Praise For The High Road
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Hey, congrats on passing the tests Nardy and thanks for the praise for our High Road Training Program!
We sure hope you'll keep us up to date on how things go at Swift. I would pick up those endorsements if you get the chance between now and then because once you head out on the road the last thing you're gonna want to do is give up your precious home time to make a trip to the DMV for more testing. But either way it'll work out.
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.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.DMV:
Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
I'm sure I'll have a tale or question or two! Unfortunately my time is going to be too short to get those before I leave. Really wish I could though. I'm going full Nomad, giving up my apt and storing my meager belongings, so I have lots to get organized or given away.
One thing I forgot to add in my initial post guys... The practice tests are cumulative. You won't only see questions on what you just read. As you progress through the modules things will pop up from earlier sections to make sure you KNOW it, not just remember seeing it. It seemed if I kept missing a question it kept coming up. Incorrect answers had a link back to where the information was... whaaaat?! No other testing I found was so much fun learning, and definitely not as efficient
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Nardy, congratulations. Memphis is Errol's terminal , you might have a chance to meet him in-person.
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.
Congrats and welcome, fellow Swiftie!
I'm going to be there for CDL training, don't know if I'll see many actual drivers but that would be pretty cool. I'd love to pick his brain. Maybe talk someone into being my trainer?! 
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I'm looking forward to it all. Reading these forums have helped me keep all the negative crap on the interwebs about Swift in perspective. I plan to be the best I can be at this lifestyle and make some good money for once in my life. That being said, those "what have I done" jitters are starting to set in as move out day approaches.
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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.New Reply:
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For anyone interested or curious about how well The High Road really can work to help passing the written tests and getting that CLP , let me suggest you use the tools. I spent a week or two reading the information and taking the practice tests. Honestly I barely looked at my Ohio booklet (really only to cross check some things I'd heard were different). I took the General Knowledge, Air Brakes and Combinations tests today and pretty much aced them. Had a couple brain freezes on things I knew that I knew, but all in all The High Road absolutely had me well prepared. A good portion of the test questions were almost verbatim from THR even. I'm kicking myself now because I didn't do the Tanker or Hazmat portions and could have had those behind me now as well.
I'm off to Swift's Memphis facility next week to start the real work and get my career on the road. Thanks Brett and everyone else for your dedication to providing such a great resource. I've spent a lot of time here over the last few months and will continue to in the future.
If you're just starting out on the trucking journey, do yourself a favor and start here with The High Road.
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
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.CLP:
Commercial Learner's Permit
Before getting their CDL, commercial drivers will receive their commercial learner's permit (CLP) upon passing the written portion of the CDL exam. They will not have to retake the written exam to get their CDL.