Profile For Dan M.

Brett

This a great site you and/or your group have created.

You mentioned that you were working on an apple app but that was a year ago. Have you launched an apple app? I am not much for paying for apple apps but you have "paid this forward" and would be interested in paying a few dollars more even than the Andr' app.

Now my tail and your advise as you see fit.

I will be taking the ILL CDL Tests. Just Comp, Air, Basic and what ever I forget but nothing more than just Tractor/trailer.

It has been said on this forum by a Mod that you do not need to read the state's (ILL almost 200 pages) (and Idaho more that that - Do not remember it being that many pages 8 years ago) CDL manual. But seem to remember at the beginning of HR or somewhere that you should review the Signs Section.

I am re reading HR and taking the test again but this time I am making notes by copy/paste to Wordpad.

Not going to sell it so hope that is ok with you.

But as I go a while with out the material being fresh in my mind it gets gray. But if you have a study sheet that you can skim the "20 - 45 psi" etc. a few times it clears the fog.

There was a guy on the forum that named his blog something like "CDL on my own" which is what I am doing. As you can see below the advise to him is not applicable to me. I am not looking for a trucking job, just trying to help a friend and have some fun. But I still need to complete the CDL requirements. He has a 1/4 mile lane into the farmstead and large parking lot so maybe we can get by with out a learners permit. I have a 34ft 5th wheel and have driven it to FL and TX not to mention pulling new RV's from Indiana to dealers in winter and mountains.

I have a farmer friend that wants me to drive his 2 simi's during harvest. I drove his tractor with a large 2 wheel grain trailer in tow along side of the moving combine last fall. But now he wants this 71 year old to get a CDL.

I drove a KW cabover with flatbed for the bank (if you know what I mean) in pre CDL times (1981) and had a CDL issued in Idaho for 7 years until over a year ago. At that time and place Idaho had a designated CDL Inspector and the test was short and I past even though I took it cold turkey.

As I referenced above things seem to be different now than even 8 years ago and for sure 1981 when I signed the papers at the bank for the KW and off I dove into the sunset from Pocatello Idaho down the Pendleton Grade to Portland Oregon without ever having set in a semi before.

Dan