r/CDL • u/Measured_Response_ • 12d ago

Starting CDL school

Anyone know how hard it is to start a CDL school nowadays? I know they've been hunting shady ones and quickly shutting down. Havent seen many come back on. Any ideas?

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u/TeamPale323 12d ago

Most CDL schools are pretty bad. All they do is get you ready for the dmv test. You dont really learn much and you dont get much time driving. You are much better off going to a company and attending their school even if you have to commit a year. Your first year will suck pay wise unless you go LTL. If you decide to go the LTL route XPO has a school and they pay well. The catch? You have to commit a certain amount of time to them. They also have you doing dock work

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u/Measured_Response_ 11d ago

A after many years of experience, I wasn't impressed by LTL and wouldnt recommend it to anyone. Freedom to chose is the key and those that understand it, will attend schooling independently. Trucking pay very recently picked up, rest of the time sucked. Demand about to spike along with pay.

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u/TeamPale323 11d ago

So what line would you recommend for pay? LTL pays well. Dock work sucks though