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Are you sure about the automatic restriction? Many company schools still test with a manual transmission to avoid that restriction but if that's not the case, you could get your cdl another way and then hire on.
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.
Are you sure about the automatic restriction? Many company schools still test with a manual transmission to avoid that restriction but if that's not the case, you could get your cdl another way and then hire on.
Yes I specifically asked about the restriction.
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.
Are you sure about the automatic restriction? Many company schools still test with a manual transmission to avoid that restriction but if that's not the case, you could get your cdl another way and then hire on.
Yes I specifically asked about the restriction.
That sucks.
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.
If it were me, and it very well might be in a few weeks, I would talk with the instructors at Arkansas State University - Newport (ASU-Newport) and ask them if I could train and be tested in a vehicle with a manual transmission. Maverick's "company sponsored" Students attend there. The training program is three weeks short, and Students take the CDL Test during the final few days.
Also, from what I think I have learned about Maverick, Students who graduate from ASU-Newport and go back to Maverick's Home Terminal in North Little Rock will be subjected to additional training on a vehicle with an automatic transmission before heading out with the Mentor/OTR Trainer.
For more detailed information, look up Dale Clay on YouTube. He is retired from U.S. Air Force, and he recorded his entire training experience at Maverick -- all six or eight weeks of it. Quite informative.
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.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
I leave for orientation with them this Friday. Already have CDL so no information on the school or obtaining my CDL with them. If you have any questions you can pm and I can answer any as I go through it. When I have time of course
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.
After second conversation with recruiter you train and license on a manual. Unfortunately I have a hiccup on my license that is going to hold me off for awhile.
After second conversation with recruiter you train and license on a manual. Unfortunately I have a hiccup on my license that is going to hold me off for awhile.
That's a shame, Bolt. Maverick's a good company with excellent qualities!
I hope your "hiccup" evaporates soon.
Unfortunately it's gonna take time. After reviewing my current financial standing I believe the prudent move is for me to go back on the road in construction for about 12 months. That puts me in a position financially where I can pay for school up front and still manage to live for a couple months during training and the beginning of my trucking career.
Well hey Bolt? It sounds like you have a plan in order to continue with your venture into trucking and that's a good thing. Definitely keep up on here as information in the industry is always changing and as long as you stay in the loop, you'll be ahead of the game when the time comes.
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I just spoke to a maverick recruiter. Maverick is now offering sponsored cdl training. Maverick is currently hiring flatbed and temp controlled in my area (Northwest Arkansas ).
Here are the specifics: After application and hire they send you to Littlet Rock for a week long orientation.
Then to a local community college for 4 weeks of cdl training.
After that you go back to the yard for 2 weeks, at this point you start drawing a 550 per week salary. At the end of this period you are sent home for an "extended period" of time. He did not define extended and I forgot to ask. After your time home it's back to little Rock to go out with a trainer for 3 weeks still drawing the 550. At the end of the three weeks you get your truck and start milage pay. .38 for 6 months then a bump to .44 and $25 tarp pay.
He said they bring you home every weekend however it is the trucking industry and it may be too weeks out. He stated that there wouldn't be any more than 6-7 weekends spent out.
The only bad part is maverick trucks are automatic, there for you have an auto restriction on your license. That may be my deal breaker.
I did not ask about repayment of school money, but I assume you would owe them a year of service. They put you in a room and two meals a day while training.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: