troops into transport

Posted by darthvader0012@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 13 comments

so i’ve already made a post earlier about knight trucking and at a crossroads between knight and swift but, for a trucking school i heard you can use your GI bill and skill bridge while your getting out of the military is troops into transport a good trucking school

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Worried_Bar9885@reddit

Just did troops into transportation during my terminal leave did 2 weeks of theory class online and 2 weeks In person was promise BAH and never received anything due to their admin stuff They had 3 Instructor 1 never showed up there was over 20 student not enough truck for range time. Everything is rushed and pushed in two weeks if you are a slow learner I wouldn’t recommend it. The instructor don’t take one on one time with you. Over all I did not had a good experience with them and I would not recommend them.

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Ok_Bug_6470@reddit

Get a grant and save your gi bill.

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BigSchmitty@reddit

I used Troops to Transport while I was on terminal leave. 2 weeks was online academics and the other 2 were in person. Hotel was paid but I was responsible for food. They have a job placement program that you can use for life. Granted, they funnel you to the megas. I found a local food service gig and have been there 2.5 years now.

To me, the program was solid, albeit a little rushed with minimum practice in the range. But, we all passed. They only had 10-speeds, and they also had “courses” for your endorsements at no additional costs. We tested at the school with a state inspector. I still have plenty left on my GI Bill for other things.

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LastMongoose7448@reddit

You don’t need to use your GI Bill for Knight/Swift. They’ll front the cost, and you’ll be obligated to stay a year. It’s up to you if that sounds worth while or not. It worked out for me and I ended up at a great company making real money.

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declan-OF@reddit

If you have GI Bill benefits, use them. A company knows that you can't leave for a year will treat you like it.

My CDL school was paid for through voc rehab before I started job-hunting, and so I have the power to say "No" to bad accounts and runs without fear of being fired and owing the company money. I'm not entitled, I take it seriously and put in the work. As a result, I'm on a very good account and the pay is good for a rookie.

That little bit of power makes a big difference.

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LastMongoose7448@reddit

I used my GI Bill for a real degree. That gives me plenty of power to say “no”.

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Sky_biker5683@reddit

Go through troops. I did, they covered EVERYTHING, including licensing and endorsement fees, lodging, provided lunch a couple times. They give you the opportunity to get licensed with a manual, to which I know you said you low key can't do clutch, but they teach you in 2 weeks. They've even army proofed the training. You could be an asvab waiver and still get an unrestricted license easily. Opens up more jobs down the line (I worked for Werner for 9 months and just swapped to a company with all manual trucks, running smoothbore hazmat tanker, making almost twice what I was at Werner.

However I did get more through the GI Bill apprenticeship program with Werner (other bigger companies use it, on top of them reimbursing the cost of the troops into transportation program (yes even though the GI Bill covered the course, they'll still reimburse you for the whole thing) plus the extra E-5 without dependent BAH rate for your home area.

Since they'll pay for everything, get your money's worth, but at least try to learn manual. It's stupid simple.

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Academic_Solid85@reddit

I don’t know about the GI bill, but I started on a forklift at a LTL … after 6 months I drove a box truck then they paid for me to get my class A. Might be worth looking into .

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lol_blasphemy@reddit

I did troops into transport at ft hood last year. theyll teach you the bare minimum to pass with not the best trucks. 30 mins of driving per day on road with lots of backing practice with a short trailer at yard.

you'll get into a truck with a trainer and 3 other drivers depending on size of class. if you arent able to master the clutch by day 2 or 3 of driving portion, they shove you into an automatic.

classroom prep sucked tbh. use apps and other sources to study for test.

if you're wanting to use your benefits after you get cdl I recommend schneider.

I went with werner for 8 months and the payout each month was about 1200. schneider is giving 1600 for gi benefits plus after 3 months you can switch to a dedicated account instead of otr bullshit

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darthvader0012@reddit (OP)

thank you cuz i lokey cant do clutch, so ima go with that lol

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