A HUGE Thank You!
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Proud of you!
Thank ya Daniel! May see ya around the basketball court one day!
Short of heading to the DMV in the morning and making it officially official, today I became the very proud owner of a class A cdl!
Thank you to everyone for the kind words, encouragement, and motivation! Thank you Brett and crew for the high road training program!
Awesome. Very well done. Primes psd program is no joke. You set a good example for the other females.
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.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.DMV:
Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.
PSD:
Prime Student Driver
Prime Inc has a CDL training program and the first phase is referred to as PSD. You'll get your permit and then 10,000 miles of on the road instruction.
The following is from Prime's website:
Prime’s PSD begins with you obtaining your CDL permit. Then you’ll go on the road with a certified CDL instructor for no less than 75 hours of one-on-one behind the wheel training. After training, you’ll return to Prime’s corporate headquarters in Springfield, Missouri, for final CDL state testing and your CDL license.
Obtain CDL Permit / 4 Days
- Enter program, study and test for Missouri CDL permit.
- Start driving/training at Prime Training Center in Springfield, Missouri.
- Work toward 40,000 training dispatched miles (minimum) with food allowance while without CDL (Food allowance is paid back with future earnings).
On-the-Road Instruction / 10,000 Miles
- Train with experienced certified CDL instructor for 3-4 weeks in a real world environment.
- Get 75 hours of behind-the-wheel time with one-on-one student/instructor ratio.
- Earn 10,000 miles toward total 40,000 miles needed.
Did you trifecta? On your backing test did you have the alley dock or the parallel?
Well, I'm a guy first of all lol! I get that a lot though with my name. I wanted to teifecta, but for in my head to much the first time in the blindside parallel.
Today i got the drivers side parallel, hit it first shot.
Well, I'm a guy first of all lol! I get that a lot though with my name. I wanted to teifecta, but for in my head to much the first time in the blindside parallel.
Today i got the drivers side parallel, hit it first shot.
Sorry man. Yeah the name threw me off. Great job none the less.
Lol, no worries!
Well, I'm a guy first of all lol! I get that a lot though with my name. I wanted to teifecta, but for in my head to much the first time in the blindside parallel.
Today i got the drivers side parallel, hit it first shot.
Congratulations!!! Will be testing next week, how was the road test? How low did you have to go when down shifting?
I had a friend back in the late 90s named Shannon...haven't seen or heard from him since I left Arkansas in 99
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Short of heading to the DMV in the morning and making it officially official, today I became the very proud owner of a class A cdl!
Thank you to everyone for the kind words, encouragement, and motivation! Thank you Brett and crew for the high road training program!
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.DMV:
Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.