HOT DOG!!!!

Posted on Fri, Dec 30 2005 @ 7:42 PM [EST]

I now have my CDL with Hazmat, Tanker, Doubles and triples!

I drove my last four hour driving session with Bob, my instructor this morning. We went over the same 25 mile course that the CDL road test covered twice. We broke for lunch and then the examiner came to the range. It had been foggy and cold in the morning. By noon the sun came out and it was a perfect day for a "road trip"!

I got 100 on the pretrip inspection, but lost a point on the alley dock when I put the trailer in crooked and was over by a few inches on one side. On the road test we went over mostly windy, narrow back roads which tested my ability to properly manage my lane positioning and keeping the trailer from encroaching into the other lane or past the fog line. I only had four points deducted on my road trip portion and got my envelope to take to DMV.

I've made the final arrangements with Schneider National Bulk Carriers to start training in Harrisburg, PA next week. Another milestone in a dream that I've had for some time now.

I'm stoked!

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Congradulations on your CDL, I was so stoked when I got mine and told the truckers I used to load in a wherehouse, my main man Harry a driver for CWX was so happy for me, I couldn't wait to go get a driving job. Don't be discouraged by these larger companies when you start out as a driver. To me the best companies to work for are the mid-sized companies but they won't even talk to you until you pay your dues driving longhaul for a year or two. Trust me I was thrown to the wolves when I first got my Cdl but stuck through it and now I have a job that treats me like a person not a truck number. I am home every night and make more money than when I was driving longhaul. All I can say is that you have to pay your dues and onced thats done you can actually work for a company that gives a shit about its drivers. One big question is.. If these big companies are so great why do they have recruiters?..Answer They SUCK!!! Thats why you start out with them and move to something else. VaqueroMuerto

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VaqueroMuerto on Sun, Jan 01 2006 @ 12:58 AM [EST]

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