Second Career Beginning
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Hey members, I retired as a deputy sheriff last year in California. I’ve been contemplating a second career as a truck driver. After a ton of research on here and the web, I opted to put myself through a local school because I didn’t want to be gone for up to 6-8 weeks right now (son in HS). I checked out a local school yesterday and they told me to get my permit prior to class starting on May 2…I went home, saw there was a program on here ( high road). I studied last night and this morning. I went and got my DOT exam done this morning and then went to the DMV. I passed all three tests (and they made me take class C and M since I was “upgrading” my license. Scam).
Anyway, huge amount of gratitude and accolades for the free program on here. Just awesome.
So next is ELDT class then driving for a couple weeks. Then finding an job!
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Pretty sure G'Town hooked you up with our starter links in your other thread, but I'd like to share this with you: In the big, white bar above, (may or may not say 'search' in small grey,) type "Second Career." You'll be amazed, astounded, and just 'wowed!' Many members started trucking JUST as you are hoping to!
In addition, read a bit of another of our moderator, PJ's stuff.....He now pulls tankers in a 'Purty Peterbilt;' was a former LEO, as well. Here's one for you: Career Choices.
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~ Anne & Tom ~
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.
EPU:
Electric Auxiliary Power Units
Electric APUs have started gaining acceptance. These electric APUs use battery packs instead of the diesel engine on traditional APUs as a source of power. The APU's battery pack is charged when the truck is in motion. When the truck is idle, the stored energy in the battery pack is then used to power an air conditioner, heater, and other devices
Hey members, I retired as a deputy sheriff last year in California. I’ve been contemplating a second career as a truck driver. After a ton of research on here and the web, I opted to put myself through a local school because I didn’t want to be gone for up to 6-8 weeks right now (son in HS). I checked out a local school yesterday and they told me to get my permit prior to class starting on May 2…I went home, saw there was a program on here ( high road). I studied last night and this morning. I went and got my DOT exam done this morning and then went to the DMV. I passed all three tests (and they made me take class C and M since I was “upgrading” my license. Scam).
Anyway, huge amount of gratitude and accolades for the free program on here. Just awesome.
So next is ELDT class then driving for a couple weeks. Then finding an job!
Well, it's ME again....
It's my 'forte' .. not a paid position. ('Til my Rotator cuff heals, anyway!) Are you still in school? How are things going?
We get SO many cliff hangers up in here, ya know?
Yes, I love to read novels....
~ Anne ~
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.
EPU:
Electric Auxiliary Power Units
Electric APUs have started gaining acceptance. These electric APUs use battery packs instead of the diesel engine on traditional APUs as a source of power. The APU's battery pack is charged when the truck is in motion. When the truck is idle, the stored energy in the battery pack is then used to power an air conditioner, heater, and other devices
First off, I think I hit “report” on accident! Sorry about that and please ignore.
So, trucking school has gone longer than I intended. I felt I was ready after two weeks, but my DMV appointment isn’t until 5/31. All good though, more time to practice. School has been pretty good. One young instructor that hasn’t taught a lot before. It became apparent quickly that I was going to have to help him establish a routine. We talked about different types of adult learning and how to identify those in students, etc. I know this sounds pompous. I’m truly not trying to come off like that. The school is fairly new and the instructor is 25.
Anyway, so I have the test coming up this Tuesday. So far the only “difficult” part of training has been driver’s side parallel parking. I eventually got it down ok. Hopefully all goes well Tuesday and they may not ask me to do that anyway. We will see.
The company that houses the new school seems to be very well run. The CEO came by and introduced himself. We got talking and he told me to come by his office after I get my CDL. That’s promising!
Hey members, I retired as a deputy sheriff last year in California. I’ve been contemplating a second career as a truck driver. After a ton of research on here and the web, I opted to put myself through a local school because I didn’t want to be gone for up to 6-8 weeks right now (son in HS). I checked out a local school yesterday and they told me to get my permit prior to class starting on May 2…I went home, saw there was a program on here ( high road). I studied last night and this morning. I went and got my DOT exam done this morning and then went to the DMV. I passed all three tests (and they made me take class C and M since I was “upgrading” my license. Scam).
Anyway, huge amount of gratitude and accolades for the free program on here. Just awesome.
So next is ELDT class then driving for a couple weeks. Then finding an job!
Well, it's ME again....
It's my 'forte' .. not a paid position. ('Til my Rotator cuff heals, anyway!) Are you still in school? How are things going?
We get SO many cliff hangers up in here, ya know?
Yes, I love to read novels....
~ Anne ~
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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.EPU:
Electric Auxiliary Power Units
Electric APUs have started gaining acceptance. These electric APUs use battery packs instead of the diesel engine on traditional APUs as a source of power. The APU's battery pack is charged when the truck is in motion. When the truck is idle, the stored energy in the battery pack is then used to power an air conditioner, heater, and other devices
First off, I think I hit “report” on accident! Sorry about that and please ignore.
So, trucking school has gone longer than I intended. I felt I was ready after two weeks, but my DMV appointment isn’t until 5/31. All good though, more time to practice. School has been pretty good. One young instructor that hasn’t taught a lot before. It became apparent quickly that I was going to have to help him establish a routine. We talked about different types of adult learning and how to identify those in students, etc. I know this sounds pompous. I’m truly not trying to come off like that. The school is fairly new and the instructor is 25.
Anyway, so I have the test coming up this Tuesday. So far the only “difficult” part of training has been driver’s side parallel parking. I eventually got it down ok. Hopefully all goes well Tuesday and they may not ask me to do that anyway. We will see.
The company that houses the new school seems to be very well run. The CEO came by and introduced himself. We got talking and he told me to come by his office after I get my CDL. That’s promising!
Hey members, I retired as a deputy sheriff last year in California. I’ve been contemplating a second career as a truck driver. After a ton of research on here and the web, I opted to put myself through a local school because I didn’t want to be gone for up to 6-8 weeks right now (son in HS). I checked out a local school yesterday and they told me to get my permit prior to class starting on May 2…I went home, saw there was a program on here ( high road). I studied last night and this morning. I went and got my DOT exam done this morning and then went to the DMV. I passed all three tests (and they made me take class C and M since I was “upgrading” my license. Scam).
Anyway, huge amount of gratitude and accolades for the free program on here. Just awesome.
So next is ELDT class then driving for a couple weeks. Then finding an job!
Well, it's ME again....
It's my 'forte' .. not a paid position. ('Til my Rotator cuff heals, anyway!) Are you still in school? How are things going?
We get SO many cliff hangers up in here, ya know?
Yes, I love to read novels....
~ Anne ~
Whatever happened, Brian?
~ Anne ~
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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.EPU:
Electric Auxiliary Power Units
Electric APUs have started gaining acceptance. These electric APUs use battery packs instead of the diesel engine on traditional APUs as a source of power. The APU's battery pack is charged when the truck is in motion. When the truck is idle, the stored energy in the battery pack is then used to power an air conditioner, heater, and other devices
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Hey members, I retired as a deputy sheriff last year in California. I’ve been contemplating a second career as a truck driver. After a ton of research on here and the web, I opted to put myself through a local school because I didn’t want to be gone for up to 6-8 weeks right now (son in HS). I checked out a local school yesterday and they told me to get my permit prior to class starting on May 2…I went home, saw there was a program on here ( high road). I studied last night and this morning. I went and got my DOT exam done this morning and then went to the DMV. I passed all three tests (and they made me take class C and M since I was “upgrading” my license. Scam).
Anyway, huge amount of gratitude and accolades for the free program on here. Just awesome.
So next is ELDT class then driving for a couple weeks. Then finding an job!
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.
EPU:
Electric Auxiliary Power Units
Electric APUs have started gaining acceptance. These electric APUs use battery packs instead of the diesel engine on traditional APUs as a source of power. The APU's battery pack is charged when the truck is in motion. When the truck is idle, the stored energy in the battery pack is then used to power an air conditioner, heater, and other devices