TMC Training Program Overview

Рет қаралды 64,514

Күн бұрын

TMC Transportation has been training drivers for 30 years. Follow along as Jeff Geist describes the process of TMC's own unique training process.
To learn more visit - www.tmctrans.com

Пікірлер: 168

@johnnyblaze7546 2 жыл бұрын

Completed the course in de Moines Iowa ,and finished with my trainer , and now have my own truck , they have an excellent program if you want to learn

@jessicagalvin363 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your experience. My husband is retiring from the military at the end of the year and is looking to start a second career. That being truck driving and getting info from all the companies/training programs they offer. Take care and stay safe out there. Jess 🙂

@demaiensheppard6576 2 жыл бұрын

I be heading that direction next month.

@JampMan1982 2 жыл бұрын

Do u get paid while on the training

@johnnyblaze7546 2 жыл бұрын

Yes you get paid during training, and free meals

@Farmiles007 2 жыл бұрын

May I ask how much do you make once out on your own? Thanks

@craneman42 Жыл бұрын

As a crane operator for a local company here in Northeast Ohio I have the privilege of meeting some of these fine TMC drivers at my direct ship to jobsite deliveries. I'm always impressed on how the equipment looks and the drivers attention to detail. Thank you TMC for giving me some A+ drivers to work with.

@antonionalesnik4706 Жыл бұрын

I'm from northeast Ohio also! Strongsville 😊

@david8460 Жыл бұрын

I did training in 2019. It was an excellent experience. I worked at tmc for a year to complete my contract. I only left tmc for an amazing local opportunity. An opportunity I could have never gotten without tmc. I am in no way affiliated with tmc. I'm just a former driver and still a huge fan of black and chrome. I simply can't say enough about this awesome company

@JessicaRodriguez-gi2cl Жыл бұрын

What is the opportunity that you left TMC for?

@david8460 Жыл бұрын

@@JessicaRodriguez-gi2cl I left for a tanker job

@Dino-cj1ko Жыл бұрын

@@david8460 No tarping lol

@brianjohnson7513 7 ай бұрын

How much did you make your first year

@mustang04ism 2 жыл бұрын

I spent the first two years of my 18 year career after CDL school with TMC. The training, the equipment, the pay a driver can get right out of school, is really great at TMC. If you want to learn how to flatbed, and earn good money, while driving some of the nicest equipment...this is the place to be.

@alvaro93364 8 ай бұрын

Did you ever have to haul steel coils?

@randyrudder2451 Жыл бұрын

I have been running oversized load’s and everything else for more years than most driver’s ages. I have observed your driver’s their load securement tarping and can definitely see that they have received top notch training and support afterwards. Have cousins driving for y’all doing well trained one still is training other is living his dream running on the John Deer side. He tried to get me to take him in my truck train him in oversized load’s but 650hp over 3,000 foot pounds of torque is not a truck you train in and my contracts don’t allow it or would have. Hats off to your people helping train the driver’s properly see to many out here with other’s that shouldn’t be doing open deck period

@blissedher 11 ай бұрын

“Premier flat bed company” is right! I started my trucking career with TMC. I was in Mike Fisher’s last Securement Class. Amazing knowledge. I worked with TMC for only 9 months before being invited into a dream opportunity. I was a 32%-er. I learned how to run a truck for profit. What I learned at TMC has catapulted me into a lead driver position (I’m owner op) for a major music artist, running 10 trucks (some owner op, some contracted) of which I get a % on top of my day rate and growing my business. The most constant compliments I get is “dedication to details”, “no short-cuts”, “hands-on”, “problem solver”, “driving skills”, etc. (Humble brag! I’m proud.) I learned these characteristics through TMC. Their formula works. Period. Thanks Black & Chrome!! Couldn’t have gotten here without you.

@yeahwhatevermf 7 ай бұрын

Get me a job with Lil Durk too! I just got my cdl Tuesday.

