Roehl GYCDL Program Week 4
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Good reads about your experience with Roehl.
When do you hit the road in your Trainer's Truck and the Trailer loaded with Cargo?
How long is the period with your Trainer?
When will get your own truck?
Which division are you in at Roehl?
Have I asked too many questions?
I have to wait until Monday to transfer my CDL , I should hopefully head out Wednesday with trainer. Only with trainer for two weeks then if my fleet manager , my trainer and I all agree I am ready for the road I will be solo. I'm going national box, not reefer. I don't know if the trainer will have full or empty when he gets me but I am hoping it's full so I can jump right back into driving
Good reads about your experience with Roehl.
When do you hit the road in your Trainer's Truck and the Trailer loaded with Cargo?
How long is the period with your Trainer?
When will get your own truck?
Which division are you in at Roehl?
Have I asked too many questions?
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.
Fleet Manager:
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.Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
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Days 1 and 2. Pretrip, back, drive. Pretty much the same thing, practice driving and work on what you need to work on. Backing is the same thing and pretrip should not take you more than 20 minutes if your fast, still recommend slow as it's harder to miss something and there's no time limit on the pre trip. Mid way through day two I told my instructor if I passed I would shake his hand and pull him in for a hug. This man became like a father figure to me and he seen the worst and best of me and knew I was going to have a rough day without him. I owe this man so much for his patience and his guidance.
DAY 3 ALL OR NOTHING DAY.... It has arrived. The final test day. Time to show the state examined what I am made of. I got called to test 2nd. So first part of day watched videos, at 9a.m. my name was called so I went out to the truck.... OH NO... who is this third man with my examiner.... nerves instantly shot as this man was an auditor and he was auditing my examiner.
Pretrip test.... went over everything twice to make sure I did not miss one.... well I missed one but I passed. Relieved to move into backing section of test.
Backing test.
Straight line nailed no get out and look no pull up so far so good.
OFFSET - you insert bad words here.... I took two points for using two pull ups more than I was allowed. So in total I used 4 pull ups on my offset. What a shame but I passed.
90 degree back - I managed to back using both my pull ups and both my get out and looks. 0 points.
I passed my backing section with a total of 2 points....
Driving Test- what an experience I had here. Nerves a wreck with a third man in the truck. But I just forgot he was there and I took a man for a ride, this ride....however happened to be the best ride I have taken anyone on. You get 5 grinds before they count against you... I didn't make it to 3. Up and downshifting changing lanes on tight streets I was never in before...constantly checking intersections, remembering signs, people,train tracks,stale green lights watching my tandem and bulk head, watching other traffic, leaning and looking and before I knew it an hour and a half of driving was over and I was back at my home terminal. I observed the examiner many times throughout the ride marking on the test form. I kept thinking oh man that's a point this is a point that's a point. I failed...couldn't be more wrong... not only did I pass but I passed with only single digit points, would have loved 0 points on my driving test but ended at 9. I got dinged for grey areas between my company policy and the examiner's company policy but I wasn't going to argue. I about cried when I heard the words congratulations from the examiner. As I hopped out of the semi using three point contact the examiner and the auditor complimented my shifting as the most phenomenal shifting they have seen. Time to make many phone calls but there is one thing I need to do first. I walk inside and send the next guy out to his cdl road test. I walk in and go find my instructor. I'm leaning on the wall with a distraught look on my face and shaking my head. He sees this and walks over looking sad as I looked like I failed miserably. As he gets close enough for me to shake his hand I pulled my hands out of my pocket, smiled with a tear in my eye and told him I passed. I shook his hand and I pulled him in and gave him a big hug. I told him thank you and he was proud.
Videos for the rest of the day except for our last truckstop pull through lesson.
Final day of class- we spent time on paperwork and meeting our fleet training managers. We got our certificates and a picture and we were allowed to leave at noon. One final goodbye to everyone and off home. Best instructors and best program I ever completed
Thank you Roehl.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
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.
Tandem:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
TWIC:
Transportation Worker Identification Credential
Truck drivers who regularly pick up from or deliver to the shipping ports will often be required to carry a TWIC card.
Your TWIC is a tamper-resistant biometric card which acts as both your identification in secure areas, as well as an indicator of you having passed the necessary security clearance. TWIC cards are valid for five years. The issuance of TWIC cards is overseen by the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.