Huge Thank You!
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You're quite welcome!
The harder you prepare ahead of time the better off you'll be. You'll be thanking yourself endlessly for preparing well ahead of time while your classmates stay up all night in a panic trying to cram that information into their brains.
Keep in touch between now and then, ask a lot of questions. We're always happy to help out.
You're quite welcome!
The harder you prepare ahead of time the better off you'll be. You'll be thanking yourself endlessly for preparing well ahead of time while your classmates stay up all night in a panic trying to cram that information into their brains.
Keep in touch between now and then, ask a lot of questions. We're always happy to help out.
I also want to say thanks to Brett for creating this website and to all those who contribute and help those of us who know nothing about the Trucking Industry. And, I agree with those that say they would never go to CDL school without studying CDL here first, its just too much to try and cram into a week's time! I have to admit, since my wife found this website, I spend more time here than any other site, and love learning about the industry.
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.HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
I have to admit, since my wife found this website, I spend more time here than any other site, and love learning about the industry.
You're quite welcome and we're certainly glad to hear that!
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.
Brett & everyone else on here, I also want to thank all of you profusely. I’m in communications with Knight & Swift recruiters as I prepare the ground work to start my driver training in March also. Had I not found this site, I’d had made so many mistakes not knowing anything about this industry either. May God bless all of you & May God grant me the chance to share a meal with everyone here!
OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated
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I’ve been lurking here for a few months; reading and ingesting the HUGE amount of first-hand info on all aspects of trucking — without any “sales-pitches”.
(Full disclosure: I know nothing about this industry)
I wanted to say thanks to everyone for keeping meticulous diaries and a massive thanks to Brett for creating this rare and informative site (and tools).
It has really helped me as one who knows not one slice of info on this industry. Words cannot express my gratitude to each one of you ladies and gentlemen.
I’m slatted to make the short trip to PRIME in the second week of March.
• I’m doing the HRT Program.
• Doing imaginary pretrips.
• Reading documentation on every aspect of trucking that I can find.
• Sitting in a chair, doing mock double clutch shifting to work on muscle memory.
• Even ascertained a copy of American Trucker to assist with concepts of backing.
Thanks again everyone; I can’t express that enough.
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.