Well, tuesday I take my CDL A test with a 3rd party tester and I am a bit worried. Throughout the entire school we drove sleepers on the road. I finally got shifting down, learned my turn radious and got used to it. We practiced skills in day cabs but never drove them on the road. Saturday I drove the daycab as that is the truck I will test in. My shifting was not good, it is way different in the day cab. My instructer said he ran out of blocks on his grade sheet for that lol. Everything else was fine and he said that he would pass me but im worried about the tester. I hope I dont fail over something like that. Shifting these trucks takes practice but it seems even though the dol knows you will be with a trainer for awhile starting off they cut 0 slack. Wish me luck I guess. Hopefully I start my career by the end of tuesday. Otherwise I will have to wait the 7 day period to retake the test ugh.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Day Cab:
A tractor which does not have a sleeper berth attached to it. Normally used for local routes where drivers go home every night.
Well, tuesday I take my CDL A test with a 3rd party tester and I am a bit worried. Throughout the entire school we drove sleepers on the road. I finally got shifting down, learned my turn radious and got used to it. We practiced skills in day cabs but never drove them on the road. Saturday I drove the daycab as that is the truck I will test in. My shifting was not good, it is way different in the day cab. My instructer said he ran out of blocks on his grade sheet for that lol. Everything else was fine and he said that he would pass me but im worried about the tester. I hope I dont fail over something like that. Shifting these trucks takes practice but it seems even though the dol knows you will be with a trainer for awhile starting off they cut 0 slack. Wish me luck I guess. Hopefully I start my career by the end of tuesday. Otherwise I will have to wait the 7 day period to retake the test ugh.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
Day Cab:
A tractor which does not have a sleeper berth attached to it. Normally used for local routes where drivers go home every night.