Category Archives: Truck Driving School Day-By-Day

CDL Training – Learning a Few Tricks to Driving a Big Rig

Posted on February 3, 2009 by TruckerMike

Only a couple more weeks left and I’ll be done with CDL training. Can you believe it?? I sure can’t! But I’m feeling ready. Our tentative date for the Secretary of State to come test us is February 17th, so it’s going to come up quick! Continue reading →

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CDL Training – Confidence is Building and Another Pre-Hire Recieved!

Posted on February 2, 2009 by TruckerMike

Thursday and Friday of last week were really good days for me. I’m really starting to feel much more confident in my driving skills and the rest of my class is improving greatly as well. It’s really fun to see how quickly we are improving! Although friday was a bit of a mixed bag as far as my driving was concerned. Continue reading →

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CDL Training – More Driving Practice

Posted on January 29, 2009 by TruckerMike

Well, as I said yesterday, my confidence continues to build each and every time I hop into that driver’s seat. The day started off a bit shaky as I missed a couple of gears and was in a new truck I haven’t driven before. But things got better after that! Continue reading →

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CDL Training – My First Day Driving With a Trailer!

Posted on January 28, 2009 by TruckerMike

For those of you following along in my blog, there is only one way to describe the difference from yesterday to today. “Night and day.” Wow! It’s really fun to watch myself improve so quickly! Today I’ll get to drive with the trailer hooked up for the first time! Continue reading →

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CDL Training – My First Day Behind the Wheel of a Big Rig!

Posted on January 27, 2009 by TruckerMike

Now things are starting to get interesting. My entire class passed the CDL-A exams on our first try, so today we got to drive the trucks! I went in this morning expecting to get out to the trucks right away, but unfortunately we had to wait a while as the class before us was finishing up some testing. Continue reading →

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My 4th and 5th Day of Truck Driving School – Passing My CDL Written Exams!

Posted on January 24, 2009 by TruckerMike

Hello once again everyone. Well, since the title of this post gives it away, I’ll start off by saying I took my CDL written exams today so I could obtain my CDL permit. I passed! In order to get my permit, I had to pass three sections; General Knowlege, Air Brakes, and Combination Vehicles. I decided to take it a couple steps further and also took the Doubles / Triples certification exams as well as the exam for Tankers. I got 100% on every single exam! Unreal! Continue reading →

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CDL Training – My Third Day of Truck Driving School!

Posted on January 22, 2009 by TruckerMike

Another day of truck driving school down, one day closer to getting into the truck! Today was a fun, but challenging day. The information keeps building and building and our instructor is really pushing us to remember everything. After all, our CDL permit test is this Friday. Only two days away! While it’s a bit stressful trying to learn so much information in such a short period of time, I feel it’s well within my abilities. And the things I’m learning are things I’m truly interested in, so it makes things much more bearable. Continue reading →

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Golden Rules Of Trucking Safety: Speed and Following Distance

Posted on January 21, 2009 by TruckerMike

In day two of truck driving school they covered defensive driving techniques, including excessive speed and following distance. There is nothing more important to your safety than maintaining the proper speed and following distance. Continue reading →

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CDL Training – My Second Day of Truck Driving School!

Posted on January 21, 2009 by TruckerMike

Hello once again everyone! On day one of my CDL training, I told you my class went through pages 1 to 34 in the Illinois CDL Study Guide. Today, we went over pages 34 to 61. Before we got started, our instructor gave … Continue reading →

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The Structure Of CDL Schooling: Four Weeks To My CDL

Posted on January 20, 2009 by TruckerMike

In my previous article, “My First Day Of Truck Driving School!”, I talked about my first day of CDL training and my impressions of the school, the teachers, and the owner. Now I’ll tell you a little bit about how the schooling is structured and how they plan on getting us from ground zero to being a licensed CDL driver with our first truck driving job in just four weeks! Continue reading →

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CDL Training – My First Day Of Truck Driving School!

Posted on January 20, 2009 by TruckerMike

Well, after a long wait, the day has finally come! I had my first day of CDL training today! During my training, I plan on writing every single day, or nearly every day, to let you know how things are going on a day by day basis. Some posts will be long, and others will just be a “check in” if nothing too exciting happened. But I’ll be sure to keep you all up to date so check out my blog daily!
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