Truck Dynasty Driving Academy, Bois D'Arc MO

It’s a great place to go to school if you pay attention and ask questions and make mistakes so when it’s time to test you will be prepared for any situation but I enjoyed my time and all the instructors are friendly and respectful scot knows the road very well if I had to choose to go on the road to learn I will definitely go with scot he gone make sure you kno it and he gone make driving fun I really had a good time there Alicia and crystal gonna make so you know that you’re kno your maneuvers and John gone make sure you you kno the road to and Brad gone teach you how to straight back with out touching the steering wheel and he gone keep the fire going in the winter and keep the trucks up and running and mr darrell goin to make sure every one gets a fair test and and he gone show you how to hit your marks with the toy truck pay attention cause it helps and Mrs ruby gone make sure you kno that PreTrip and the owner will work with you if you work with your self love this school

This place is terrible they dont teach you anything you need to learn. Darrel just rants and raves about everything from people not passing to low key belittling someone for failing likes to say things like I dont thibk you should be here but the owner overriden me and if it wasn't for that you wouldn't be here talks about kicking peeople out all the time he lectures for at least a hour everytime. I was trained by another student the first day I was there no trainer no one came out to explain the Pre -trip all they do is sit there in the office and let's 10 or 12 students in a truck by themselves learn a pre -trip. THIS place is terrible.

Don't listen too any of these negative reviews this school is the best they teach you everything you need to know its up to you to listen and put that training to good use and the staff are ALL awesome just trust in them and you shall have your cdl in no time

It was the best 4 weeks of my life, and the hardest, but I listened to what I was told, and did what I was told, and I got my CDL A
The instructors were very professional and respectful, and I wish I could do it all over again because I really enjoyed myself.
Thanks to all the TDDA staff, and to Mr Martin for allowing me the opportunity to attend their program. They helped me to be a better person all around, and taught me what it takes to be a professional driver.

It is a great school if u listen and follow directions u will learn it and walk away with your cdl don't walk in cocky if u have any experience because the teach you the right way to be a defensive driver thanks to all the instructors Alicia, Scott, Brad, John, and Darryl for all the great training come in as a blank slate and thanks to the owner Mr Gary Martin and all the Staff at TDDA

Bad for business. I would not test there if you have not attended their CDL training program prior. THEY WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE AND TAKE YOUR MONEY.

Excellence all around. Very simply if you want great and professional training, this is the place to go!

Do yourself a favor and avoid this establishment at all costs!

There are some very good instructors Mike, John, Ruby and Darrel that truly have a passion to teach drivers the proper way to conduct pretrips, proper backing maneuvers and lastly safety to obtain your CDL.

But.there is 1 instructor named Scott who will RUIN everything for you and any sense of direction you may have or thought you had will be at question. This man is a nightmare to work with and I strongly encourage TDDA to remove him from training or you will continue to see a domino affect of drivers who despise this program due to 1 man's actions. I witnessed disastrous training methods and absolute heinous acts from Scott that left me and others second guessing our need to being at TDDA. I would never recommend others to join this program for as long as Scott continues to train.

This could be a 5/5 star review but it's a 1/5 due to Scott.

I attended a 1 week refresher course and although I didn't get the full experience I expected I still learned quite a bit and sharped my skills as a Truck Driver. The school has both Manual and Automatic trucks available to train on which is fantastic. The instructors are great and will work with you, if you fail to show your commitment and dedication then I'm sure this industry/school may not be for you. If I could change anything I would dedicate a separate learning course for those attending for a refresher, instead of tossing them into the current 3-4 week classes so there is no confusion, etc. Some days felt very unorganized. Also.invest in a cooler of ice and bottled waters readily available, it's cheap and will go a LONG WAY! Keep truckin TDDA, I'll see y'all down the road when I pass through again.

Staff is perfectly happy chasing their own tail, can't and won't listen to reason, I was hired to help fix and solve issues with TDDA. CAN'T FIX WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO OVERLOOK! They don't want help, what a mess.smart enough to see it will never change for the good here, (go through the years of reviews) I'm out! I want to help teach people, all they care about is the numbers.

The instructors genuinely work hard as you do to make a successful driver out of yourself!

It's a big jokeThey are way understaffedSupposed to be at schoolBut yet they don't have enough teachers so they just send the students outside by their self to figure everything out

I drove from 1988 to 2010. I decided that I wanted to drive again and so many things have changed. Won't lie was pretty nervous with all the new rules. I got to Truck Dynasty on a Monday and everyone one here made me feel comfortable and less nervous. The trainers are exceptionally great people. They work with you and if you pay attention you will get your CDL'S. The office staff too are great people. The day I passed my test the owner tells me congratulations and shakes my hand. I would recommend coming to this school. Again all I have to say about these people is nothing but good.

Came here to start a career, and waisted $600 ill never get back thanks to TDDA

Was cut from the CDL program after Day 3 because I was overweight, ask if I could finish the program (because I was understanding and getting everything down first try on the practice pad) and pay out on the signed contract, was told it wasn't an option, gave up everything to come down from Iowa.

I was told by the guys further along in the course that everything on the test pad was narrower that the practice pad, if you come here for CFI don't expect to be trained on the equipment your actually going to be using, letting you use junk trucks with half the doors and grab arms broken off on the inside.

And let's not forget when you are "allowed" into the CFI trucks the throttle control is completely messed up, no one truck is alike. There were 4 CFI trucks when i was there 1 was in the shop, another the throttle was set so you wouldn't have and acceleration until foot was against the floor, another had a coolant leak.

And before I forget I came here and so did another student who we both planned to pass without automatic restrictions and were both told we needed to pay extra for this.

I want to be clear the The instructors they do have are fantastic Mike Darrell Br Brett hay Ruby are fantastic the equipment it’s getting better the Downfall is I feel they take on too many people to efficiently teach them what they need to know but the instructors themselves are fantastic the van driver Mrs. Sarge she’s awesome Jody is awesome the experience at time can be rough but this place has good foundation just know what you were getting into

School was alright for the most part. Trainers were great, just need more of them. The housing situation is ok, need to choose a better choice in hotel. The bad part is all the owners care about us money.they will threaten to take you to Supreme Court. Because I didn’t want to go to crst after they tried to tell me I could find my own way to get from Springfield MO to Ceder Rapid IA.

Absolute garbage, barely any instructors and they aren't afraid to cut you out of the program. Stay away.

They trained me to get my CDL Class A. Greatest time of my life. Every employee was very welcoming and willing to help with anything.you will never regret it!