Thank You Brett, TT Pro Posters, And MTI For A Brighter Future

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Papa Bird's Comment
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Thank You Brett and all of the veteran drivers that have dedicated there time, and wisdom to this wonderful site. I have been lurking in here for about six months kind of like a sponge, soaking it all up. Today I finished my final day of CDL training at MTI in Springfield, Missouri I scored 98% average on my permit tests. (Tested, General Knowledge, Combination, Air Brake, Doubles ,Triples, and Tanker.) and am very sure that it was because of this great site and your excellent CDL training materials.

I also know that some of the fine people at MTI speak highly of this site, and personally I think that they should know that there efforts and dedication was a great help, and is greatly appreciated. I paid for the four week training so that I would not find myself committed to a company with a bill and contract, it was affordable and accredited plus they helped to place me with a smaller company that I think I will be happy with.

I am looking forward to starting my new job on Monday and know that I will continue to lurk here and learn from honest and true professors of trucking until I feel that I have some small nuggets of wisdom that I might be able to share with others already here, and those that follow in their tracks, I would like to give a shout out to Todd and Kym, you will not be forgotten and I am very grateful to you both.

And to all you Masters of the Big Rigs here on TT I salute you, keep the shiny side up, the dirty side down and may your HOS be plentiful. Hope to meet you all out there.

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.

Doubles:

Refers to pulling two trailers at the same time, otherwise known as "pups" or "pup trailers" because they're only about 28 feet long. However there are some states that allow doubles that are each 48 feet in length.

HOS:

Hours Of Service

HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Jeff L.'s Comment
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Right on! Papa Bird! I hope I can say the same thing in a couple months. Very inspirational.

Brett Aquila's Comment
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Hey congrats on the great scores and good luck with the new job! We certainly hope you'll keep us updated on how things go for ya and we'll be here to help if you ever need it.

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