Re: Just go get a CDL...

From: Everette (194cbteng@bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat Dec 17 2005 - 03:04:40 PST


very true - first one is 20 drive minutes away - last one is an hour drive
away - learned my lesson

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From: "V SCHWARTZ" <vsaws@optonline.net>
To: "Everette" <194cbteng@bellsouth.net>; "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
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Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Just go get a CDL...

> Guess the third one was the one that you should have gone to in the first
> place
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Everette" <194cbteng@bellsouth.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 7:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Just go get a CDL...
>
>
>> Here in Tennessee - at least where I went for test- they do walk around
>> before actual driving takes place.
>>
>> I went with my grandson to get his driving permit, we drove my pickup
>> that has service bed on it. a marker light on side of bed did not come
>> on when instructor had grandson turn lights on before instructor got in
>> truck. Instructor said "truck is not safe to drive" get lights repaired
>> and come back in 10 days. - This was after 3 hour wait.
>>
>> While we were waiting I observed same instructor do walk around on truck
>> and trailer, looked at all lights, fire ext. made sure low air buzzer
>> worked. And she had the driver that brought truck try to move it while
>> buzzer was sounding. Had this been my truck it would have moved and they
>> would have made me "repair" truck.
>>
>> P S - this was grandson and my second attempt, 1st time same truck was
>> unsafe to operate because I had sheet of note paper and pair of cotton
>> gloves on dash board. We went to another testing station after mandatory
>> 10 day wait, Took about 30 minutes total time to get permit there,
>> including eye exam, driving test (without walk around) and wait to get
>> actual permit made up.
>>
>> Everette
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "J" <W7LS@blarg.net>
>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 12:32 AM
>> Subject: [MV] Just go get a CDL...
>>
>>
>>> I spent less time reading the CDL handbook and getting my CDL (with
>>> airbrakes and combo) than I spent reading the pros and cons. You don't
>>> need a class in Washington State. Just read the little book and take the
>>> test. Do I need the CDL? Probably not. Will it ever be an issue?
>>> Definitely not. Total cost: equivalent to a half tank of fuel for the
>>> 5T.
>>> Seriously, it's not that big of a deal to get it. The book has some
>>> good tips in it for deuce and bigger rigs. Jim
>>>
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