- Yes, but any welds must be made by a certified mechanic
- Yes, welding is allowed on rims
- No, rims cannot have welding repairs
- Yes, but the rim has to be replaced within 1 year of the weld being made
Quote From Page 119 Of The CDL Manual:
Rims: Check for damaged or bent rims. Rims cannot have welding repairs.
TruckingTruth's Advice:
While inspecting a rim during your pre-trip exam, tell the examiner:
"I am checking the rim to make sure it is not cracked, bent, or broken and contains no welds."
- Require special load securement and containment
- Require a special license endorsement when transported in large quantities
- All of these answers are correct
- Pose a risk to health, safety, and property during transportation
Quote From Page 49 Of The CDL Manual:
All drivers should know something about hazardous materials. You must be able to recognize hazardous cargo and whether or not you can haul it without having a Hazardous Materials Endorsement added to your CDL license.
Hazardous materials are products that pose a risk to health, safety and property during transportation.
- Maximum GCW specified by the manufacturer for a specific combination of vehicles plus its load
- Total weight of a powered unit
- Total weight of a single vehicle plus its load
- Weight transmitted to the ground by one axle or one set of axles
Quote From Page 52 Of The CDL Manual:
You are responsible for not being overloaded. Following are definitions of weights:
- Gross vehicle weight (GVW): Total weight of a single vehicle plus its load.
- Gross combination weight (GCW): Total weight of a powered unit plus trailer(s) plus the cargo.
- Gross combination weight rating (GCWR): Maximum GCW specified by the manufacturer for a specific combination of vehicles plus its load.
- Axle weight: Weight transmitted to the ground by one axle or one set of axles.
- Tire load: Maximum safe weight a tire can carry at a specified pressure. This rating is stated on the side of each tire.
- Suspension systems: Suspension systems have a manufacturer's weight capacity rating.
- Coupling device capacity: Coupling devices are rated for the maximum weight they can pull and/or carry.
- After you have been on duty for 34 hours, you must take a 70 hour break
- The regulations allow you to "restart" your 60 or 70 hour clock calculations after having at least 34 consecutive hours off duty
- If you take at least two 17 hour breaks within an 8 day period, all your hours will reset
- If you drive less than 34 hours in 7 days, all your hours will reset
Quote From Page 0 Of The CDL Manual:
The 34 Hour Restart
The regulations allow you to "restart" your 60 or 70 hour clock calculations after having at least 34 consecutive hours off duty. In other words, after you have taken at least 34 hours off duty in a row, you have the full 60 or 70 hours available again. You would then begin counting hours on the day of the restart and not go back the full 7 or 8 days.
TruckingTruth's Advice:
If you are planning to become an OTR truck driver, you will use the 8 day / 70 hour limit. That means, you are unable to drive once you've been on duty for more than 70 hours within an 8 day period. If you've worked close to that limit, you may want to "reset" the 70 hour limit. The only way to completely reset your 70 hour limit is to take an extended amount of time off duty. If you take 34 consecutive hours off without driving or performing on duty tasks, your 70 hour limit will reset.
- 8 days
- 10 days
- 14 days
- 12 days
Quote From Page 0 Of The CDL Manual:
Authorized government inspectors may check your logs at any time. You will be required to keep a log for each of the previous 8 days. The current days log must be current to your last change of duty status. Inspectors check your logs to see if you have violated the hours of service regulations. Violations of the HOS regulations can result in being fined and/or placed out of service.
TruckingTruth's Advice:
You must have a total of 8 logs at all times:
- Your current day's log.
- Logs for each of the previous 7 days.
Law enforcement officers and DOT inspectors will usually issue a citation if you do not have all of those logs to show them.
- It can create unsafe traction on the drive tires
- It can decrease stopping distance
- It can cause steering to become more sensitive to inputs
- It can make the steering axle weight too light to steer safely
Quote From Page 52 Of The CDL Manual:
Underloaded front axles (caused by shifting weight too far to the rear) can make the steering axle weight too light to steer safely.
- It doesn't matter.
- Towards the front of the vehicle.
- Towards the sky.
- Towards the rear of the vehicle.
Quote From Page 13 Of The CDL Manual:

If a boulder is tapered, point the narrowest end towards the front of the vehicle.
- More than 2,268 lbs.
- More than 10,000 lbs.
- Less than 10,000 lbs.
- More than 5,000 lbs.
Quote From Page 3 Of The CDL Manual:
NYS-CDL DRIVER LICENSE METAL COIL ENDORSEMENT (“M”):
Commercial drivers licensed in New York State are required to get the New York State Metal Coil Endorsement in order to transport a metal coil, or a group of metal coils, weighing more than 5,000 lbs (2,268 kg.)
- It fills a void between articles of cargo and the structure of the vehicle that has sufficient strength to prevent movement of the articles of cargo.
- it fills a sided vehicle, and every article is in contact with or sufficiently close to a wall or other articles so that it cannot shift or tip if those other articles are also unable to shift or tip.
- It is loaded on the end of the truck.
- It is packed in a square box.
Quote From Page 2 Of The CDL Manual:
Contained:
Cargo is contained if it fills a sided vehicle, and every article is in contact with or sufficiently close to a wall or other articles so that it cannot shift or tip if those other articles are also unable to shift or tip.
- The lessee or owner's name
- The destination of the cargo
- The number of gallons being held
- The weight of the product including the tank
Quote From Page 100 Of The CDL Manual:
Portable tanks also must show the lessee or owner's name and display the shipping name of the contents on two opposing sides. The letters of the shipping name must be at least 2-inches tall on portable tanks with capacities of more than 1,000 gallons and 1-inch tall on portable tanks with capacities of less than 1,000 gallons. The ID number must appear on each side and each end of a portable tank or other bulk packaging that holds 1,000 gallons or more and on two opposing sides, if the portable tank holds less than 1,000 gallons. The ID numbers must still be visible when the portable tank is on the motor vehicle. If they are not visible, you must display the ID number on both sides and ends of the motor vehicle.