@405ruben 6 ай бұрын

Did you have to pay them back for the training since you didn’t stay for a full year?

@blissedher 6 ай бұрын

@@405rubenNo. I got my Class A CDL through a Community College with a very good CDL program in my home state before going to TMC’s orientation.

@frankelse745 3 ай бұрын

@@405rubenhe could’ve been there already with a CDL.

@daltonburbage6522 Ай бұрын

@@405rubenif u leave with out completing your 1 year they CANT NOT take your CDL from you they will use a scare tactic an make u think I have to but u don’t

@LowetheTechGuy Жыл бұрын

I can't wait to talk to TMC tomorrow! I live in Mobile, Al but I'm willing/ready to go wherever I need to go. Hopefully they have a terminal 150-200 miles from me.

@voyagerpagoda3314 2 жыл бұрын

This video is very informative. Thank you and the rest of the other TMC drivers that VLOG, and post their experiences. I'll be coming to TMC in about two weeks. I used my GI Bill for Trucking School and got all my endorsements, US Passport, and TWIC card. This is my first Truck Driving job, but I've been driving Commerical for about 15 years as a Bus Operator. I'm looking forward to a rewarding trucking career, and I know I'm making a great choice by coming to TMC. See yous soon

@jessicagalvin363 2 жыл бұрын

Hello and let me say thank you for your service. I seen you mentioned about using your gi bill for training. My husband is military as well and is retiring from the air force at the end of the year. Can you give any more tips suggestions in order to help make the transition easier for him. He coming from the mechanic side of things from the air force. He is a heavy mobile equipment mechanic and has worked on all the large vehicles but now he would be just driving. Any suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated! Thank you. Jess 🙂

@jasonmccrow6696 2 жыл бұрын

Yes come join the team i finished the orientation a last week an I’m going out with a trainer Sunday evening

@voyagerpagoda3314 2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonmccrow6696 Is picking up those tarps really that difficult? I'm pretty certain I can shoulder carry them. Just wondering how heavy they really are. I've been lifting weights just to prepare. Any pointers are appreciated.

@OGcodDAD_NF 2 жыл бұрын

@@voyagerpagoda3314 not entirely sure how much they weigh but I watched my grandfather do it for years and he didn't have an issue with throwing it over his shoulder you should be good 👍

@cabilgibbs Жыл бұрын

Just met Adam... fun guy. I look forward to chatting more once all the way through School...

@JoshElrod-lb9ib 8 ай бұрын

Thank You Sir ..

@nyghtmareblade Жыл бұрын

I’m doing it today hope all go well can’t wait I’m excited

@Grabbinggears5549 8 ай бұрын

How was it ? I’m thinking of attending

@daltonburbage6522 Ай бұрын

Yea me to how it go

@eyadjaber9155 15 күн бұрын

Excellent speaker, I love your company. I hope I can work with you one day, I have a CDL A license and not much experience but I live in Knoxville, Tennessee, no problem with you, sir. My English is not great but above good writing and reading conversation

@jonathanferguson8280 Жыл бұрын

What if I'm already experienced driver and just need securement training

@RickyOHD 11 ай бұрын

If you have over a year experience do you still have to go through that entire orientation process?

@ashelywashere 5 ай бұрын

If I have 9yrs of driving experience would I need to go thru the in-depth training (totally fine with the if so) I know I would need load securement trying because I don’t have flatbed training.

@cmpondeck33 9 ай бұрын

Is 2-4 weeks of training enough time though, to go out on your own? Btw, I’m just asking because some companies require 30-50 hours of training before they send you off on your own.

@TheLoneWolfTrucker 2 жыл бұрын

Black & Chrome... 💪🚛💨💨💨

@daviddaniel5568 Жыл бұрын

Being in Georgia I'd probably be sent to the one in South Carolina

@markedgar237 Жыл бұрын

It would be great if you made a tutorial video on the computer use for tmc employees.

@fighterforlife5284 3 ай бұрын

Just applied

@michellearreola8367 16 күн бұрын

How’d it go for you?

@fighterforlife5284 16 күн бұрын

@@michellearreola8367 found a better company. I wanted to go their because they pay for ur cdl but I paid for mine.

@MOE13576 9 күн бұрын

@@michellearreola8367did you ?

@alvaro93364 8 ай бұрын

What if i don't want to haul steel coils? Can i refuse or does everyone has to?

@YovngLord 8 ай бұрын

Looking to join the team . I have my class A but no experience is there a way I can still join i don’t care if it’s a trainee position I just want the experience at this point tbh

@inettbranch9250 10 ай бұрын

I’m finishing Class A CDL course in Louisiana on September 11, what would be the next steps to coming aboard @ TMC?

@millermiller9258 6 ай бұрын

Did you complete your training, I’m in louisiana as well?

@gilberto91138 Жыл бұрын

Can they help you get your cdl at the campus or how does it work 🤔

@Thunderwood251 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I got accepted into the CDL training program and they said I can either do training at Des Moines Iowa or Columbia south Carolina and I'm coming from Alabama. Just need CLP before going

@ernestomartinez287 Жыл бұрын

I want to drive for TMC

@user-vz1kn8fd8k Жыл бұрын

my friend is applying he understand and speaks some English but I was wondering if there any Spanish speaking instructors to help

@francisdelaney2228 Жыл бұрын

I went through the Columbia facility in 2004, failed because of the ladder climb up the side of the CONTAINER trailer...does TMC still use that in training?

@daltonburbage6522 Ай бұрын

How u fail tho

@MOE13576 9 күн бұрын

@@daltonburbage6522he.....FAILED off.😂 nah jp.

@adriannapadin1111 29 күн бұрын

I pray TMC accepts me🤞

@jimwatts4901 Ай бұрын

Started a driving school back in Missouri in 2017 , didn't get to finish , had to file bankruptcy, wish I could have finished. Would now go to tmc , but too embarrassed to try again. 🥺

@MOE13576 9 күн бұрын

Embarrassed ??

@exploringtheoutdoors9476 Жыл бұрын

What’s the average pay and do you all hire with no experience

@sssnipermonkey5566 Жыл бұрын

What’s the average yearly salary a TMC driver makes in 2023?

@garyrollins5487 14 күн бұрын

Does an experienced flatbed driver have to go out with a trainer and if so what’s the pay a week?

@jaepcam Жыл бұрын

Is 58 too old for the training? I'm 5'10 170 lbs. Do physical work every day. Love it. Thanks

@TMC_Transportation Жыл бұрын

Hello Mike, we do not have an age limit for going through our training. If able to pass all the physical tests we have you are good to go! Find more info here - www.tmctrans.com/drive-for-tmc/

@jaepcam Жыл бұрын

@@TMC_Transportation Does TMC also have long hauls? Say like from Florida to Seattle as an example? Or anywhere in the 48 for drivers who like to travel and not worried so much about being home every weekend?

@Titan.Fox56 2 жыл бұрын

I've put application in twice but never heard nothing back, do I need to call the recruiter myself? Cause everytime I call that 24 hr thing to check on application the lady that answers always tells me they aren't hiring in my area but I literally LIVE in the hiring area (LOUISIANA) , if I need to call recruiting office I will sense I'm very interested in coming to TMC cdl training program. Thanks!

@TheSnowRacer888 Жыл бұрын

just call they bro i don't work for them but calling never hurts

@Thunderwood251 Жыл бұрын

I just put in a application from Alabama, and got accepted to do there company training. They called me. My recruiter is Zac McGregor he seems cool. Has stayed in contact with me 24/7 through email. Starting in November hopefully it's what it says it is.

@chadcameron4080 Жыл бұрын

@@Thunderwood251 How was your experience throughout training?

