CDL Student In Trainer. Wanted To Say Thanks.

I just want to send out a big Thank You to the creator of this site and the ones that work hard keeping it up. I started going through this site a couple weeks when I decided to pursue my CDL. I have went through a lot of the training and last week took my Class A Permit test and successfully passed. I actually started my CDL school yesterday, Monday July 22. I studied most of the day and with what I went through on this site I went and took my endorsement tests for Passenger, Doubles/Triples, Tanker and HazMat. Successfully passed all of those. I am going to continue going through all of the CDL training on this site and also in my CDL Training Books. Like I said, I just wanted to thank those involved keeping this site up. It has helped me tremendously. I will keep you all posted on how my training progresses. I am sure i will be coming up with several questions soon so here is a little thanks in advance. Mark

OOoops, should have said "student in training." my mistake.

Congratulations Mark!

Definitely keep us posted, we always enjoy seeing people come through here and get started on a new and exciting career. I know it's a great sense of accomplishment and satisfaction to Brett when he sees so many people benefiting from the training materials he developed. It was no small effort that went into developing the High Road Training Program and therefore it's not surprising to see the great results that people are getting from utilizing it's unique teaching method.

You feel free to ask anything that you're wondering about, no one's going to treat you like you're ignorant around here. There are no dumb questions, and the only questions that go unanswered are the ones that son't get asked.

Keep it up, it won't be long and you're gonna have that CDL in hand and a whole new horizon of opportunity before you.

Sir, before you go out with a trainer make sure you memorize the entire section 'Weight & Balance'. It will make your life a lot easier knowing how to balance your load and it will surely impress your trainer.

Welcome aboard Mark! Glad to hear our High Road Training Program was helpful. It's a great system, isn't it?

I checked out your progress and Daniel is right - you're going to want to go through the Weight & Balance section after you complete the Logbook section of course. Those two sections are the most critical for doing your job out there.

Thanks again guys, YES the High Road Training Program is an Awesome tool and thanks for the tip on the Weights and Balances. I am going to continue going through all the training programs on here. I am getting a handle on the log book sections but that is still kicking my @$$ a little. I will be back soon to update my progress, Mark

Hey Mark, I am also on the log book quiz. That quiz is definitely kicking my arse! Trust me when I say people Like Brett are here to support you! Keep fighting and you'll get thru it.

Yeah, that logbook section is really tough because the laws are so confusing. In fact, the split sleeper berth rule is flat out against company policy at some companies because it's so confusing that nobody knows how to use it properly! Can you imagine? You're legally allowed to schedule your time a certain way but the company won't let you because it's too confusing to mess with. That speaks volumes about the lawmakers that created these rules in the first place.

The logbook rules are becoming like the tax code. Everyone and their mother has a reason why they should be excluded, or they should get an exemption, so the rules are getting more and more complex all the time.

I recently had the unfortunate experience to listen to the logging department at my company try to explain to 3 different drivers why the messed up on the split sleep berth rule and how they were supposed to do it versus how they thought it should be done. Somehow these drivers could not get it threw their heads the way it was supposed to be done and kept arguing about the way they were doing it. Finally after 45 minutes of the drivers still not getting it they were pulled from Ready Status for driving and thrown into Not Ready Status and made to take a logbook class before they could do another trip.

This would be one reason why companies do not allow people to use the Split Sleeper Berth Rule. Why allow people to use it THEN argue about it when they get it wrong or they can just avoid having to pull drivers in and explain the rules over and over again.

I don't not use it for two reasons. Don't need to and another I don't fully understand it. And since I don't need to use it I will not even try.

Here's the best way I can explain the split sleeper birth rule.

After you have completed an 8 hour break (all consecutive hours in the sleeper berth) you will then have exactly the same hours left you had available at the beginning of that 8 hour sleeper berth break. Before you use up the rest of your available hours now, you will still have to take a 2 hour break though, which will total your 10 hour break. And then after having completed your 2 hour break (one line 1 or 2), your 14 hour clock will then restart at the end of the 8 hour break.