It takes aporoximately 3-3.5 weeks of schooling to learn the bare-bones essentials necessary to pass the CDL A tests; pre-trip, yard skills (backing) and road skills.
Unless you are seriously committed to learning how to drive a tractor trailer, I think you are better off getting the B with a passenger endorsement.
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
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So I’m a limo driver in Colorado. My employer offered me more pay if I pay to get my CDL Class B with air brakes and passenger endorsements to drive their busses. All of their vehicles only require a class b cdl with air brakes. This is a good investment for me as I can recoup training cost fairly quickly.
Let’s say if I wanted to go for my Class A CDL and get air brakes, combination. I know that I would have to take my road skills test in a class A tractor trailer. The question is would I have to take a separate road skills test in a commercial passenger vehicle as I would have to complete the skills test in order to get the P on my CDL? Thanks in advance for any advice.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: