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Allan Burden's Comment
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Good luck! Hope everything works out for you!
Little Carolina's Comment
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So today was a good day.. Got up early and waited for the shuttle to take us to Celadon for breakfast Got to class about 8am and started with paperwork and going through the Indiana CDL manual learned quite a bit today Looks like I have to take the Operators test along with my General Knowledge, Combinations and Airbrake tests on Wed.. Tonight we will be doing a study group Tomorrow we do physicals

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.
Brett Aquila's Comment
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I just checked your progress on the High Road Training Program and I see you didn't do the logbook section or the Weight & Balance section? Oh that's a bummer. That's some heavy lifting you should have knocked out before you arrived there. But you'll pick it up eventually.

How many people are in the class?

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.

Logbook:

A written or electronic record of a driver's duty status which must be maintained at all times. The driver records the amount of time spent driving, on-duty not driving, in the sleeper berth, or off duty. The enforcement of the Hours Of Service Rules (HOS) are based upon the entries put in a driver's logbook.

Allan Burden's Comment
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I have seen a lot of Celadon trucks in the Tennessee and Mississippi area. Probably had 15 or more go by today. Keep up the good work and you will be on the road in no time.

Little Carolina's Comment
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Well guess what Peeps!! I passed all 4 tests today and only missed one question total on the combinations.. Thank you so much Brett all that studying paid off We start on the trucks Monday and I cant wait.. some of the students are really struggling but they seem to be struggling over the Indiana operators which I did at first too all I can say is when you test take your time and read each question carefully.. One and Done!!!
Allan Burden's Comment
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That's awesome! Congratulations :)
Brett Aquila's Comment
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Hey that's fantastic!!! Congrats!!!

With the time you've put in here at TruckingTruth you're definitely a lot more prepared than the people coming in cold off the street. Imagine how much more difficult everything would be if you had no clue what to expect and hadn't studied anything!

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I feel bad for those people.

HOS:

Hours Of Service

HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
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