Going Down A New Road....again
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Hey, it IS like a reunion around here today! Lovin it! 
It will be helpful I'm sure just to learn the equipment and getting in and out of the rail yards.
Oh God - the Chicago rail yards! I've been in those many, many times with US Xpress. I actually like dealing with the rail yards. Drop-n-hook, in and out pretty quick usually. It's the traffic getting to and from the rail yards that is less than ideal we'll say. I'll be interested to hear how it goes for ya.
I'll also need to get my HAZMAT endorsement, which I've already started studying for here at TT
Hey, I don't think you're using our #1 tool - The High Road Online CDL Training Program. Go check that out. You're already registered for it so just get started. You can do any pages you like in any order. It's the actual CDL Manual you're studying from and we setup the questions ourselves. So you can just do the Hazmat section and you'll breeze through the endorsement test for it.
I'm guessing right now you're using our Hazmat practice tests which are pretty good too. But the High Road is the way to go.
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.
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
HOS:
Hours Of Service
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Hey everybody! Seeing Jakecat back kind of makes me feel like it's "old home week" here at TT. I think I joined just after he did. Anyway, I've been driving for 2 years now. I was OTR for a bit over a year, then went local since last November. About 2 months ago I was ready to go back to regional. Driving nights from 18:00 to 06:00 every day was getting to me. Fortunately, the manager switched me to day shift, which was a lot better. Still, I felt that better opportunities were out there, so after doing some research, I decided to go with a smaller company here in the Chicago area. I'll still be driving days, though now it will be local Intermodal. The company I left had 15,000 trucks. The new place has 50. What a change that will be. They are also a family-owned company that is a whopping 10 minutes from where I live, so I'll be laying out a lot less dough at the gas pump. I went through the interview and passed the road test, so now I'm just waiting for the drug test to come back so I can train for 2 days. It will be helpful I'm sure just to learn the equipment and getting in and out of the rail yards. I'll also need to get my HAZMAT endorsement, which I've already started studying for here at TT. I'm glad that TT has something here for experienced drivers looking to learn more as well as plenty of material for new drivers just starting out. I know I've said this before, but hopefully I'll come back a bit more often with updates and to offer some help to new drivers if I can add anything that is useful.
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
Regional:
Regional Route
Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Intermodal:
Transporting freight using two or more transportation modes. An example would be freight that is moved by truck from the shipper's dock to the rail yard, then placed on a train to the next rail yard, and finally returned to a truck for delivery to the receiving customer.
In trucking when you hear someone refer to an intermodal job they're normally talking about hauling shipping containers to and from the shipyards and railyards.