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So I figured that I would post a little blog on starting school to get your cdl. I started school this week and it has been a blast along with some stress. It has been mostly classroom time with watching videos and going over different test reviews. Today we went to the U.S express terminal in Dallas for driver appreciate week and got to talk to recruiters and drivers at the terminal. It was cool and a eye opener for what to expect coming out of cdl school. We also got to enjoy looking at the new 2016 freightliner cascadia and boy was it awesome. I still prefer a Pete but it was nice. Tommorow and Friday is mostly test days for my class. Tommorow were taking the general rules and combination test. Friday we will be taking the general knowledge, air brakes, pre-trip (luckily for us Texas boys it's a written test), tankers, and double/triple test! We will be taking the hazmat test at the end of the coarse when we take our driving test. So the past 3 days have been crammed with a lot of studying and reading. This is the first time Iv been in a class room since I graduated high school in 2011 so Iv had to reteach myself how to focus on one test at a time instead of letting myself get stressed out over all the test at once. I am looking forward to acing all these test so that I can start driving next week to get ahold of double clutching and shifting. So yea it's been fun so far and I am looking forward to joining a company and getting out on the road.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
HAZMAT:
Hazardous Materials
Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
Double Clutch:
To engage and then disengage the clutch twice for every gear change.
When double clutching you will push in the clutch, take the gearshift out of gear, release the clutch, press the clutch in again, shift the gearshift into the next gear, then release the clutch.
This is done on standard transmissions which do not have synchronizers in them, like those found in almost all Class A trucks.
Double Clutching:
To engage and then disengage the clutch twice for every gear change.
When double clutching you will push in the clutch, take the gearshift out of gear, release the clutch, press the clutch in again, shift the gearshift into the next gear, then release the clutch.
This is done on standard transmissions which do not have synchronizers in them, like those found in almost all Class A trucks.