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Hello to all from Central Florida. My name is Ray (Ynkedad.) I'm x-Navy, as is my wife and we've been married nearly 30 years now.
While I'm in the beginning stages of figuring out what's what in order to get my CDL , I've been surfing through this site for roughly 2 weeks now and wow, what a lot of great information!! I can't even begin to say how much I've learned from this site.
One thing I'm not finding is any bashing, what a relief.
Thank You for this incredible site.
~Ray
Yea it is the most friendly site and the most information in any site I have seen love this site
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.
Welcome aboard to both of you guys, Ynkedad, and Michael E!
I don't know where all you guys have been poking around, but one of the best places to get started at is the Truck Driver's Career Guide. Take your time in there and follow all the links you come across, You will feel like you just got your Phd. in trucking after that little exercise!
Also, one of the first steps to get started in this career is to obtain your permit so you can start practicing driving those big rigs at school. The very best and easiest way to go about that is to go through our High Road Training Program. It's very thorough and effective at helping you absorb all the information needed for those state exams.
Again, welcome, and don't be bashful. You've probably already figured out that we aren't going to slam you if you ask some questions, in fact that is why we are here, to help budding truck drivers break into the industry. Trust me when I tell you there are no dumb questions. We haven't thrown anyone out of here yet for asking a dumb question, now maybe a few of them that thought they were God's gift to trucking, but never a new inquirer who genuinely wanted to know something about truck driving.
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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Welcome Ray, thank you to you and your wife for your service. I too am former Navy. All the ships I served on are long ago decommed . We tell it like it is on here. We also look for the good not ghe bad. Sometimes the truth hurts, but thats life. Again welcome.
Lemme guess PJ.... most of the ships you served on were Spruance class? Both parents were in the navy, my father went a full 20 and retired. I decided to join as well, lets say that at the time I was an idiot and I didn't mesh in with the lifestyle at the time ( I was too damned immature ) and got a general under honorable just short of a full year. Looking back I am a little regretful of how I was but realize; I would have been absolutely miserable for those 5 years.
I mostly lurk and I have to say this is the best behaved community i have encountered on the internet. The training program is VERY well thought out and I have learned more and its stuck in my head longer than just reading from a book. Yes I am taking my sweet time with the High Road to make sure all of it is sticking.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Thomas I am much older than the spruance class. All mine were hull class destroyers. I served 1977-1985. Spruance class was just coming out. Lol.
Welcome Ynkedad, and thank you for your service.
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Hello to all from Central Florida. My name is Ray (Ynkedad.) I'm x-Navy, as is my wife and we've been married nearly 30 years now.
While I'm in the beginning stages of figuring out what's what in order to get my CDL , I've been surfing through this site for roughly 2 weeks now and wow, what a lot of great information!! I can't even begin to say how much I've learned from this site.
One thing I'm not finding is any bashing, what a relief.
Thank You for this incredible site.
~Ray
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: