Profile For Paul E.

I have decided to work for UPS for the PEAK season will be able to save about 4000 bucks then I am going to a 3 day school in Michigan FCG Truck Driver Training that will give me 24 hours of 1 on 1 training which will be excellent for me. The guy I talked to said that the trainer will just work on whatever I need work on. It is going to end up taking me a little more time than I wanted but I think it is best it ended up like this. This company also offers manual and automatic vehicles so I can hopefully be able to get my CDL without the restriction of only driving a automatic transmission. I have talked with a bunch of companies that have told me when I get my CDL they will hire me as a new driver. I am sure that means going out with a trainer for a while but I have nothing against that. I once again want to thank everybody on this amazing site for the advice and support I have got here. Any new people reading this do the high road training this site offers read things in the forum and say hi these guys won't steer you wrong. Funny I been doing this side job where I move 26' box trucks they seem so small after driving a trailer around when I was at CDL training.

I would also say read the manual they provide for the test your taking. Everything is in it that will be specific for whatever states test you are taking. Also do the high road training stuff here it is second to none it covers everything and as you move on it continues to ask questions of stuff you have already completed so you don't have large time gaps and forget things. It will also put you on review mode if you miss a question to many times. I have tried about every app out there if you do high road courses here and the manual from the state your taking the test at you will pass.

I found a training facility here in Michigan that can finish up my training I already have the theory range and out on road completed they will do my CDL for 200 rent a truck for 300 and 200 a hour for any training that I need I figure 2 more hours of offset backing and that will also get me familiar with the truck I will be driving

I already have the stuff sent over to the state to take my CDL test

Class A CDL Theory Roehl Transport Inc - Gary Completed: 8/26/2024 Entered: 8/26/2024 9:17 PM 100% Public Road Roehl Transport Inc - Gary Completed: 8/30/2024 Entered: 8/30/2024 1:21 PM 10 clock hours Range Roehl Transport Inc - Gary Completed: 8/30/2024 Entered: 8/30/2024 1:21 PM 10 clock hours

I just put in for a grant if I have to I will just pay to get the training I need to get my CDL. Roehl even told me if I get my CDL they would be glad to have me back just thought I needed a little more time to perfect everything. One way or another I will get my CDL and work driving a truck! Quitters never win winners never quit I always say!

I was afraid of that I would never get another chance again

I failed my pre-CDL test with Roehl I passed my driving test and on the skills test passed my straight-line backing put the front bumper in the box and passed the the test where you pull up to the left having right side trailer tandems pass through the 3 foot box but I failed my backing up offset test. The pre-trip I didn't get my verbiage right on the air brake test 100% and during button pop test the tractor button didn't pop out all the way the valve had been sticking and we were loosening it up all week for it to work but I think the test guy tightened it before my test. He told me that I should of noticed it and that the verbiage mistakes were minor but that was not. From where he was sitting it be a lot easier to see with my lack of experience and from looking at it head on and being that it did pop pit almost as far as it should of I told him that was mechanical issue that would be hard for me to see and if had not popped out at all I would of noticed. The guy who did the testing was kind of going back and forth with me telling him to explain what I know so he knows I know my stuff but told me I had given him to much information 2 times this being on the walk around pre-trip said if I did it one more time he would fail me. So I failed pre-trip and skills test. It was kind of a messed up situation because my instructor was disqualified from driving because he failed his medical examiners renewal due to high sugar. I was practicing my offset with a instructor and has perfected my verbiage perfectly on all the pre-test. Friday afternoon my trainer came to me saying that the boss wanted to see me. He told me I wasn't going to make it and that was it for me. Told me my effort was great and work ethic was second to none I was always first one in last to leave. He said I just needed more time and he didn't think I would be ready to pass a retest on Tuesday with labor day coming up and didn't want to chance me failing for my state CDL test on Wednesday. I know I could of passed it I still needed to sharpen up slightly in my offset backing. He also said that he would not hold me to the contract and I would still be paid while there. And if I get my CDL to call him and he will put me with the new driver orientation and he would not block me from working for Roehl just the CDL training. Back at the hotel I was told by some people that the guy who I tested with didn't like me. I am putting in with other carriers like Pam because this is what I want to do. The guy at Roehl said this would not hurt my chances elsewhere else but if I failed my CDL test at the state it would. Some have said that once I did my pre-CDL test and a appointment was set up with the state that is a driver with a automatic transmission took me to the testing site I would be good to go that the requirements would be met for me to do that. Does anybody know how I can check that? If I am able to do that I be willing to go out with a driver maybe a owner operator and help drive on the road I could show him I drive good if I could use the truck for the CDL test. I worked to hard to just give up. If I did got to another companies CDL training I feel like I would be lights out I can drive I know my pre-trip can do the verbiage word by word now I my learners permit has triples and tankers on it. Any advice or ideas on who where or what to do next would appreciated.

I have completed my first week. I have driven around the city even the freeway. My instructor's tell me I am a good driver. I have my pre-trip down it is a lot easier now a days than it used to be only 5 pages with the state. Roehl has a much harder one. The only thing I am worried about now is the skills test. They are short on instructors and I have only had about 15 minutes backing up we do the pre-CDL test this week we get 2 chances if we fail both times it's time to go home. But if that happens students have completed the FMCSA’s Training requirements once they have attempted the pre-cdl test by a FMCSA-approved training provider. That means I would be able to go to the state testing center with a truck and take the test as long as licensed driver road with me to the test site. Hopefully it don't come to that but I am concerned with the lack of time many are getting in training. My instructor when he went to renew his medical examiner's card was not able to renew because of a medical condition they have found and a few instructor's took days off last week leaving instructor's with more than 6 students. Like I said if I can pass the skills test I am good but as I post this I am not good enough to do all skills tests.

Thanks for the links I went to INTEGRAD training for UPS so a lot of the pre-trip I am familiar with but the break down of how everything works under the hood was excellent as well as the procedure of the air brakes. I been passing that on a paper test but I been wanting to see what it is all about for the in cab test. That really joined the book knowledge with the video I just saw you guys rock thanks. A quick question for the tarp do I have to be able to hold 90 lbs over my head for several minutes to do it. I am not sure I am strong enough to do that I am not weak but I was testing myself with 2 30 pound dumbbells and it seemed like 90 would be a lot.

Gerry Indiana I will be driving a flatbed. I figure that won't be backing into as many docks as other trucks unless I am wrong. I know a lot of people have said that those trucks are the worst to drive but so many people are so negative I take the negativity with a grain of salt. Roehl has been upfront with me and gave me a chance I have a certain amount of loyalty to them because of it. I wish I could see somebody to a pre-trip I have studied them like crazy. I went to the UPS INTEGRAD training in Phoenix we had to do a pre-trip as part of our training. But it was easy compared to this we didn't even have to open up the hood. I do think the the 3 points of contact that was grilled into us and the way they grilled us on what they did do on the pre-trip will come in handy. The driver test was very intense stale green lights clearing cross walks and intersections having to point out anything and everything while driving smoke coming out of tailpipes wheels being turned out showing a car about to move. Not sure if all that goes on with the driving test here but can't hurt.