Good luck on your new adventures into trucking. If you stuck in out cooped inside doing machining for 20 years, I think you are definitely in need of the open road. lol.
Let us know how your training is going at your school. Was it a good school or poorly ran.
Let us know what company you decided on and how satisfied you are there.
That will sure help us to keep relevant good information available for the other visitors after you.