Texas CDL
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Brandy, sorry for your struggles. If the examiner won’t tell you what you missed, it’s doubtful that anyone else who wasn’t there will be able to tell you.
Keep trying to find out from the examiner.
These things should not be treated as top secret material. I hope you can find out.
High Road CDL Training Program
- Pre-Trip Inspection Study Guide
- Daniel's Pre-Trip Inspection
- Pre-Trip Inspection Checklist
- Pre-Trip Inspection Practice Questions
Pre-trip Inspection:
A pre-trip inspection is a thorough inspection of the truck completed before driving for the first time each day.
Federal and state laws require that drivers inspect their vehicles. Federal and state inspectors also may inspect your vehicles. If they judge a vehicle to be unsafe, they will put it “out of service” until it is repaired.
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.
There is no trick to it. I tested in Texas in 2021 and passed the second time after failing the Section 14 portion the first time, since I foolishly did not study that section.
With the exception of Section 14 "Special Requirements for Texas Commercial Motor Vehicles" everything is covered in the High Road Online CDL training on this web site. Work through that as well as the CDL Practice Tests. Then reset scores and repeat. Multiple times. For about a month before I went to take my written tests I went through the practice test on here at least once on a daily basis.
Until you get your CDL, you do not need to worry about the HazMat or (if I remember correctly) doubles & triples, since you cannot get these endorsements (in Texas) until you have your CDL. You can get the tanker endorsement when you do the written for the CDLP.
As for the examiner not telling you what you missed - they may not know. The test is computerized and I don't remember if the examiner has access to your test questions/answers. They just know if you passed or failed.
If someone reading this has tested in Texas since May, 2021, please correct any misinformation written above.
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.
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
Commercial Motor Vehicle:
A commercial motor vehicle is any vehicle used in commerce to transport passengers or property with either:
- A gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more
- A gross combination weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more which includes a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds
Doubles:
Refers to pulling two trailers at the same time, otherwise known as "pups" or "pup trailers" because they're only about 28 feet long. However there are some states that allow doubles that are each 48 feet in length.
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Has anyone recently acquired their CDL in Texas. Having tested and passed at a DPS not from third party testers. I've tested and failed 3 times within the last 3 weeks at 2 different DPS locations. It's very frustrating because if you fail.. they won't tell you how. They won't tell you what you missed or what you did wrong.. just that you failed. Oh.. and go back and read section 11 of the CDL manual. I know my material. I can do my pre-trip in my sleep. It's solid. So if anyone has tested and passed.. please tell me what the trick is. There has to be something that I'm missing. Help.. I'm desperate.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: