Terminated during CDL training for bad backing skills....new company?

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  1. Bfennell

    Bfennell Light Load Member

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    Was just terminated from Roehl for not meeting backing standards. They said they were doing me a favor, if I tested and failed then I would be on hook for school costs.

    Want to get back right away onto the horse, just need more time to learn backups. Need to move quickly and I am cash poor.

    Roehl was very good about everything, I can recommend them, I just was too slow to get backing up in their timeframe.

    I live in northern Indiana,
     
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  3. alghazi

    alghazi Road Train Member

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    How long did they give you to learn backing?
     
  4. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    That's tough.

    Go back to school and see if you can practice some more backing.

    If you cannot back for anything with a tractor trailer, take courage, you are not defeated yet. There is straight work in air freight, expedited and other types of box truck work. No shame in that at all.
     
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  5. Old school 362

    Old school 362 Medium Load Member

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    Sure get back on the horse. what was you doing wrong.
     
  6. Joec111

    Joec111 Light Load Member

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  7. TROOPER to TRUCKER

    TROOPER to TRUCKER Anything Is Possible

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    Millis Transfer trains and also a good company that will get you home on weekends.

    @Chinatown
     
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  8. Blackshack46

    Blackshack46 Road Train Member

    Dare I say, are you China's prodigy?
     
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  9. rjtrucker41

    rjtrucker41 Bobtail Member

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    I went to ffe in Dallas and went through training and they took me with other students to take the road test but when it was my turn the woman that gave the road test said she doesn't have any paperwork for me .At the end when i return they called me in and said they were cutting me lose because i couldn't get the downshifting and they didn’t have anymore time to teach. Got back home worked at a towing outfit and use their equipment to learn on property .Went to a local trucking school told them i just need truck for cdl test cost me 650 failed 1st time went back paid another 650 and only person to pass on that day out of 12 people got out truck and kissed the ground cause i knew what it would do for me from there on.Don,t give up hope ,just got to be determined and you will find a way.
     
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  10. breadtrk

    breadtrk Heavy Load Member

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    Dump trucks, beer trucks, trash trucks (some of those trash gigs are very well paying, not joking either). Just don't give up.
     
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  11. johnhardin

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