Got My Permit
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Congratulations! Enjoy the new adventure ahead of you!
Congratulations. Got my permit and endorsements yesterday. Just need Hazmat. I've been trying to talk to my recruiter at Knight also. I met her on Friday and she was very quick to respond to my emails. Now I can't get an answer from her. When were you hoping to start? I'm aiming for Sept 23.
HAZMAT:
Hazardous Materials
Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations
Congratulations. Got my permit and endorsements yesterday. Just need Hazmat. I've been trying to talk to my recruiter at Knight also. I met her on Friday and she was very quick to respond to my emails. Now I can't get an answer from her. When were you hoping to start? I'm aiming for Sept 23.
I am waiting to find out whats available. I kind of like the idea of starting later rather than sooner just so I may get some driving time in bad weather with a trainer. Would rather go through my first snow storm or icy roads with an experienced driver than by myself.
HAZMAT:
Hazardous Materials
Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations
Congratulations. Got my permit and endorsements yesterday. Just need Hazmat. I've been trying to talk to my recruiter at Knight also. I met her on Friday and she was very quick to respond to my emails. Now I can't get an answer from her. When were you hoping to start? I'm aiming for Sept 23.
And congratulations to you as well! On the hazmat endorsement, you can't get that with a permit only right you have to have the CDL first ? At least that's how I understood it.
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.
HAZMAT:
Hazardous Materials
Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations
Congratulations. Got my permit and endorsements yesterday. Just need Hazmat. I've been trying to talk to my recruiter at Knight also. I met her on Friday and she was very quick to respond to my emails. Now I can't get an answer from her. When were you hoping to start? I'm aiming for Sept 23.
And congratulations to you as well! On the hazmat endorsement, you can't get that with a permit only right you have to have the CDL first ? At least that's how I understood it.
That's what I thought but I asked the girl at the dmv and she said you can test for it now and do all of the required paperwork after.
I think I'm gonna study up on the other stuff first, logbook and such, before I do the Hazmat.
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.
Logbook:
A written or electronic record of a driver's duty status which must be maintained at all times. The driver records the amount of time spent driving, on-duty not driving, in the sleeper berth, or off duty. The enforcement of the Hours Of Service Rules (HOS) are based upon the entries put in a driver's logbook.
HAZMAT:
Hazardous Materials
Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.DMV:
Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.
Congrats Charles!
I am waiting to find out whats available. I kind of like the idea of starting later rather than sooner just so I may get some driving time in bad weather with a trainer. Would rather go through my first snow storm or icy roads with an experienced driver than by myself.
Actually I think you'd rather start sooner than later. You want to get all of the driving experience you can before the snow hits. And companies don't want your training to "go stale". They want you to get going as soon as possible after the schooling as opposed to waiting a month or two. In fact some companies will make you take a refresher course or won't hire you at all if it's been more than like 3 months since you've graduated.
So get out there as soon as you can and get some experience behind the wheel before the weather hits. When the roads get uncomfortable for you to drive safely, just park it. There isn't much a trainer is going to do when you're on bad roads. If he's driving, that's not helping you. And if you're driving, there's nothing he can do from the passenger seat anyhow.
Charles, I agree with Brett on this. It may seem reasonable to you for that training time in difficult weather, but you just need to learn how to handle that rig in any kind of weather right now. You will be so much more ready for that weather when it comes if you go ahead and get started now.
I actually got sent home from one orientation because they felt the time between my schooling and my enrollment with their company had been too long. That was my third time of getting sent home. (the other two were medically related)
So it's important to strike while the iron is hot. When the weather gets tough, you can just get online and ask questions in here, there are plenty of experienced drivers here to steer you in the right direction with tips and advice.
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Finally got my DOT physical done and passed the written tests for my permit. Contacted my recruiter at Knight and waiting to find out when I can go through orientation and start training.
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.