@Thunderwood251 Жыл бұрын

@@chadcameron4080 honestly it was great, I went to Des Moines Iowa and the trainers were awesome. The whole experience was great. I really liked it. Nothing bad about it except the cold weather. I went in December. If I could go through it again I would.

@chadcameron4080 Жыл бұрын

@@Thunderwood251 Glad to hear it went well. I'm changing careers soon, going to CDL school this summer. I see a lot of TMC trucks here in CT where I'm from and have been doing research on them. Appreciate your reply. Safe travels.

@alexharris5540 Жыл бұрын

Do you guys run automatic s or manual transmission truck s

@bgower86 23 сағат бұрын

Fully automatic fleet

@christophermcnair6022 Жыл бұрын

They didn’t say nothing about them 130 pound cover that u got to pick up and put on ur shoulders the first day just to get to the 2nd day. If u can’t pick them up and put on ur shoulders or if u r sacred of heights, ain’t no need to go

@Ozmaster2456 Жыл бұрын

What u mean scared of heights? What did they have u do for heights

@christophermcnair6022 Жыл бұрын

@@Ozmaster2456 climb a ladder onto the top of the 53 foot trailer, and walk around on top of the trailer, then turn around and walk back down that ladder to come back down😂

@fabulousbrii2471 Жыл бұрын

@@christophermcnair6022 is it hard for women?

@TomGomez-zi1ht Жыл бұрын

I went to TMC 2 years ago, to get my CDL and go to work for them. They have good training but long training hours, ego's like no tomorrow and attitude. There are good and bad points, just like every other trucking company. Fortunately, at the time I got into it with an instructor, I got COVID and had to leave, never to return.

@joshuelsanchez. Жыл бұрын

Is that mike from breaking bad

@TheSnowRacer888 Жыл бұрын

if they need drivers they should start drivers out at 65cents a mile. I know box trailer company paying 60-65 CPM and you don't have to chain or trap anything. tmc seems like a nice company but for all that work I feel anything under 62cpm is crazy. and then the % thing are they REALLY giving the driver 34% of the gross or are they giving you 34% of the net big difference? when owner ops lease on to a company the company gets 30% of Gross

@pacman4937 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I they pay low. Mostly because they train and take in recent grads. So they have a pool of new drivers always coming in

@yelenakaplun4473 Жыл бұрын

This trucking gig has more training than Russian cosmonauts!

@mrbuzzkill4090 4 ай бұрын

What's the training like for an experienced driver that's never done flatbed.

@aviatortrucker6285 Ай бұрын

First, you learn how much free time you put in standing out in the weather, the heat, the cold and try to wrestle with a tarp for 2 to 3 hours in the wind. Next, you will find out that if you deliver on a Friday chances are you won’t have a load picked up until Monday so you’ll be doing a lot of sitting. If you arrive late in the afternoon, you may not get unloaded and have to wait over the weekend to get unloaded. I did flatbed for six months and threw it out. I went back to reefers. Now I work local. I get paid for all my time, by the hour and only work five days a week. Just finished three weeks of earned vacation at full pay.

@John-ti5po Жыл бұрын

I would love to do this but I'm a person that hates failing and I don't wanna get into it and fail myself or fail trying to work for a trucking company. I don't like to waste ppls time

@michaelbell117 Жыл бұрын

Never doubt yourself as men we are Risk takers anyway

@blissedher 11 ай бұрын

Can’t succeed without failing. It’s called experience. There’s only one way to get it…. Risk failure.

@samjenkins8204 Жыл бұрын

What Are their trucks governed at

@Mississippi4Clemson 13 күн бұрын

I hear 63 mph . I don’t know though . My truck (definitely not a tmc) , Would take their doors off every time I passed one on the interstate. Anyway, 63 - 65 mph , I’m guessing.

@Montoya1991 Жыл бұрын

I have 7.5 years of otr experience, do i still have to be on the road with a trainer for flatbed? Or would i just do the load securement training at the terminal?

@mariaantoniaflores955 Жыл бұрын

Hablan español necesito información gracias

@mikeb9214 Жыл бұрын

I’ve applied a few times and keep getting told I live outside hiring area. The limit is only one hour west of my address. And every weekend there are a couple TMC trucks parked for the weekend home time in the town I live in..pretty frustrating, especially when I’ve already gone through flatbed training with a different company before.

@TMC_Transportation Жыл бұрын

Mike, thanks for sharing this. Will you please give recruiting a call and share this with them? 1.800.247.2862

@marcuscoley4340 Жыл бұрын

I meant TMC at my school in NJ and i filled out the online application and i keep getting emails from them to call them and when i do i only get a voicemail saying they are not available and to leave a message witch i haven't received anything back i have a few questions i would like some information on before i proceed I'm interested in your program and i have my CDL

@aroundtheworld2420 Жыл бұрын

Do you train in a manual?

@TMC_Transportation Жыл бұрын

Autos

@2010sewell Жыл бұрын

Do you guys have manuals for people that don't have auto restrictions.

@samhollan4570 Жыл бұрын

@@2010sewell tmc is automatics only

@Bohughes81 Жыл бұрын

So y’all only do flatbed loads?

@erichighsmith7299 Жыл бұрын

Yes, unless you consider conestoga trailers non-flatbed trailers. and they only have those in certain mostly dedicated accounts

@yunggee8770 Жыл бұрын

Do you rent a hotel or something during your stay?

@mustang04ism Жыл бұрын

If you go to Des Moines IA, TMC owns the hotel right on the main campus, and you stay there. If you go to SC, they will house you at a local hotel near the training yard.

@yunggee8770 Жыл бұрын

@@mustang04ism Thank you for answering

@tenevacampbell307 Жыл бұрын

lord thats a lot of training! is it paid training?

@lamarshallprice9811 Жыл бұрын

Does TMC still have manuals or are they going all automatics?

@Christopher-tz5jq Жыл бұрын

They’re all automatics now

@blissedher 11 ай бұрын

Ouch!! That sucks.

@davidkinter4193 2 жыл бұрын

It use to be 5 weeks with a trainer why is it 2 to 4 weeks now

@gregoryrehquate2819 2 жыл бұрын

that depends on the student, some have prior CDL experience, others (like myself) had none & will do 4 weeks, with a possible 5th week if needed...

@Thunderwood251 Жыл бұрын

I have no experience and it's 3week orientation and 4week with a trainer. Total of 7weeks for me

@Tpitgr Ай бұрын

Currently in des moines. You get paid for training but please take heed to my words. DO NOT come out here if youre not in good health and cant pass a drug test. You have to be able to lift 120lbs onto a trailer and pick it up and throw it over a load. You also have to pass multiple tests including math and hazmat. This orientation is no joke it is literally hell week. Everyday I am in fear of being sent home for failing something.

@MOE13576 9 күн бұрын

How is it going ?..I plan on starting on August...120 damn I'm not sure I can lift that much. 😂I sck at math but I got my hazmant endorsement.

@Tpitgr 9 күн бұрын

@@MOE13576 you have to take another hazmat test its like 60 questions doesnt matter if you have or not. You take about 6 different multiple choice tests if you dont average at least a 75 they send you home. They also put you in the yard to grade you on manuevers they dont send you home if you do bad but youre put on a watch list. Im in training for 4 weeks on road right now and it dont get no easier this job aint for the weak brodie they make you work to get it ive never im my life worked anywhere close to as hard as this to get a job. Im almost 3 weeks in and still no guarantee I get hired. After the 4 weeks of on the road you have to come back and take another road test and manuever test if you pass you get truck so youll be gone a total 7 weeks with possibly only one weekend home depending on where you live. Anywhere northeast or out west past nebraska youre not coming home If you have a family say goodbye to them.

@Tpitgr 5 күн бұрын

@@MOE13576 its rough bro come there on your A game this company treat everything like the military.

@MOE13576 3 күн бұрын

@@Tpitgr thanks, I'm not really of a slaucher(?)...but I'm ready to try a new experience...I just don't if I can pick the tarp up without struggling

@Tpitgr 2 күн бұрын

@@MOE13576 its not JUST picking up a tarp you have to be able to get on your knees roll it up squeeze two bunjees around it pick it up and place it in side box and squeeze both in. Brother im 6’1 250 tht sht is noooooooo joke

@chucktaylor1982 Жыл бұрын

First of all , what the hell is this guys scull so large and why are your trucks so slow ?

@pacman4937 Жыл бұрын

Low pay during training from what I was told. Something like $650 a week before taxes. Training for a new driver is going to be 2 weeks at the terminal and 4 weeks with the trainer. So that’s 6 weeks of working for free.

@hernanirodrigues1027 Жыл бұрын

How is that working for free if you're getting paid 650 a week during the 6 weeks.

@pacman4937 Жыл бұрын

@@hernanirodrigues1027 So if someone pays you $1 a week, is it not called working for free? After taxes you may see $500, if lucky. Probably closer to $450ish. $450ish a week to do flatbed for a month.

@hernanirodrigues1027 Жыл бұрын

@@pacman4937 you're in training.. you legit don't know anything so yeah you're not going to get paid big money. Once you go on your own you'll see the real money.

@pacman4937 Жыл бұрын

@@hernanirodrigues1027 If you look at reviews of TMC, even on KZfaq, everyone admits that they have great training and great equipment; and that it’s a good company, but the pay sucks even when you get out of training and have your own truck. Sorry to burst your bubble. $1000 a week is not good for flatbed. You can find local no touch fresh out of CDL school making that.

@johnnyfonk999 Жыл бұрын

You’re getting paid, shit hole

@michaelshoopman2752 Жыл бұрын

I'm interested in flatbed now

@raineyjackson9711 Жыл бұрын

How do I get in touch with a recruiter?

@TMC_Transportation Жыл бұрын

Rainey, give them a call! 1.800.247.2862

@aviatortrucker6285 Ай бұрын

Trains well on how to properly clean floor mats.

@joeybenton8986 Жыл бұрын

The SC training camp teaches driver how to park in no parking zones at truckstop don't know how much training they are getting 😳 😐

@thomasault7675 11 ай бұрын

I call bullshit y’all’s recruiters won’t even give me a chance!!! That’s with no tickets or accidents on my record and ain’t been in trouble or anything for 17 years so the ? would be what’s really going on with y’all’s company

@abnsoulja1 3 ай бұрын

I don’t even have a CDL yet and got a pre hire offer

@kevkayla11 3 ай бұрын

There's a reason why the other companies call you guys the "Toddler- marine- corps"... 26/30 of your company driver's can't follow the simplest instructions, NO PARKING OVERNIGHT.... CHECKING IN BEFORE ENTERING... The drywall division is pathetic!!

@L118aKev Жыл бұрын

Do experienced Flatbedders have to go through all that bs?

@brandonaustin1678 Жыл бұрын

I’m wondering as well. I’m coming from western express.

@danielwalsh2075 Жыл бұрын

Do u guys hired people the have disability

@jimsmith5332 Жыл бұрын

Well it sounds like all your geared towards is inexperienced drivers as a veteran of over 30 years in the industry industry and many miles under my belt I don't think I'd want to spend 2 to 4 weeks in a training process and I don't think any other veteran driver would want to do that you say nothing about experience drivers how lame

@mustang04ism Жыл бұрын

You'd have to give them a call, and discuss your particular experience. New guys coming in all go thru the same training, being all are inexperienced. The route you would go would totally depend on how much experience you have that is verifiable. I seriously doubt they'd make a guy do all that with more than enough experience.