big fucking trouble.

[TruckerDesiree]

@unvanquishableone Lot's of "F' words in you comment but I agree with what you say about CRST hiring people who can barely read or write. This occurs at many training carriers. Including enormous health issues including substance abuse that has NOT been resolved & the trainer has to babysit them while they have the "shakes" . They "OWN" you whether you get a grant to pay for CDL school because you need experience. The whole system needs to be overhauled in CDL training

[3089280288]

@TruckerDesiree Even if you went to school & have a CDL, CRST still wanted to charge me money for school!

[nathanial41]

I didn't go to any school i just did it all my self barrowed a truck and passed, you can do it but practice does help quit a bit though and it' s stupid that these schools don't offer a garrentee

[NastyNoble1]

I like you,...Your straight to the point. Can you joing my Gruop on "facebook" to share or answer questions. I will make you an Administrator. The name of the group is "Truckers 4Life."

[TruckerDesiree]

@NastyNoble1 Thank You , I appreciate the offer but I am in over my head with all the FB pages & Twitter accounts I currently work with. "Real Women Truckers" gets the most activity and you are welcome to come join our conversations & share them to your page but I must give fair warning... It is a page where we speak openinly about some controversial topics & I defend that.

[danjcan]

TruckerDesiree .....you hit it right on the head at the 5:45 mark...I was a driver for several large companys for many years and have owned my own rig...you could make a 30 minute live blog about government and company bullshit every hour of the day..there is so much crap going on..I finally burned out, and now I am an apartment manager..I do miss trucking, but not the bullshit...and the DOT fuckers!!

[TruckerDesiree]

@danjcan Yeah , you know there are very few accurate statistics about truck drivers, women truckers, why the alleged "driver shortage" occurs, why so many leave the industry just about the time the government welfare checks are cashed by the carriers, why no statistics are kept of student truck crashes aside from crashes overall and defined in training carriers because even exp. driver working at student carrier is subjected to that unprofessional environment. But Truck Driving itself is great!

[JungleListSoldier]

One hot trucking mama....

[TruckerDesiree]

@JungleListSoldier Thanks! but correction ... "One Hot Trucking Grandma" .... I have 6 Grandchildren :-D ...

[rotcataergeht]

I WENT to ASD IN Fontana, ca learnin to drive a truck... by the end of second wk many students were failing at dmv. reason? we didnt hav enough time to drive the truck around... not enough practice. many students paid 2wks training for $1500 and failed to get their cdl at dmv. sad but true story.

[TruckerDesiree]

@rotcataergeht Thanks for the comment. CDL Schools like the one you mentioned should be investigated by the State Attorney and prosecuted. People being defrauded by CDL Schools and the carriers who hire students from such schools in this downturned economy are scum. Then there are those students who pass by skin of teeth but learned very little & are out there on the highways driving a 75 ft vehicle who are making it only on dumb luck. This is very unsafe training for everyone

[exel234]

They all get a KIck Back from them

& The Companies are making out Hand & Foot, They pay the students Little next to Nothing , Of course they have alll the accidents to deal with ,

[foxterp1]

I just graduated like week ago from road master school at Jacksonville Florida and I'm going next week to Werner orientation class and then start my 250 some thing you're and start work for them

[TruckerDesiree]

@foxterp1 Good Luck in your training. 

[c032970]

where did you go for CDL

[TruckerDesiree]

@c032970 I went to @TheCDLSchool in Miami Florida , they also have locations in NYC and I am aware that when someone called to get a reference for me they said to the person. "Where is she applying so we can call & warn them"

[c032970]

@TruckerDesiree see i want to go to either roadmaster or schneider national

[TruckerDesiree]

@c032970 Roadmaster will call you until the end of time to close a sale with you. They have charged as much a $7000 for the same thing you can learn at a community college for several thousand dollars less. The sad thing is the ATA scumbags are in on it and some gov't funded carriers. It's all about getting you in debt and getting you to pull cheap freight for them. It is not about your long term success. Make sure you research this well. You will get to driver, but for how long?

[texas221]

I am a werner truck driver for the most part werner has been ok

wish I was making more money the whole thing that drivers making 40K

in the 1st year is a joke I wont touch it

[TruckerDesiree]

@texas221 I have had "Hit n Miss" responses about Werner, they have kept a low profile in all of this except that Derek Leathers COO of Werner did agree to be on the forum at the second Dan Rather Broadcast which I thought was genius to "SPIN" the poor training topic back into a recruiting ad. He even used a snip of the show to promote Werner's Mexico Operations I saw a few days ago. Of course the 40K 1st yr is total bull. It's more like save your driver points to eat a sandwich a day

[raelynn2011]

I am wanting to become a truck driver. So the training that u received from your trainer was 50/50, 75/25 or just no help at all? What r things that i should look or ask when with the trainer??

[TruckerDesiree]

@raelynn2011 Overall my training from my CDL School and 1st Trainer left me with about 50/50 knowledge. I still could barely shift and did not understand much about backing by the time I was testing out to drive as a team with another student. Unfortunately, you cannot choose your trainer and it is a crapshoot but as a student you should understand thet your bear part of the responsibility too. Give your trainer a chance to teach you and put your lifestyle needs aside for the time being

[TruckerDesiree]

@raelynn2011 Get yourself in the frame of mind that your trainer may not be diplomatic and might rub you the wrong way personally but they CAN teach you something valuable and that is to drive the truck. If they are screaming at you, belittleing you, badgering you for sex, call the carrier to ask for another trainer right away. Do not get off the truck without permission or documentation. You can email me directly and I can answer you better limited space here TruckerDesiree@gmail.com

[TruckerDesiree]

@raelynn2011 Also, Check Out my video with Trucker Darlene who is a female trainer there are 2 parts to my interview with her and also the hygiene video I made.

[RUefingkidding]

The driving companies know which schools are good and which are bad, and you're right they don't care. Their job is to get the student through training to collect as much money as they can from the government. The longer the student is in training the more money they get. So they string the student along and make life hell for the trainers that don't toe the line by giving them shitty students. Quite a racket huh?

[TruckerDesiree]

@RUefingkidding "RACKET" is absolutely the correct word for the Student Trucker Industry. A taxpayer funded indentured servitude operation, Predatory recruiting begets poorly prepared candidates in which few "Qualified Drivers" emerge, this ongoing machine of underqualified student truckers on our highways work for peanuts & rarely manage to stay in the industry long enough to figure out that "Sweatshops on Wheels" is the most accurate phrase. You be tenacious to overcome these obstacles