High Road Training
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Your unsolicited testimony will go up on Brett's office wall.
Brett Aquila did an awesome job building the High Road Training Program system. His picture is at the bottom of nearly every web page.
You should ace your CDL written, for sure. Got any idea which company or school your going to?
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.
I'm gonna be heading to work for Roehl. I wish I'd done my research 5 years ago when I went to the no-name company school. If so I'd already be out there with 5 years under my belt. But I guess there's a time and place for everything. I can say that I'm not as nervous. Still a bit indecisive as far as whether I'm nervous or not about the Air Brakes section. But, I passed the CLP test 5 years ago, so I'm sure I can this time around as well. And somehow I had also passed the Pre-Trip back then as well. I don't remember how I did it, but I did. This go around however I'm more focused then I was back then. I'd recently gotten out of a relationship and had a bunch of other distractions that took my focus away from my goal and end game. So, real quickly for anyone who is brand new to everything. If there is anything that may distract you, put it to the side. Put it in the back of your mind. Kind of like deciding to be a day trader, remember your Why. Why am I changing careers? Why did I choose trucking? Whatever your why is should be your motivation.
For me, it's several why's. To have a stable career and life. To travel.
I even remember way back in 6th grade I had this class and we had to choose a career out of a box and do a report on it. All these people were picking doctor, lawyer, teacher, etc etc. I pulled out truck driver. And ever since I did that report 20+years ago being a truck driver has been what I wanted to do. It just took me a while to get to this point.
Anyway, I'm sorry for rambling there. Hope everyone has a good one.
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
CLP:
Commercial Learner's Permit
Before getting their CDL, commercial drivers will receive their commercial learner's permit (CLP) upon passing the written portion of the CDL exam. They will not have to retake the written exam to get their CDL.
Hey Eric, glad to hear our High Road Training is making things easier for you!
This go around however I'm more focused
That is going to be key. Be focused, and determined, to get through that first year in trucking. Just keep studying and pushing forward. There's going to be a lot of ups and downs along the way and it's going to be overwhelming at times but you have to stay the course.
Working through our High Road Training will help tremendously, especially if you'll go through sections like Learning The Logbook Rules and Truck Weight & Balance after learning the stuff for your permit. Those two sections cover a ton of important things you'll need to know to do your job out there but those materials aren't covered very well (or covered at all sometimes) during your schooling.
Stick around and ask a lot of questions. We'll do all we can to help you get your career off to a great start.
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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.New Reply:
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I just to also thank whoever came up with the High Road Training. Before finding this site I tried to read just the Kentucky CDL manual and take a practice test. I did horribly on it.
Started the High Road Training and taken practice tests and I'm passing those with 95%-100%. Awesome job on offering this. Even more for it to be free!!!!
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.