Surrender My CDL
Topic 3570 | Page 1
David, welcome aboard!
Here's my suggestion. If you've got a truck driving school nearby you could call and find out what it costs to get a refresher course. They are usually much cheaper and then you could go and test in their truck and have a class A license. You could still take a job driving straight trucks if that's what you want, but you would have more options available to you if the need were to arise.
Before making the plunge, you need to research possible jobs in your area that would get you home as often as you need to be. It won't do you any good to get a cdl of any class, if you can't be home where you need to be, when you need to be. Good luck...and my prayers for your wife's illness.
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.
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my wife got kidney disease and though I had got my exam in time i could not find the exam until two months after I needed it to renew my cdl. I let it go. I want to get it back but I was thinking for just a class B what would it take rent a rig and written? I graduated C1 trucking school back in April 2012 and have my certificate. But I have not been I n a rig in almost 2 years because having to take care of my son. Just looking for the best route and the problem is I can't do OTR because my wife's health is on the rocks. So maybe a stupid question but is there jobs for people to just drive straight trucks to sponsor school? I think I could do well on a pre-trip inspection I could probably even pass the written s again as is. Thanks Dave
Pre-trip Inspection:
A pre-trip inspection is a thorough inspection of the truck completed before driving for the first time each day.
Federal and state laws require that drivers inspect their vehicles. Federal and state inspectors also may inspect your vehicles. If they judge a vehicle to be unsafe, they will put it “out of service” until it is repaired.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
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.