Comments By Navy Vet

Congrats!!!

Thanks Captain!

Day- 9 Today was classroom again. All log books all day today. I picked that up quickly and didn't find it difficult at all. Others were not as quick, so I got to leave early!

Day 8 - more of the same classroom stuff, today was cargo securement and security. I took my CDL Permit tests this am and did awesome, so watch out on the road!

Great. The High Road Training is the best FREE CDL test prep. You will find this site very helpful.

I'd like to add that the FREE phone app is AWESOME. It is by far the best I've used so far. I showed it to the manager of the school I am in and he has started recommending the app and this sight to all new and prospective students.

Day 7 - all classroom all day! This will be the same all week this week. On a good note, I got my authorization to take my permit test and am going to go in the morning! I'll let ya know how it goes....

Roehl has gotten odd lately. The CDL School I am attending threw them out and won't let the recruiters in because they were trying to make new drivers sign a contract for a 75000 mile guarantee.

Dan, let me start by saying, what works for one isn't always gonna work for another! I'll tell you how I have got it down and am not so nervous anymore.

1 study your butt off. I picked a video I liked of someone doing it. After I watched it a couple times to get the feel for it, I would wait till the guy walked up to an area then pause it, say the stuff needed, unpause and check myself, then move on to the next area. Once I got that down, I started watching it on mute and saying it all myself as he pointed.

When we got to school and the instructors gave us the sheet, I went through it to see what was different than the video I had been using, there were a few differences. I went over it on the truck a couple times. During lunch I had my classmates check me on it and I put the paper in my pocket and did it all from memory. After lunch, I had the instructor check me and I nailed it. He was amazed that I had it down and they had only given us the checklist a few hours before.

That worked for me....good luck!

Good luck! I am in week 2 of CDL School at a private school in Virginia.

Today was Day 6, we went over a few chapters in the book and FMCSR's today. This week will be all classroom, so not too eventful! I have started at the campus closer to my home today, wow what a different atmosphere from the other campus! In Woodford, we had about 20 people in the class, here we have 6,

After class, I called the DMV to find out the status of my test card so I can take the learner's test, WV is a bear to get things done! Good news, it was approved and mailed out on Thursday so I should get it in the mail tomorrow, if so I will go test Wednesday morning.

This evening I spent some time filling out applications on line for pre-hires with a few companies I liked. FINGERS CROSSED my top pics like what they see!

Day 3 - Classroom all day. Inspections, Shifting, and Coupling/uncoupling all day today. We had a recruiter from Werner come by in the afternoon. Finished the day with "how to fill out an application & How to do an Interview".

Day 4 - Yard Day! We started with Coupling and Uncoupling a trailer 5 or 6 times, then we did pre-trip again. I aced it this time with no paper to help, my instructor was blown away. After lunch we started off set backing. Holy crap, it was not a pretty sight! I was able to do it with 3 or 4 pull ups the first couple times. Then I was down to two pull ups, which is enough for the DMV. Our instructor wanted us to try to get it in just one pull up. I did once....hahaha.

I am not in class on Day 5 as I am going to a different location on Monday, tomorrow.

More to come....

Ok, so today was day 2, I didn't post yesterday, so I'll update today.

Day 1 - Classroom. Our instructor was cool and ver knowledgeable. We were set to finish 4 chapters in the book, but at 11 the power went out. They put us on linch break and the power came back on around 1. We ended up only completing 2 chapters.

Day 2 - Yard day. We worked on straight line backing in the morning. 3 tries then switch students. On my first try an observer would think I was trying to complete a 86 point turn, hahaha. Secont try i got it but took out 1 cone. Third try i was better. By the 4, 5, & 6 tries I was doing really good. Then we started pre-trip and walked through with the instuctor before lunch. After lunch we did pre-trip on our own. I went through twice with the paper and found some shade to cool off as the heat index was 107. The instructor was messing with me and asked if I had it down. Thanks to my work on this site as well as you tube, I said yes. He said, let's go then. He took my paper and I completed the entire outside and under the hood of the truck. I missed 1 part, the catwalk. I amazed myself, my instructor was floored and went to tell the lead instructor. We worked on in cab and brake checks for a bit. Then finished the day with more straight line backing. All in all, a good day, but very HOT!