Just A Question About Training
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Brian, all the schools train you in the basice of OTR driving. Then the company you go with, (if you don't go thru a company school) will send you out with a trainer to learn the ropes of OTR driving. It depends on the company whether and what you get paid during your time with the trainer. This site has alot of information on different company schools, and what they offer. It will help you get a grasp on what going into trucking is all about. And Welcome to TT !!
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.
No my ? is if i get my permit by my self is there any companys that hire and take u out on the road with out having to do there school i did school 10 years ago passed it all got my cdl never used it moved out of stae and back home butwhen i came back home i let it go and just got my class c so i no i can pass the permit test but i dont want to have to go thur school if i dont have to
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.
Again...the answer is no. Your permit just tells them that you passed the written test. They aren't gonna send you out in 80K of truck and trailer without a few weeks of learning to steer and gear on their practice range. THEN you will go out with a company trainer over the road...THEN if you pass that part, they will put you in your own truck. Theres no speedy way to get a CDL. Its to dangerous to put someone in a piece of metal that can literally run OVER cars, without giving them onsite training. What you are asking for will never be offered, not even from a private truck owner, or a small trucking company. Like all other truckers, you are going to have to "pay your dues", by learning what you need to know before you can go OTR in a big truck.
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.
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.
Over The Road:
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.
Brian, welcome to the forum! You will have to do school one way or another. You've either got to have your CDL A to get hired or you've got to go through a company sponsored school. If you're short on funds the company sponsored schooling is the way to go. Check out the Company-Sponsored Training link for more information.
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.
Company-sponsored Training:
A Company-Sponsored Training Program is a school that is owned and operated by a trucking company.
The schooling often requires little or no money up front. Instead of paying up-front tuition you will sign an agreement to work for the company for a specified amount of time after graduation, usually around a year, at a slightly lower rate of pay in order to pay for the training.
If you choose to quit working for the company before your year is up, they will normally require you to pay back a prorated amount of money for the schooling. The amount you pay back will be comparable to what you would have paid if you went to an independently owned school.
Company-sponsored training can be an excellent way to get your career underway if you can't afford the tuition up front for private schooling.
Hey Brian.
For starters, you can definitely get your permit on your own easily enough. In fact, we have an outstanding (and free!) CDL test preparation course called the High Road Training Program. That has the CDL Manual built right in, along with 700 multiple choice questions, a scoring system, a review system, and all kinds of nice features. You can run through that program and then go get your permit.
But at that point, you're going to have to go through either a Private Truck Driving School or a Company-Sponsored Training Program. They will teach backing and shifting on the range and then road work around town which will lead up to your CDL testing. Then, once you have your CDL in hand, that's when you'll go on the road with a trainer.
Since you've had your CDL before, if you're looking to get out there on the road making money as quickly as possible, I would definitely look at the Company-Sponsored Training Programs. It's in their best interest to get you in a truck turning productive miles as quickly as possible. If they see you picking up on everything real well they'll do all they can to move you through the process and get you on the road. It might also save you quite a bit of money over a private school, depending on the program you choose.
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.
Company-sponsored Training:
A Company-Sponsored Training Program is a school that is owned and operated by a trucking company.
The schooling often requires little or no money up front. Instead of paying up-front tuition you will sign an agreement to work for the company for a specified amount of time after graduation, usually around a year, at a slightly lower rate of pay in order to pay for the training.
If you choose to quit working for the company before your year is up, they will normally require you to pay back a prorated amount of money for the schooling. The amount you pay back will be comparable to what you would have paid if you went to an independently owned school.
Company-sponsored training can be an excellent way to get your career underway if you can't afford the tuition up front for private schooling.
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
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if i get my permit is there any company that trains u on the road and if so do they pay u for that time