High Road Training Permit
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The High Road course is not state specific. But if you get those 90% scores here, you should ace the state written test. Manuals for all states are nearly word-for-word identical. Look them up here: CDL manuals by State
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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
I seem to remember reading here on TT that there is one thing different about the Texas written test. I can’t recall exactly what it was. Maybe somebody else remembers or that new guy, Jimmy, might know.
The High Road CDL Training Program will get you in good shape for any state. The CDL manual is built in to the program. The Texas manual has a section in it that no other state uses. It is section 14. Run through that section a few times and you should be good to go.
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 can't speak specifically for Texas, I just got my permit in North Carolina (about two weeks ago). I always have been a good student and a good test taker so take this for what it is, I didn't miss a single question. I did skip two questions on the general knowledge part, but I also didn't get them wrong!
I used the High Road Training, the CDL Prep app on android, listened to some audio-book practice tests on Spotify while driving, and took every practice test that was recommended by my CDL school. I started studying on a Thursday and took my permit tests the following Monday, so about 4 days of studying. Saturday was a pretty full day of it.
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.
OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated
In order to cover all bases, in addition to doing the high road course, I also downloaded a copy of my states cdl manual as well as sample tests and studied those as well.
In general, I found I learned more and benefitted more from the high road, but it's good to be prepared. There were some questions that were worded differently on our state test, so it helped to have knowledge of it, but the concepts were the same
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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
It’s the training program available on this site.
Old School posted a link to it earlier in this thread? Go back and find it.
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Will the High Road Training Course prepare you for all states cdl permit testing? Im really asking about the state of Texas.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: