Transferring Out-of-state CDL To Illinois?
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I have heard its tough to transfer a CDL license to Illinois. I may be moving to Illinois in the future for a sales position(not trucking related) and would like to keep my CDL active. Do I have to retest again in Illinois?
I do not want to throw my CDL away because it was expensive getting it and may use it again in the future.
Thanks.
Your Really moving to Illinois ? Most people here are trying to figure a way out, High taxes, jobs leaving ect. That's the good news
The Bad news is Illinois requires everything to be retested ! Writtens,, Pretrip, Skills and Road test... Here is what I would recommend If you decide to move here. Contact a local truck driving school here that has the IL DMV examiner come on property once a week to test the students. Pay them for a refresher course, Take the writtens at the DMV, permit, ID's ect. Then practise at the schools skills yard (learn your cheat points) for the Skills test, relearn everything on the Pretrip per the IL CDL book, and relearn Double clutching if your rusty on that as that is required again also.
The advantage to paying for a schools refresher course is you use the schools Tractor/trailer for the test and you take the pretrip, skills and road test in the same yard and local route the you get to practice on.
Maybe some States will let you just transfer, but not IL. There was a driver from Texas (5 years exp) at my school doing this and he Failed with the DMV examiner twice (Pretrip) while I was there, so don't take this lightly.
I think this state to state CDL this is B.S. ,,, I've got an FAA commercial Pilots Lic since 1981,,, it never expires, it's good anywhere in the Country. There is a thing called currency, which means if I have'nt Flown in a long time, that I need a current Medical, then go practice with an Instructor Pilot to get the skills back, and study the regs. When the flight Instructor is satisfied your safe, then he signs your Log book that you passed a flight review.
I live near Midway airport if your moving to Chicago and need more info. I know IL is a PITA, but a CDL is to much work to give up,, Dan
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.
Double Clutch:
To engage and then disengage the clutch twice for every gear change.
When double clutching you will push in the clutch, take the gearshift out of gear, release the clutch, press the clutch in again, shift the gearshift into the next gear, then release the clutch.
This is done on standard transmissions which do not have synchronizers in them, like those found in almost all Class A trucks.
Double Clutching:
To engage and then disengage the clutch twice for every gear change.
When double clutching you will push in the clutch, take the gearshift out of gear, release the clutch, press the clutch in again, shift the gearshift into the next gear, then release the clutch.
This is done on standard transmissions which do not have synchronizers in them, like those found in almost all Class A trucks.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.DMV:
Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.
TWIC:
Transportation Worker Identification Credential
Truck drivers who regularly pick up from or deliver to the shipping ports will often be required to carry a TWIC card.
Your TWIC is a tamper-resistant biometric card which acts as both your identification in secure areas, as well as an indicator of you having passed the necessary security clearance. TWIC cards are valid for five years. The issuance of TWIC cards is overseen by the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.
I have heard its tough to transfer a CDL license to Illinois. I may be moving to Illinois in the future for a sales position(not trucking related) and would like to keep my CDL active. Do I have to retest again in Illinois?
I do not want to throw my CDL away because it was expensive getting it and may use it again in the future.
Thanks.
Your Really moving to Illinois ? Most people here are trying to figure a way out, High taxes, jobs leaving ect. That's the good news
The Bad news is Illinois requires everything to be retested ! Writtens,, Pretrip, Skills and Road test... Here is what I would recommend If you decide to move here. Contact a local truck driving school here that has the IL DMV examiner come on property once a week to test the students. Pay them for a refresher course, Take the writtens at the DMV, permit, ID's ect. Then practise at the schools skills yard (learn your cheat points) for the Skills test, relearn everything on the Pretrip per the IL CDL book, and relearn Double clutching if your rusty on that as that is required again also.
The advantage to paying for a schools refresher course is you use the schools Tractor/trailer for the test and you take the pretrip, skills and road test in the same yard and local route the you get to practice on.
Maybe some States will let you just transfer, but not IL. There was a driver from Texas (5 years exp) at my school doing this and he Failed with the DMV examiner twice (Pretrip) while I was there, so don't take this lightly.
I think this state to state CDL this is B.S. ,,, I've got an FAA commercial Pilots Lic since 1981,,, it never expires, it's good anywhere in the Country. There is a thing called currency, which means if I have'nt Flown in a long time, that I need a current Medical, then go practice with an Instructor Pilot to get the skills back, and study the regs. When the flight Instructor is satisfied your safe, then he signs your Log book that you passed a flight review.
I live near Midway airport if your moving to Chicago and need more info. I know IL is a PITA, but a CDL is to much work to give up,, Dan
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.
Double Clutch:
To engage and then disengage the clutch twice for every gear change.
When double clutching you will push in the clutch, take the gearshift out of gear, release the clutch, press the clutch in again, shift the gearshift into the next gear, then release the clutch.
This is done on standard transmissions which do not have synchronizers in them, like those found in almost all Class A trucks.
Double Clutching:
To engage and then disengage the clutch twice for every gear change.
When double clutching you will push in the clutch, take the gearshift out of gear, release the clutch, press the clutch in again, shift the gearshift into the next gear, then release the clutch.
This is done on standard transmissions which do not have synchronizers in them, like those found in almost all Class A trucks.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.DMV:
Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.
TWIC:
Transportation Worker Identification Credential
Truck drivers who regularly pick up from or deliver to the shipping ports will often be required to carry a TWIC card.
Your TWIC is a tamper-resistant biometric card which acts as both your identification in secure areas, as well as an indicator of you having passed the necessary security clearance. TWIC cards are valid for five years. The issuance of TWIC cards is overseen by the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.
I feel like I am screwed on my CDL if I move to Illinois. This stinks.
I got my CDL in Arizona and ended up in Ohio for a job. Illinois is my home and haven't been back in 30 years. I guess I can go anywhere with my CDL --- except home.
Why do they make this so tough? I got my CDL and full endorsements. Can I get a DL license and put my CDL on hold and add it to my license after a later date?
I only got my CDL in case my job goes south. I will have a back up plan. A CDL is expensive and all 48 states should honor it. Its just a truck driving license. My gosh!
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.
Here's my story, I run a exhibition drag car in the summer, 42' goose neck trailer, F350 pickup,, 2011 I get DOT'd on RT53 one mile north of RT66 Dragstrip on truck Safty week, Get put out of service for no CDLA, (10K pickup+ 18K 3 axle trailer) 2 tickets, 5 warnings thank you, went to court after up grading to D plates on truck (Had RV) and trailer, got DOT medical,annual safety stickers , and got DMV to let me Take CDLA test, 3 tries to pass (in same trk/trl I've driven 15 years) yard skills test. The good news Judge let me go with clean record because I complied with every thing, Bad news was I had a useless CDLA as I had an Airbrake Restriction as I had hydraulic and electric brakes.
Same day I got my CDLA I started working as truck mechanic, working mainly on Macks. I also had passed my air brake written but found out that in IL, one has to come back for another complete CDLA test to remove that Restriction.
IL CDL book says only needs to be an air brake vehical, I brought an airbrake straight truck, but the DMV went crazy that I had to bring a CDLA trk and trl... I even researched it with the Feds, the regs only require you pass the written and perform an Airbrake Pretrip, but no the Powers that be insisted I do it there way even though they could'nt show me a printed IL reg what they were saying they wanted me to do. I even talked to the man in Springfield that wrote the CDL book who could'nt quote what they wanted in print but they would'nt budge..
Got tired of fighting Windmills, so I retook the airbrake written as it had expired, and for the same $5.00 I took double/tripple, tanker and hazmat , and thanks to Trucking Truth study course I passed everything.
I ended up going to a local truck driving school to take a finish up course driving a 48' dry van and day cab in Chicago to practice to retake the Complete CDL A exam, even though I already had a CDL A, with the TX endorsements, just to remove the airbrake restriction !!
Never know where Life's going to take you, 4 years ago they made me get a CDL for my 2 door F350,, Last year I got to drive Tankers with Frac gell Oilwells and play Ruff Neck onsite for a week at a time including Man camps,, Last week I Team drove a 53' dry van to Biloxi MS and back with the sound equipment for a Concert,, Why, because I still Can,,, won't be 67 till May LOL,,
Like you said, you never know when you may need that CDL again,,, I wasn't trying to discourage you,, I fought the ILLinois DMV and they Won
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
Day Cab:
A tractor which does not have a sleeper berth attached to it. Normally used for local routes where drivers go home every night.
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.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.DMV:
Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.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.
I only got my CDL in case my job goes south. I will have a back up plan. A CDL is expensive and all 48 states should honor it. Its just a truck driving license. My gosh!
The fact that licenses are handled at the state level is because they always have been so the infrastructure is in place. To move everything to the Feds including identification, testing, issuance, and tracking would be a massive undertaking.
But I'm not sure why they allowed states to force you to re-test when you already had a CDL. It should just transfer, obviously. With some states it does, but not Illinois.
A number of years ago Illinois had a huge scandal involving the selling of CDL's. Ever since that happened they went to the more extreme system where you can no longer transfer anything into the state.
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.
I only got my CDL in case my job goes south. I will have a back up plan. A CDL is expensive and all 48 states should honor it. Its just a truck driving license. My gosh!
The fact that licenses are handled at the state level is because they always have been so the infrastructure is in place. To move everything to the Feds including identification, testing, issuance, and tracking would be a massive undertaking.
But I'm not sure why they allowed states to force you to re-test when you already had a CDL. It should just transfer, obviously. With some states it does, but not Illinois.
A number of years ago Illinois had a huge scandal involving the selling of CDL's. Ever since that happened they went to the more extreme system where you can no longer transfer anything into the state.
That Governor that was responsible just got out of Jail recently. To many people have a political Job because of the DMV , why don't we just have ONE Federal CDL manual like in aviation training.
The States would still administer the written and practical exams, but those exams should all be the same based on one document, The Code of Federal Regulations, one Federal CDL manual and uniform Practical test. Then there should'nt be any reason why a CDL would,nt transfer state to state.
The states could just keep doing what they're doing, except they would have to transfer CDLs based on Federal mandated standards,,,, I know it won't happen, It's all about Power and $$$
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.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.DMV:
Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
TurboDan great point. I am the same page. Create a Federal mandate to approve a CDL license for all 48 states. That way no need to transfer. Power and money corrupts a system. Every politician has to have their hand in the pie.
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.
A number of years ago Illinois had a huge scandal involving the selling of CDL's. Ever since that happened they went to the more extreme system where you can no longer transfer anything into the state.
Illinois has become very strict because of that scandal which came about because of some very high-profile accidents.
I grew up in the area where this happened and have been to this crossing many times. It's been a few years now, but I'm pretty sure this accident was the catalyst to start unraveling the whole "Licenses for Bribes" CDL mess in Illinois.
Train Strikes Truck At Crossing
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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I have heard its tough to transfer a CDL license to Illinois. I may be moving to Illinois in the future for a sales position(not trucking related) and would like to keep my CDL active. Do I have to retest again in Illinois?
I do not want to throw my CDL away because it was expensive getting it and may use it again in the future.
Thanks.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: