Automatic Trans Vs. Manual
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Many still teach with Manuals:
Swift, Prime,...
Realize that all of the mega-carriers are transitioning to auto-shift. In a couple of years an automatic restriction won't carry the employment limitations like it did five years ago.
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 am currently in school at Crowder College in Missouri through CFI and the school has all there trucks as Manual transmissions and yes most of CFI's fleet from what a couple of my friends that work for them have told me. I would kind of like to have manual just to be able to continue to hone that skill but in any of kind of city driving an auto would be nicer. But being that I am currently training in a manual I won't have to worry about that restriction so an automatic as my first truck wouldn't exactly bother me either. :) I am looking forward to completing school and start driving OTR. Good luck.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Not every state puts a transmission restriction notation on your commercial drivers license.
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I am think researching paid cdl training schools, and most that I see have automatic transmissions, from what I understand if I test out in a automatic I cannot drive a manual. How can I get pass this and are there any companies that train with manuals that I can go to? I already fillied out the application for Pam, and now searching further. Help!
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: