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Joe W. ( aka hharleywood)'s Comment
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Well I've missed a few days, so let me catch up.

Day 9

Pretty uneventful. Same ol range and road driving. Nothing exciting happened.

Day 10

Same as day 9 except we had a pretrip evaluation. We all failed miserably. Instructor said we really didn't do too bad for a first time though.

Day 11

Road driving in the test truck. Man is this truck so different from the others. In this case, different was better. Downshifting was easier. Not grinding as much.

Day 12

More of the same as day 11. Nothing exciting.

Day 13

Road test. Failed the 3 point brake check. Bam, autofail. Done for the day as far as testing. More range and road driving and a lot of in cab practice.

Day 14

2nd attempt at the road test. PASSED! Kicked back the rest of the day and just absorbed the feeling of making this happen.

Day 15

Graduation!! Got our papers, certificates and road atlases and went home. Got to town early enough to get my license issued and am now the proud holder of a class A cdl..

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.
Joe W. ( aka hharleywood)'s Comment
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Heading to McElroy on the 31st for orientation. Hopefully all will go well and I will be able to update my status soon.

Airborne's Comment
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Heading to McElroy on the 31st for orientation. Hopefully all will go well and I will be able to update my status soon.

WQhats it like at McElroy, I heard they was a christian based company, meaning they are big into religion, nothing bad about that but I talk like a sailor, lmao.
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