Starting School On May 6 With ATDS Trucking School In Elm Mott,tx
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Hey, thank you for serving!
Good luck with training! You will do great. If you could handle the Army and two tours in combat, you can handle trucking. Keep us updated! :)
So a little history about myself I am 28 y/o. I recently separated from the Army as a Combat Infantryman with just shy of nine years in service. I am really excited to start this new journey into the world of driving trucks. I am aspiring to get a job hauling crude oil from the oil fields , or hauling fracking sand. Hope all works out. Can't be any worse than two tours in combat. Good luck to everyone . I will update more as I get going in the process.
Salute to you, Trooper! Welcome. Glad to see another Texan on the board..we're slowly taking over.. 
You are going to do well. As Houkie said, you can handle combat, you can handle trucking..Start with this: Trucker's Career Guide
then go to this:How To Choose A School once your done there start this: High Road Training Program and while your at it have a look at this: How To Choose A Company, Company-Sponsored Training and Understanding Pre-Hire Process.
Hope that gives you a better path to follow..If you have ANY questions, don't hesitate to lay em out there..you will get Straight, HONEST answers from some of the most knowledgeable people to ever climb in a cab..
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.
Pre-hire:
What Exactly Is A Pre-Hire Letter?
Pre-hire letters are acceptance letters from trucking companies to students, or even potential students, to verify placement. The trucking companies are saying in writing that the student, or potential student, appears to meet the company's minimum hiring requirements and is welcome to attend their orientation at the company’s expense once he or she graduates from truck driving school and has their CDL in hand.
We have an excellent article that will help you Understand The Pre-Hire Process.
A Pre-Hire Letter Is Not A Guarantee Of Employment
The people that receive a pre-hire letter are people who meet the company's minimum hiring requirements, but it is not an employment contract. It is an invitation to orientation, and the orientation itself is a prerequisite to employment.
During the orientation you will get a physical, drug screen, and background check done. These and other qualifications must be met before someone in orientation is officially hired.
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.
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.
Thanks i really appreciate the information.
Welcome aboard! We're sure glad to have ya. Definitely spend a lot of time reading through the links above. There's a ton of great information here and we'll certainly help you get your career off to a great start.
I got my CDL Learners Permit on Friday!!! I started school today and am recovering from the information dump I received. lol combination and air brakes test tomorrow morning so gotta hit the high road materials.
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.
Hey congrats!!! Let us know how the other two tests go. But I'm sure you'll have no problems with em.
So I aced the other tests with ease. The only one that was tricky was general knowledge. Have started driving a little learned to shift through the gears and back down. Also learned how to straight line back, and couple and uncoupling. Learned how to do pre-trip and post trip inspections. Then all day Friday for those that were done with dot tests we learned logging and trip planning. I like the Rand McNally atlas. Planning a trip is similar to planning a combat patrol. Proper Planning Prevents **** Poor Performance is the motto I live by. Lots of regulations to learn but everything is going well. Glad I chose the private school route, because the instructors are doing a good job. Will keep you all updated sometime next week.
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Sounds awesome so far!
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So a little history about myself I am 28 y/o. I recently separated from the Army as a Combat Infantryman with just shy of nine years in service. I am really excited to start this new journey into the world of driving trucks. I am aspiring to get a job hauling crude oil from the oil fields , or hauling fracking sand. Hope all works out. Can't be any worse than two tours in combat. Good luck to everyone . I will update more as I get going in the process.