I Passed Written Class A Need To Do The Other
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Anyone have any ideas.
I have an idea!
There have been thousands of people in your shoes - folks who could not afford to pay the tuition for a private school.
Many of them are now professional truck drivers. What did they do? They took advantage of the Company-Sponsored Training Programs. You can too, just follow that link and apply so that you can get started.
Now there were a handful of those thousands of folks who thought they had a better plan and borrowed a truck from their cousin "Bubba," or they might have paid some wily owner operator who needed a couple extra hundred bucks to pay his truck note that was in the arrears. Those poor misguided folks are still in the unemployment lines trying to figure out what they did wrong... I mean they have a CDL now, but absolutely no one will give them a job!
My friend it is imperative in today's job climate that you go through a professional training program and get yourself a certificate that indicates you have 160 hours of training. There are very few (I'm putting the stress on very) companies out here who will even give you a second look as a rookie without that certificate.
Do the right thing and get you some proper training. It's hard enough to not kill anybody out here when you know what you're doing, we sure don't need you jumping out here not even having a clue about what you are getting into.
These companies know that even a person with a training certificate needs several weeks of additional training before they are willing to take such a huge risk and trust them in one of their trucks. Their insurance providers will not allow you to drive their trucks unless you go about this the way they want it done.
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.
Owner Operator:
An owner-operator is a driver who either owns or leases the truck they are driving. A self-employed driver.
Company-sponsored Training:
A Company-Sponsored Training Program is a school that is owned and operated by a trucking company.
The schooling often requires little or no money up front. Instead of paying up-front tuition you will sign an agreement to work for the company for a specified amount of time after graduation, usually around a year, at a slightly lower rate of pay in order to pay for the training.
If you choose to quit working for the company before your year is up, they will normally require you to pay back a prorated amount of money for the schooling. The amount you pay back will be comparable to what you would have paid if you went to an independently owned school.
Company-sponsored training can be an excellent way to get your career underway if you can't afford the tuition up front for private schooling.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
As for the pre trip inspection. .. I learned from a YouTube video by Apex driving school. Search for it and you will find it. Good luck
... and backing a trailer with a pickup ain't the same as working a 53 footer. Think high school football vs NFL.
I got my permit and medical, then went to Swift's school. I didn't need to put up another dime.
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Hi passed the written now class A CDL for tractor trailer. have my CDL learners permit. Even have my physical card for the CDL license. Now just need to pass the other part. Like the wall around inspection and driving part. Anyone know of a way i can pass these easy. Need tractor trailer and someone to explain to me, then need to take driving test. Anyone have any ideas. Schools want to much from what i have heard. I been backing a trailer with my 5 speed F150 for last 25 years. I do not think it will be to hard to pass the driving part. I mean a few hundred dollars maybe. Even if i have travel a few miles. I live in Miami Fl. Anyone have any ideas.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: