Roehl GYCDL Training
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Congrats and good luck!!! Looking forward to hearing how the next few weeks go for you.
I'm sitting at the bus station as I type this waiting on my ride to Roehl's Grand Prairie (Dallas) terminal to start my GYCDL training there tomorrow.
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.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
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Hey guys,
My name's Joe and I've been at Roehl's GYCDL program at their Conley (Atlanta area) terminal for 5 days now and just finished my first week!
What can I say, I'm impressed! They have found a way to move at a quick pace with the training, while remaining highly safe and effective.
I arrived at the hotel on Sunday (they sent bus tickets, but I was lucky enough that my aunt from Atlanta was in Louisiana, where I live, and offered me to bring me, so I got to skip a most likely horrible bus ride. Monday was mostly paper work, and a strength test. I was in USMC boot camp, but injured (hopefully returning next year to earn my EGA) and sent home, so it was a piece of cake. Mostly just pushing strength with arms and chest, and the legs.
Tuesday, things started to pick up. We had a 3 hour safety class called "The Roehl Way" and I was impressed with the overall objective of "Driving for others" We also began learning paper logs, and the pre-trip that day.
Wednesday surprised me. They put me in a truck! I had never touched a manual transmission (unsynchronized OR synchronized until that day.) but, lo and behold, I was double clutching by the end of the day.
Thursday was mostly studying the PTI, and going over logs. I also got to take the truck out on the road, with no trailer. I did well for my 2nd time in.
Friday (today) we added a trailer to the equation. Boy, was I afraid and nervous. Standing next to this, large, intimidating 53' monstrosity, attacked to an equally intimidating death machine. But, all of that nervousness and fear had to be thrown out of the window; it was my time to put this thing on the road and do it safely. We were at a QT stop out of Lake City, GA, where the first student just finished driving. He had a bit of issues with remembering to pay attention to RPM and MPH with upshifting and downshifting, respectively. I took one more good look at this thing, and entertained the thought of chickening out for a few seconds, then manned up and got in. We drove out of Lake City, into Forest Park, and onto I-75, up to exit 7, and back to the Conley terminal from there.
My instructor said I did extremely well, and showed lots of progress since the last day. It's now 20:26 (still Friday) and I've got the weekend off, and feel accomplished after a hard week's work. If anyone here has questions, or comments about the Roehl GYCDL program, please feel free to reply here!
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
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.