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Littlejoe, you hit the nail on the head! What school will you be going to?
Haven't heard about the one your going to. I was thinking McFatter Tech., but now I've got to look into Sheridan Tech. (you've piqued my curiosity). That's IF I can get funding through WIA. If not, I'll be trying to get into one of the Company CDL courses.
As far as a permanent "home address", I was thinking that once I got hired by a company, I'd find a super-cheap efficiency or other rental property located within a few miles from a Company terminal. That way, if I must take home time, I would be close sp they would ALWAYS be able to get me there!
LittleJoe
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.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
Firstly....Welcome to TT, Cole....glad to see you here !!! ITs the place to be to learn everything about trucking !!!
Now...All you need to prove residence is have a solid MAILING address. That can be a PO Box (that someone will empty for you once in awhile...and you will have to give a physical address to be able to have a POB). So any relative in any state will do. ALSO...your CDL will have to be issued in the state of your residential address....
TSB and I lived in our truck for 2 years. It was great...sometimes...and not so good...sometimes...but all in all...I liked it. We did the tourist thing, rented cars, went fishing, sight seeing, etc. But I think the most fun we ever had was the BBQ's we had in the back of the truck stops !!! We always carried a small grill, and would get on the cb, take orders for steaks, shrimp, etc, bob tail to the store, pick up the grub, and we'd all meet at our flatbed trailer for food, conversation, trucker stories (omg) and a great time spent with others. I invested in a solar powered radio...it was the BEST thing I ever did !!! just and fyi...
So invest in your future...and your next adventure awaits !!!!
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.
Firstly....Welcome to TT, Cole....glad to see you here !!! ITs the place to be to learn everything about trucking !!!
Now...All you need to prove residence is have a solid MAILING address. That can be a PO Box (that someone will empty for you once in awhile...and you will have to give a physical address to be able to have a POB). So any relative in any state will do. ALSO...your CDL will have to be issued in the state of your residential address....
TSB and I lived in our truck for 2 years. It was great...sometimes...and not so good...sometimes...but all in all...I liked it. We did the tourist thing, rented cars, went fishing, sight seeing, etc. But I think the most fun we ever had was the BBQ's we had in the back of the truck stops !!! We always carried a small grill, and would get on the cb, take orders for steaks, shrimp, etc, bob tail to the store, pick up the grub, and we'd all meet at our flatbed trailer for food, conversation, trucker stories (omg) and a great time spent with others. I invested in a solar powered radio...it was the BEST thing I ever did !!! just and fyi...
So invest in your future...and your next adventure awaits !!!!
Nope. Can no longer be a PO Box. Has to be a permanent address.
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.
This is EXACTLY what I am planning to do as well, with the exception of home time. The plan is to spend home time wherever I happen to be at the time I take it, and absorb some of the local color. I don't want, nor do I need a "permanent" home location.
Me too. I figure I can rent a room & car every once in a while and see the "Good old USA!"
Jopa
Ditto here... However it will be a way off yet, I didn't get drawn for the 2015 Visa allotment... got to wait til Oct and try for the 2016 draw.
Guyjax...in order to get a PO Box...you have to provide a physical address. And thats across the US. Where I live, they do not deliver the mail to the residences, we all pave POB's...but once a year, we get a paper to fill out to prove the physical address in order to keep our PO Box.
Starcar and guyjax, first off, thank you for your input! Just out of curiosity, my little bit of research says you have to have a physical home address vs a P.O. box. if you are going to use the per diem rate. Suppose the per diem rate do not apply for a person's tax purpose? Is there is another reason why someone must have a physical address? Is it up to the company or is this an industry requirement?
Per Diem:
Getting paid per diem means getting a portion of your salary paid to you without taxes taken out. It's technically classified as a meal and expense reimbursement.
Truck drivers and others who travel for a living get large tax deductions for meal expenses. The Government set up per diem pay as a way to reimburse some of the taxes you pay with each paycheck instead of making you wait until tax filing season.
Getting per diem pay means a driver will get a larger paycheck each week but a smaller tax return at tax time.
We have a ton of information on our wiki page on per diem pay
Starcar and guyjax, first off, thank you for your input! Just out of curiosity, my little bit of research says you have to have a physical home address vs a P.O. box. if you are going to use the per diem rate. Suppose the per diem rate do not apply for a person's tax purpose? Is there is another reason why someone must have a physical address? Is it up to the company or is this an industry requirement?
Industry requirement, and depending on the company, their requirement as well.
Per diem has to do with tax purposes only as I understand it. All it does for you is lower your taxable income slightly so you get more of your money up front before the tax man gets his fingers into the pie. So in effect, you are taxed on a lower percentage and will have less taken out, and if you are depending on a large return every year, then a lower return of your money (which by the way the government gets to keep any interest that is earned on that money).
Hope I explained that correctly.
Ernie
Per Diem:
Getting paid per diem means getting a portion of your salary paid to you without taxes taken out. It's technically classified as a meal and expense reimbursement.
Truck drivers and others who travel for a living get large tax deductions for meal expenses. The Government set up per diem pay as a way to reimburse some of the taxes you pay with each paycheck instead of making you wait until tax filing season.
Getting per diem pay means a driver will get a larger paycheck each week but a smaller tax return at tax time.
We have a ton of information on our wiki page on per diem pay
Thank you OSD! I completely melded everything together. Glad I asked and glad you answered!
Cole
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Me too. I figure I can rent a room & car every once in a while and see the "Good old USA!"
Jopa