Endorsements....
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Do them all. Doesn't hurt and they are all easy to be honest. Just use the materials on this site.
I definitely say get them all. Hazmat is the only one that requires retesting every two years, fingerprinting, background checks, and garbage like that. The rest of them are just a quick, one time written exam which is usually so easy you barely have to study and then you have the endorsement for life.
Trust me, you never know what job opportunities might present themselves. I once drove a school bus as a shuttle bus for construction workers parking off-site. I made $400/week and all I had to do was show up from 6:30-7:00 a.m. and 3:00-3:30 p.m. to shuttle the workers. Five total hours a week and I made $400. And that was through a temp agency. They were having trouble finding someone with a class A and the passenger endorsement. I had that job for almost 10 months while going through school full time. That job is what paid the bills. Without that passenger endorsement I would have missed out on a sweet gig.
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
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So which endorsements should I test for? I know hazmat , tankers and tandems are good to get. Should I test for them all? Passenger endorsement seems pointless but then again it gives me options in the future. Suggestions?
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
Tandems:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Tandem:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".