Stating Millis Transfer School On OCT 5th 2015 Cartersville

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GUNRUNNER's Comment
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Well have been a corrections officer for 15 years almost and really got burned out so Im changing careers but really nervous I have never touched a truck.

I have been studying and passed my permit test on the 1st try I'm now studying the pri trip and watching backing videos .

I have already purchased my laminated Atlas and been reading it .

Thanks so much to this page i was able to ace the permit test's this is such a great site and not 100% troll as most facebook pages

GUNRUNNER's Comment
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Well it's getting closer got a call from the Office today making sure I'm still heading out to class on OCT 5th going to pull out noon on Sunday so i can get to the Hotel early and get the bed close to the AC lol

icecold24k's Comment
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October 5th is my birthday!!! Good luck in school. Just take your time there to learn everything you possibly can. This is the time to absorb everything you can and the real training begins once you get with your trainer. You will do fine.

GUNRUNNER's Comment
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So I left home today before lunch heading to Cartervsille the traffic in Atlanta was not to bad so i ran on thru got to the hotel I am the 1st one here but she told me i will have a roommate supposed to be 12 of us according to Millis

Anyway in order to save money i cooked me some hamburgers and other stuff froze it i get my room key bring in my duffle bag cooler and electronics and go to put food away oh No no microwave or fridge im like this is going to be a long 3 weeks .

Call the front desk and ask she said not all rooms have them i'm like ok thanks going to be long 3 weeks she said let her check something and call me back.

Good news room next door has them so i got to swap so that's a plus the hamburger they serve here is 10$ and no fast food on this exit i did see a waffle house but i dont want to spend more than 30 a week eating i got a truck full of ramen and peanut butter lolrofl-2.gifrofl-2.gif

hope my roommate is not thin blooded im burning up and like room cold cant sleep in the heat never run a heater even in winter.

Also gonna be a rainy week atleast week 1 is mostly inside but im nervous hope all goes well

and ill post more as i find out more

GUNRUNNER's Comment
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Day 1 Got up at 530 am and took a shower 6:00 went down to the lounge to eat breakfast they had a good spread but I only ate a bacon biscut went back to room got my stuff together and me and roommate went to lobby to wait on out ride . When he got there was only 5 of us in the lobby when we got to class 3 more there so 8 of the 13 people showed so during week 2 and 3 we will split to groups of four one group backing one driving but more on that later as it gets here

So Day 1

Did a lot of paperwork before lunch tax forms contracts etc. then after lunch went over rules and guidelines and do and dont about drugs etc. Payed out 400$

Got 5 sections to read in the handouts they gave us and have to take a quiz so about to start on that .

We start Hos in the morning

well thanks for reading

HOS:

Hours Of Service

HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Michael S.'s Comment
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Did a lot of paperwork before lunch tax forms contracts etc. then after lunch went over rules and guidelines and do and dont about drugs etc. Payed out 400$

You say payed out $400. What was that for?

Medical card, cdl testing etc... or something else?

CDL:

Commercial Driver's License (CDL)

A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:

  • Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
  • Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
GUNRUNNER's Comment
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Did a lot of paperwork before lunch tax forms contracts etc. then after lunch went over rules and guidelines and do and dont about drugs etc. Payed out 400$

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You say payed out $400. What was that for?

Medical card, cdl testing etc... or something else?

At Millis you pay 100 down for the school to hold your spot then pay 400.00 on 1st day of class .

ALSO you have to already have your permits and dot so that's another 200.00 then you pay them back 2000.00 over next 2 years

CDL:

Commercial Driver's License (CDL)

A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:

  • Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
  • Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.

DOT:

Department Of Transportation

A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.

State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.

GUNRUNNER's Comment
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Day 3 shifting practice up and down up and down got the up shifting right away the down shifting was a little rough but got way better still room to improve ... learning how to couple in the morning and more pre trips starting pre trips every day from now on out on Friday we split in to groups for road and backing practice ...

GUNRUNNER's Comment
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Day 4 Videos videos and more videos start driving or backing practice in the morning not sure whay yet class will be split

If anyone has any questions please ask will do n y best to answer... going to head home Fri night its cheaper to drive back than stay at hotel 2 nights

B W.'s Comment
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Is it two years or one year?

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