Question About Completing Free CDL Training With Dog In Tow
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Ok, so it's time for me to get into trucking. Been driving taxi for last 7 years, getting tired of bouncing around town with a bunch of drunks. Need some open road time. Based on the descriptions of free CDL schools, think I will go with Prime. Although I would have preferred to not have to deal with refrigerated, they seem to have a fair deal, and the location is something I can work with. However, here's one problem. Pretty much my only family is my dog, he goes everywhere with me, and I have no one to leave him with. Prime seems to allow pets once I start driving, and I can even afford a dog-friendly motel 6 instead of whatever free motel they provide for the duration of the classroom training. But what about on-the-road training? It's probably going to go on for longer than I could leave the dog alone at the motel? Do you think they will let me take him? (He's a really calm dog, he's been driving taxi with me for 2 years). Let me know...
Do you have a recruiter? Best bet would be to ask him/her or the school or company you're going to work for. Anything else would just be a persons guess unless it's happened to them.
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.
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Although I won't say it's impossible, it's going to be nearly impossible to make that happen. And by nearly I mean like one in a million. You can speak with recruiters like Cynthia suggested but I would try to make plans of some sort for the dog. I'm an animal person myself so I know where you're coming from. But I would be shocked if anyone let you bring the dog on the road during training.
Maybe someone here has in fact seen that situation with the company they're with and they'll be able to give you some hope. But I'm thinking it's going to be a tough one to pull off.
Never seen a student bring an animal into a training truck. Impractical really. Best make arrangements and get the dog after training. Not everyone loves a dog or animal on the truck like I do and that goes for trainers.
I'm an animal person myself so I know where you're coming from. But I would be shocked if anyone let you bring the dog on the road during training.
Yes, but what Brett DIDN'T tell you is his animal is a Red Rooster who hates the world and probably attacked everyone in the school within a hundred feet . . .
Jopa
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
Yeah, I kind of figured that bringing the pup to on the road training wasn't gonna fly. Here's another question, then... what is the on the road training schedule like? Do you come back to motel every day, or are you just sent out on the road indefinitely with some random trucker? I was looking at some private trucking school schedules, and they have you home every day.
Yeah, I kind of figured that bringing the pup to on the road training wasn't gonna fly. Here's another question, then... what is the on the road training schedule like? Do you come back to motel every day, or are you just sent out on the road indefinitely with some random trucker? I was looking at some private trucking school schedules, and they have you home every day.
Private truck driving schools you attend the same way you would a high school - you commute every day. Now there are times that a person won't have a school within commuting distance so they'll stay at a hotel near the school. But most people commute to school.
Company-sponsored training programs will be done at their facility. You might happen to have one within driving distance but normally you won't so the company itself will supply you with a hotel room to stay in.
Once you graduate from school and get hired at your first company you'll go out on the road with some random trainer for anywhere from a couple of weeks to a few months depending on the company. Normally you will hardly get home at all during this phase of your training. Once you've completed that phase of your training you'll become a solo or team driver for the company and you'll get home based on the schedule for the fleet you're in. Some fleets will get you home every weekend, some fleets get you home every 2-4 weeks on average.
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.
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.
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Ok, so it's time for me to get into trucking. Been driving taxi for last 7 years, getting tired of bouncing around town with a bunch of drunks. Need some open road time. Based on the descriptions of free CDL schools, think I will go with Prime Inc. Although I would have preferred to not have to deal with refrigerated, they seem to have a fair deal, and the location is something I can work with. However, here's one problem. Pretty much my only family is my dog, he goes everywhere with me, and I have no one to leave him with. Prime seems to allow pets once I start driving, and I can even afford a dog-friendly motel 6 instead of whatever free motel they provide for the duration of the classroom training. But what about on-the-road training? It's probably going to go on for longer than I could leave the dog alone at the motel? Do you think they will let me take him? (He's a really calm dog, he's been driving taxi with me for 2 years). Let me know...
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: