leversole Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Passed my Class A CDL written test today and am the proud holder of a Class A CDL learners permit!Now I just need to figure out how to get some time pulling/backing a trailer!!! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37566-hooray/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ditchkus Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Good for you. Joe D. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37566-hooray/#findComment-265114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCR Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Congratulations! Quote Denny330-550-6020A "Mack Pack" Charter Member Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37566-hooray/#findComment-265119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Awesome! Now the real fun starts! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37566-hooray/#findComment-265120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 O DEAR Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37566-hooray/#findComment-265121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurstscrambler Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 If I got my license, ANY BODY CAN! Good luck, the hardest part for me was getting the truck ready. Andy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37566-hooray/#findComment-265123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastractorsvc Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Congrats with all the driving that you have done should be easy for you. Quote Robert"I reject your reality and substitute my own." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37566-hooray/#findComment-265124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Leslie,Congrats!See if you can find a facility where you can "rent time" to practice. I was able to rent time at a local facility to practice the "skills" portions (straight line, offset, alley/dock, and parallel parking). Hardest part for me was the pre-trip test.I remember seeing an article a while back that mentioned the only way to get a CDL was through a certified school.P.S. I know a place where you can rent a trailer.... 1 Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37566-hooray/#findComment-265143 Share on other sites More sharing options...
39 Baby Mack Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Congratulations Leslie!Ron Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37566-hooray/#findComment-265146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hicrop10 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Congrats,like said the fun starts now.That is all the paperwork that will be needed every time you get pulled into a weigh station.Pretty soon you will have to log in the last time you farted. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37566-hooray/#findComment-265153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck P Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Congrats! I started with a "B" license when I first started with Penske Truck Leasing many years ago. I was hired to move rental units (straight trucks) from different facilities. I moved up to bobtailing which required an "A" license. Penske would let me practice moving 48 & 53' box vans in their yard. The hardest part was moving the pups, they were a PITA. When the time came for the driving test they offered me a Class "A" driver to accompany me and a daycab Freightshaker hooked to a 48' flatbed. The test was a walk in the park! Good luck and get practice with your pre-trip and dock backing. Quote "If it's all the sime to you... I'll droyve that tankah" Max Rockatansky (The Road Warrior) Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37566-hooray/#findComment-265154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 There's a guy in Miami that will sign you off for about a grand.I think all the waste haulers use him. Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37566-hooray/#findComment-265155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddeere Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Congrats. I will agree with Farmer 52 the pre-trip can be tough. Just be sure to go over everything. I failed mine the first time, was more worried about the driving skills test and missed a few things. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37566-hooray/#findComment-265156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 ahrite man...,,,,but your going to have to know what the DMV is gonna want from you ,,,my 2 cents is go to local truck driving school and take a brush up coarse,,,its usually a fraction of entire coarse,,,pre trip and parillel park is the hardest good luck...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37566-hooray/#findComment-265159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 "There's a guy in Miami that will sign you off for about a grand.I think all the waste haulers use him." I wonder if he signed off the garbage truck drivers here in Elko;some of THEM drive like they bought their licenses from out of State.. ....Speed 1 Quote "Remember-ANY Gun Control is Unconstitutional!"<!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><i><b>MACK-E Model Registry # 36</b></i><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><a href="http://www.nvabatetravel.com/"target="_blank">http://www.nvabatetravel.com/</a> Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37566-hooray/#findComment-265293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Passed my Class A CDL written test today and am the proud holder of a Class A CDL learners permit!Now I just need to figure out how to get some time pulling/backing a trailer!!! find a friend with a trailer they aren't using much, like a storage trailer and hook the superliner to it and haul ass man. Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37566-hooray/#findComment-265371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY-B61 Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Congratulations and on to making more money! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37566-hooray/#findComment-265393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Congratulations! I once took a friend who bought a truck over to the wood yard that I hauled chips from on a weekend when the yard was closed, and he had plenty of room to drive around and practice. He would back onto the scales to practice backing up, no one was around to bother him, he could take all the time he needed. After a while you just do it without even thinking about it, maybe you could find a place like that to practice with a trailer. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37566-hooray/#findComment-265397 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Just go get him and head to the wood yard O.D. Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37566-hooray/#findComment-265422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Don't hang around too long at a trucking outfit's yard......they're liable to put you to work! Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37566-hooray/#findComment-265441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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