How Well Do Companies, Prepare Us?
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The best way to prepare for your written test is with High Road CDL Training Program. Most people who use this pass the first time. This will work for you no matter what state you live in. You do it at your own pace. Here is some other great info if you are just starting to look into trucking.
- Truck Driver's Career Guide
- Brett's Book: The Raw Truth About Trucking (free online version)
- High Road CDL Training Program
- CDL Practice Tests
Good luck. We are here to help.
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.
Prime gave NO instruction on the written test. you tested the 2nd day and were expected to know it before coming
The best preparation for the permit test is your own. It's simply a pile of facts you must stuff into your noggin. Don't put the onus ("OWN-us", a responsibility) for such a simple task on somebody else.
As noted, one great test preparation tool is right here:
High Road CDL Training Program
Swift has a "Permit Class" that takes four days, plus taking you to the state DMV on Friday. But in my opinion, you'll do better to study the High Road CDL Training Program in the comfort of your own home rather than get stuck in a hotel for an extra week.
How do I know this? I teach the Swift Permit Class at the Memphis Swift Academy.
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.
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.
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How well do Trucking Companies, Prepare they're Future Drivers, for the CLP/CDL Written Test?
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
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.