My Journey To Will Trans And Questions

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i want to say thank you for this site. I not the best sentence writer so please bare with me. When i was a kid my dad was driving I saw my first trucker he honk the horn and my dad told me he get to travel the us. So when i turned 18 i like i want to be a truck driver but i didn't know where to start tried the college and my voc tech but they didn't offer that course. so i took different jobs ice cream shop, kmart, fred's, gas station and finally toys r us.

I started dating this girl and we was in Ga had to get gas and saw all these ads for the school there and companies and it was like that what i wanted to do now i had a start. Came home started looking into the school how much, where i stay etc but then i was trying to figure out what company sound best but found out most wanted a 10 years work history being young didn't have that so i figure i stay at toys r us 10 years. I was driving one day and saw a truck that said drive big trucks so i looked the up, found out they was in milton close to me which was the truck driving institute but knew i had to wait 10 years. One night at toys r us i had a trucker come in me and him started talking he worked for convenant so i was able to ask a lot of questions and he told me about teaming and i knew i didn't want to do that for years. we talked about tdi and he said they get u the basic but they don't tell you everything. you will learn out there. so he help me find this site indirectly cause i left with the i want to know the truth so i came home and looked for the truth about trucking and here i am read for months before i signed up had lot of questions still do.

so my 10 year came up last october. In january i started looking at what i need to do thanks to this site for that found out i needed my permit. So i studied for months went down and they told me i need a dot physical and had to get glasses. Found me a dot doctor got my 2 year card. Went back to dmv took test failed it but knew why didn't think of the pass button and failed the first test so i just give up in a way but i went home studied more found a app call dmw genie which help so much was the same questions as the actually test. I went back and passed but it was a blessing in disguise as there was a guy who also failed give him this website and dmv genie so maybe i was suppose to help him as i knew the info. So i started looking into companies i remember talking to a trucker years ago about schneider. I gave them a call and got a prehire. I Drove in the middle of the night to find the truck driving institute school.

I went the following monday did the background check and filed paper work. I went back the following week dont remember why but they told me i passed the background check but since my credit was bad i either need to find a cosigner or come up with 5000 and when i could get either. I came back to this website and started over looking at company sponsored and what i needed. i knew i need a passenger, no team, no forced dispatch, and started looking into another company i looked into roehl but they not hire from my area and knight only hire from az so i started reading jim palmers review and they had all that and was a smaller company that was more hands on and longer training and i feel the first year i needed that i don't think i could learn enough in 3 weeks or a month.I put my app in that weekend and they called monday. they told me they only bring in 5 at a time which i really liked. i did a phone interview that week basic why do you want to be a trucker are you ok with being 3 to 4 weeks away from home I passed that so she sent me to the next person to interview the next week. which some of the questions was how do you feel about traffic and weather. why will trans I passed that so the following week the dot lady called basically the questions on the dot do u have a heart problem drug problem can you pass a drug test physical test etc after i passed that.

I got a email that i was good to go for oct 10. so here is my question they are not a school so i won't get the 160 hour certificate but i will get my cdl and over a year of experience. but say after a year i decided to go to another company for whatever reason how hard will it be to get a job without the certificate or should i save up go to a trucking school to get the certificate to have.

if anyone has jim palmer, will trans or os trucking questions ask me i try to answer than or i ask my recruiter

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.

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.

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.

Prehire:

What Exactly Is A Pre-Hire Letter?

Pre-hire letters are acceptance letters from trucking companies to students, or even potential students, to verify placement. The trucking companies are saying in writing that the student, or potential student, appears to meet the company's minimum hiring requirements and is welcome to attend their orientation at the company’s expense once he or she graduates from truck driving school and has their CDL in hand.

We have an excellent article that will help you Understand The Pre-Hire Process.

A Pre-Hire Letter Is Not A Guarantee Of Employment

The people that receive a pre-hire letter are people who meet the company's minimum hiring requirements, but it is not an employment contract. It is an invitation to orientation, and the orientation itself is a prerequisite to employment.

During the orientation you will get a physical, drug screen, and background check done. These and other qualifications must be met before someone in orientation is officially hired.

OWI:

Operating While Intoxicated

Old School's Comment
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Once you have that year of experience established you will no longer need the certificate.

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