Swift 11-28
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Congrats and good luck out there!
Congrats and have fun. You chose a good time to come out being that you will get winter training in. Be ready to learn and study that pre trip like hell the minute you get it. Good luck!
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Congrats and best of luck to ya Brian. I won't be too far behind you.
Congrats! Running just ahead of you.
Which school did you get?
Congratulations! I can't wait to get mine and post here, too! I'm slowly making my way through the training here, but I think I'll be very well prepared thanks to the material here!
Everyone from NY goes to Indiana apparently and NY students are required to get their permits beforehand which I very much wanted to do anyway. One less thing to stress about when I get there.
Congrats! Running just ahead of you.
Which school did you get?
Congratulations Brian. Good luck in school. It's fast paced,...bring your "A" game.
If you do well with the TT training the actual test is a cake walk. One question I guessed at was something not covered, the few others I think I missed were a matter of different terminology. I'm not actually sure of which ones I missed because the NY system doesn't tell you. There were actually 3 separate tests for "core", Air brakes" and "Combination". I missed a total of 4 or 5 between all 3 tests which was well within what was allowed. Very easy. I also did Tankers and doubles/triples which were also very easy. There is so little to the tanker endorsement I wonder why they think it even needs to be an endorsement. If you understand bulkhead and baffle , the effect of surge and the benefit of slowing down to avoid rollover you got that one.
Congratulations! I can't wait to get mine and post here, too! I'm slowly making my way through the training here, but I think I'll be very well prepared thanks to the material here!
Baffle:
A partition or separator within a liquid tank, used to inhibit the flow of fluids within the tank. During acceleration, turning, and braking, a large liquid-filled tank may produce unexpected forces on the vehicle due to the inertia of liquids.Bulkhead:
A strong wall-like structure placed at the front of a flatbed trailer (or on the rear of the tractor) used to protect the driver against shifting cargo during a front-end collision. May also refer to any separator within a dry or liquid trailer (also called a baffle for liquid trailers) used to partition the load.
Doubles:
Refers to pulling two trailers at the same time, otherwise known as "pups" or "pup trailers" because they're only about 28 feet long. However there are some states that allow doubles that are each 48 feet in length.
OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated
Thanks all for the well wishes. I find that now it's an actual reality I have butterflies but for the huge life change it is for me not so much fear of the process.
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Got my med card yesterday and my permit today. Will be starting at Swift Monday the 28th. Thanks TT for the permit training material, the actual tests at the DMV were stupid easy. My only frustration was the computer took longer to go from question to question than it took to answer each question. I'll be watching pretrip videos for the next week. :)
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.