Comments By Brent R.

Good Information to have for sure thanks, all the instructors here say we will learn the meat of stuff when we get jobs and learn hands on in real world experiences with our trainers,

Today we did tandom sliding, connecting doubles and triples using the dolly, learned how to adjust brakes even though we’re not suppose to they wanted to show us Incase of an emergency, we then coupled and uncoupled a trailer, was good getting outside now we’re on the computers to work on modules to finish the day.

No weekend classes for me it’s monday thru Friday for 8 weeks they have evening classes that go for 16 weeks it’s like 530-1030pm

Today me and another student spent 4 hours in the truck doing the in cab inspections and air brake tests and the 5 mph roll brake test, our instructor was a cool guy, retired Walmart driver had over 2 million miles with them but drove for other companies before that, lots of knowledge and we asked a lot of questions, after the 4 hours in the truck we went back to class room to work through the modules and watch videos over coupling and uncoupling which we will do tomorrow with the truck and trailer.

Good to hear Han Solo.

Today is the 7th day most of us have our CDL permits, today we did more pre-trip on different trucks and trailers, we also did in cab inspections and did air brake tests, a few of us got to couple a tractor to a trailer, was nice getting out of the classroom, tomorrow is going to be outside and luck would have it cold front moving in and suppose to be wet so gonna dress warm for tomorrow, can’t wait to start doing more stuff outside. One instructor said there will be 2 students to a truck with an instructor, 2 students will go in the morning session 4 hours and then 2 more in the afternoon session, so 4 students assigned to a truck split the time, the trucks we will be driving are the same ones we will be tested in here at the campus since they are certified to do the driving portion of the test here as well on campus, campus is on an old Air Force base outside of town so there are many open areas and places to drive. It’s fun and exciting can’t wait for more.

Not sure if anyone reads these but I’ll keep posting for a while , today the few that have completed all the testing got In the simulators and worked on double clutching and shifting, first in a parking lot then on a country road with traffic then in the city, it was fun and took a lot of work and I still need lots of practice but for first time felt I did ok, didn’t realize those things are so realistic with shaking and sounds.

Today was the 5th day of class, me and another guy who have passed all our tests and have our CLP’s worked on the pre trip on a truck and trailer they have parked in garage next to classroom, we also started doing the lessons for Hazmat and Dbl and tripled which we will take the tests when we go to get our CDL’s in a few weeks.

Good deal thanks for the info

It’s really a lot more common than I thought and man I sleep so much better now and feel so Much better after wearing it at night.

My DOT doctor gave me a 4 month card since I had already been tested just didn't have my machine yet, she gave me a month to get it and wear it for 90 days and then she will issue me a 1 year card, it took insurance forever to get me the machine, about 2 1/2 weeks from the time I had the sleep study done, good news is the new ones run off a cellular network and my doctor can pull my usage on the machine anytime she wants so that is nice.