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  • Location:
    roosevelt, UT

  • Driving Status:
    In CDL School

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    8 years, 2 months ago

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Posted:  8 years, 2 months ago

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CDL school in roosevelt, Utah

Hi, I recently began a cdl school and have been in about one month now. I am hoping for some feedback as i am very concerned about the training i am receiving. So far i have about 11 hours behind the wheel in 45 min. to 1 hour increments. we have 10 people in class, 2 instructors and 2 trucks. 1 instructor is new (1 1/2 months) and is pretty good but still learning how to teach. The other has had his own winch truck business and loves to brag/showoff-build his fan club...so to speak. I spent my first 8 hours/ 2 weeks total instruction with the first guy and actually started to feel comfortable with the Kenworth 18 spd. we were driving. Even started to catch my lower gears a little. Then they kept me in class for Thursday, Friday, and the following Monday studying for endorsements. After that they threw me in a different truck with the second guy. He just got aggravated that i couldn't downshift well and put another guy in the seat, had him drive to his buddies lot and started "field trip day" proceeding to show off his old truck and his friends classic car collection. at the end of the day, he just told us to split up the driving time and miles in the log book. I am not good with this. I fell it is dishonest and also I'm not learning. Plus, all in all, I've only received total of about 15 minutes of backing instruction while newer students have had hours. I understand some students pick it up easier than others but those who need it aren't getting much.

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