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Posted:  10 years, 6 months ago

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Be sure to read your State Manual before taking the written test.

But you did touch on a very important point. Reading your own State Cdl manual. Part of being a professional driver is knowing the laws of your State and the States you will drive in. As for your permit we tend to want to just get by. I know that I read it here somewhere about reading your own manual. Not sure where.

The fact that you noticed the difference shows how much you have learned. You have given all a good heads up and great advice. I found that with the Ga. test that all the questions in the test your knowledge box at the end of each section are on the test.

Just to throw this out there, "No harm, No foul."

Lot of Ga. Boys coming on here. You yanks better watch out. I got back up now.shocked.png

you can throw SC in there also lol

Posted:  10 years, 6 months ago

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Sam's Truck Driving Jouney

Thanx guys , I KNOW I am in the perfict place , back to studing , Ill keep you posted

Posted:  10 years, 6 months ago

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Sam's Truck Driving Jouney

I just made my appointment for my DOT physical for next Monday 10-21-13 , then i plan in trying (corrrection ,PASSING lol) for my permit on Tuesday morning.In the High Road Training Program ,I didnt do the Transporting Passengers ,Doubles And Triples,Tankers,Hazardous Materials,and i didnt get all the way through ,Logbook and Weight & Balance. I Reset my score and started over and Im going to study Rules & Regulations,Driving Safely,Transporting Cargo Safely,Air Brakes,Combination Vehicles,Tankers,Hazardous Materials,Pre-Trip Inspection,Driving Exam. Plese let me know if I am on the right path , I just want to be prepared , with no surprises. I have decided to go ahead and take the haz-mat and tanker (I havent studed eather of these at all) Each test is only $2.00 and something like 20 or 25 questions , This raisses a guestion , If i fail eather the hazmat or tanker , will that hold me back from getting my class A?

thanx for all the info you have givven me PLEASE if I need to be corrected on anything , just tell me , Im a big boy. lol

Posted:  10 years, 6 months ago

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Sam's Truck Driving Jouney

4 Weeks ago I started the application prosses for the WIA.This morning I got the call that I was approved.Next step is to get the phisical (here in SC you have to pass the phisical before you try for your CDL perment,dont know if its that way in other states).Im going to TRI County Tec (A private school here in upstate SC).Classes start Nov 11.I have to have my CDL permint before enrollong,Its a 4 week class with 1 instructer to 3 or 4 students,95% graduate rate.

I have been studing the High Road Training program,(Im at 57% complete with a 96% score)For the last few days I've been on weight and balance, since im in a time crunch is there a specific area I need to focus on more than others.

Thanx for any help at all, also got a quesion about the WIA fell free to ask and ILL try my best at correctly answering it.

Posted:  10 years, 7 months ago

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Illinois Company/School

I have recently decided to switch career paths and start driving. However, every company/school I speak with says they can't hire me because I live in Illinois and I have to get my CDL here. Now, due to financial reasons, I need to join a company that trains so that I can get my CDL since I am unable to locate a school that will finance.

I have looked at Prime, USA Truck, and Roehl...after reading a lot online, I decided that Roehl best suited my needs, only to find out today they can't work with me due to the "closed borders" of Illinois. Any and all help would be appreciated.

Ill share with you what im doing and maybe it will give ou a idea. I went to the SC Works (used to be the South Carolina unemployment office),they have a grant that I applyed for last week call the WIA.I am still ging though the prosses,so ill only be able to tell you what Iv learnd sofar,If you quallify It will pay for your privite school,cdl perment,med exam , gas to and from school,provide childcare if needed.If you have anyother question ,Ill try to answer.

Iv been all over this site reading the post, (LOVING THIS SITE), Im wanting to start my own blog here about my travels but as you can see im not a great writer or great speller lol (blaming it on my southern accent)

Posted:  10 years, 7 months ago

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Pre-trip inspection

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Typed and copied. Neither works. Takes me to a Domain for sale page.

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On a whim I tried pre-trip.net and I think this is the site he was referring too. Pictures are larger.

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That did work. Thank you!!!dancing.gif

ur welcome , it opened for me and i didnt want you to give up

Posted:  10 years, 7 months ago

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Pre-trip inspection

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The flash cards here are good. There is another site that you can use. Its pretrip.net. The pictures are larger. It also gives you study points. Use all information you can get. If you have more questions please ask us. Be sure to check out the other i.formation here. It is really going to help you.

Good luck

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That site no longer exists.

yes it exist , if you are copy and pasting , remove the period after net

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