Training Facilities

The classroom portion of the Truck Driver Training Institute is conducted in Shull Hall on the Leffel Lane Campus of Clark State Community College. The yard work is conducted at our eight-acre lot located at 352 Tremont City Road, Springfield, Ohio. Over-the-road driving is conducted on the city, county, state and interstate highways within the State of Ohio.

Equipment

The training equipment used at our facilities is modern and up to date. Currently, our equipment consists of Navistar and White/Volvo conventional tractors. All tractors are equipped with Cummins or Detroit engines with 10-speed transmissions and are equipped with tandem axles. These tractors are coupled to 48-foot van-type trailers. Students are given experience in pulling both empty and loaded trailers. Exercises used in the yard are set up in varying degrees of difficulty utilizing barrels and traffic cones. Clark State also has a state-of-the-art shifting simulator and driving simulator that will allow our students to learn to shift all types of transmissions without ever leaving the classroom.