Profile For Justin A.

Well....first I'd like to say, Welcome to TT...now on to your question... Your class B won't help you much, other than any experience you have gained in maneuvering a truck. If you have been driving a straight truck, you will need to work on driving something that "breaks in the middle", for backing, lining up, etc. You will need the air brakes certification, and learn how to shift a 9,10,13,15,or 18 speed transmission. So if you go ahead and get the truck, and test with the state for your class A, it may give you the proper classification on your drivers licenese, but you won't have any training. You can check to see if there is a company out there that will put you in a truck without going thru a cdl school...I know Prime does something similar, since they have you learn to drive by sending you out with a trainer without any driving training. You will benefit by working thru the High Road....here's a link. High Road Training Program ....But there is no shortcut that will benefit you, in the long run, like going thru a cdl school of atleast 160 hours.

From what I have read there are a few compaines that will hire you even if you just have your CDL A but no drive time. Its just a modified training course.

This maybe a stupid question, but are all of the State CDL manuals the same now. For example I know that Texas has a different air brake test than a lot of the other states, so just want to make sure they are all pretty much the same before I start studying.

So here is my question. I have had a CDL Class B since 2010 and am really thinking about upgrading to a Class A and going over the road. Im trying to figure out is it better to go ahead and take the CDL Class A test and rent a semi for $250 and just get it done, and apply to Knight and just start the over the road training, or would it be better to wait, and go thru the whole school and start all over. Thanks in advance.