I started here-by going thru the High Road Training Program I start CDL school in Sanford Monday but just from the training here I've already gotten my CDL Learner's Permit (so I passed 3 of my 6 written test).
Make sure you go thru Truck Driver's Career Guide.
Good Luck! You've found the best site on the internet to help you!
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
Company-Sponsored Training is the fastest way to get a cdl.... Once you start at a company sponsored training program it should take about 3 weeks to obtain upper cdl..
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
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.
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.
Quickest way to a CDL?
I think you missed the boat on that one... the Quickest way used to be when George Ryan was Governer or Illinois. You could just go the the DMV and buy one. 

All joking aside however, Yeah, I concur the best and quickest way is going through a company sponsored program. Some of which will even put you out of the road making money and actually doing real on the job training while you are learning the ropes.
Side Note: Not a lot of people know that many Governors in Illinois actually have to serve THREE Terms? Yep, it's true!... they do TWO in office and ONE in Jail. 
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.
Quickest way to a CDL?
I think you missed the boat on that one... the Quickest way used to be when George Ryan was Governer or Illinois. You could just go the the DMV and buy one.
All joking aside however, Yeah, I concur the best and quickest way is going through a company sponsored program. Some of which will even put you out of the road making money and actually doing real on the job training while you are learning the ropes.
Side Note: Not a lot of people know that many Governors in Illinois actually have to serve THREE Terms? Yep, it's true!... they do TWO in office and ONE in Jail.
Good ol Chicago politics.
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.
Quickest way to a CDL?
I think you missed the boat on that one... the Quickest way used to be when George Ryan was Governer or Illinois. You could just go the the DMV and buy one.
All joking aside however, Yeah, I concur the best and quickest way is going through a company sponsored program. Some of which will even put you out of the road making money and actually doing real on the job training while you are learning the ropes.
Side Note: Not a lot of people know that many Governors in Illinois actually have to serve THREE Terms? Yep, it's true!... they do TWO in office and ONE in Jail.
Good ol Chicago politics.
Yep... I left Illinois in 2009. I wonder if the "Chicago Way" has any correlation with this?....
Illinois residents are fleeing the state. When people leave, they take their purchasing power, entrepreneurial activity and taxable income with them. For more than 15 years, residents have left Illinois at a rate of one person every 10 minutes.
Recent data from the Internal Revenue Service shows that, in 2009, Illinois netted a loss of people to 43 states, including each of its neighbors – Wisconsin, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky and Iowa. Over the course of the entire year, the state saw a net of 40,000 people leave Illinois for another state.
The data reflects a continuation of a trend of out-migration from Illinois that has lasted more than a decade. Between 1995 and 2009, the state lost on a net basis more than 806,000 people to out-migration.
When people leave, they take their income and their talent with them. In 2009 alone, Illinois lost residents who took with them a net of $1.5 billion in taxable income. From 1995 to 2009, Illinois lost out on a net of $26 billion in taxable income to out-migration.
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.
Whoops, Sorry Andrew, I didn't mean to Hijack your thread. 
I started here-by going thru the High Road Training Program I start CDL school in Sanford Monday but just from the training here I've already gotten my CDL Learner's Permit (so I passed 3 of my 6 written test).
Make sure you go thru Truck Driver's Career Guide.
Good Luck! You've found the best site on the internet to help you!
He nailed it - that's what you want right there. Go through our Truck Driver's Career Guide to learn about the trucking industry and how to get your career underway. The High Road Training Program is built to prepare you for the CDL permit test, all of your endorsement exams, and doing your job on the road. It has the CDL manual built in but it breaks it down into small chunks with multiple choice questions after each section. It makes the CDL manual a thousand times easier to learn. Give it a shot. You'll love it. Here's how it breaks down:
Scott, you're 47% of the way through the High Road Training Program so you still have a ways to go in the general knowledge section. If you're preparing for your CDL permit test here's how our program breaks down:
To Get Your CDL Permit:
To get your CDL endorsements which are optional but we highly recommend you get:
And two sections we've built ourselves with info you'll need for everyday life on the road but the manual doesn't really cover it:
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.
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
A written or electronic record of a driver's duty status which must be maintained at all times. The driver records the amount of time spent driving, on-duty not driving, in the sleeper berth, or off duty. The enforcement of the Hours Of Service Rules (HOS) are based upon the entries put in a driver's logbook.
A vehicle with two separate parts - the power unit (tractor) and the trailer. Tractor-trailers are considered combination vehicles.
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.
One thing I want to point out is do NOTHING quick when trucking. Speed is not necessarily a good thing around trucks. You will see what I mean when you are behind the wheel.
Slow down and make sure you can handle the job. Drive because you want to not because you feel you have to.
I started here-by going thru the High Road Training Program I start CDL school in Sanford Monday but just from the training here I've already gotten my CDL Learner's Permit (so I passed 3 of my 6 written test).
Make sure you go thru Truck Driver's Career Guide.
Good Luck! You've found the best site on the internet to help you!
He nailed it - that's what you want right there. Go through our Truck Driver's Career Guide to learn about the trucking industry and how to get your career underway. The High Road Training Program is built to prepare you for the CDL permit test, all of your endorsement exams, and doing your job on the road. It has the CDL manual built in but it breaks it down into small chunks with multiple choice questions after each section. It makes the CDL manual a thousand times easier to learn. Give it a shot. You'll love it. Here's how it breaks down:
Scott, you're 47% of the way through the High Road Training Program so you still have a ways to go in the general knowledge section. If you're preparing for your CDL permit test here's how our program breaks down:
To Get Your CDL Permit:
- Rules & Regulations
- Driving Safely
- Transporting Cargo Safely
- Air Brakes
- Combination Vehicles
- Pre-Trip Inspection
- Driving Exam
To get your CDL endorsements which are optional but we highly recommend you get:
- Transporting Passengers
- Doubles And Triples
- Tankers
- Hazardous Materials
And two sections we've built ourselves with info you'll need for everyday life on the road but the manual doesn't really cover it:
- Logbook
- Weight & Balance
Brett I got my cdl A I only started the high road training top refresh my memory....
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.
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
A written or electronic record of a driver's duty status which must be maintained at all times. The driver records the amount of time spent driving, on-duty not driving, in the sleeper berth, or off duty. The enforcement of the Hours Of Service Rules (HOS) are based upon the entries put in a driver's logbook.
A vehicle with two separate parts - the power unit (tractor) and the trailer. Tractor-trailers are considered combination vehicles.
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.
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i want to know the best and quickest way of getting a CDL license?i will appreciate it if some can give me a guide line on what to do.i live deerfield beach Florida.i have been reading the cdl manual for weeks now but i feel discourage because am lost. please some should guide please
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: