Dmacc Transportation Institute

I started Dmacc Transportation Institute Monday September 12.
Today was my second day. In the morning we had U A. For lunch Crete came and provided pizza. Kevin had a nice presentation and offered lots of information. He was also good answering questions. He was not a pushy salesman like the Werner rep was. Th After lunch we studied air brakes. After class we went to the DOT and tested for the instruction permit and air brakes.

 

wow, this week went by fast!
only 2 endorsements to go, passenger and school bus

tested today and passed combination, doubles/triples, tanker, hazmat

nice having a class of 6

 

ROEHL rep. visited today wo-freakin-ho with no more APU or inverters
13 days or less "training" on road

class down to 5 as of monday

got all endorsement tests done

trying to figure out bus for testing, school doesn't have one

next week is driving

 

roehl recruiter claimed apu too expensive to maintain, and too many fires or meltdowns with inverters

cdl permit came in mail today
just in time for on road training!

 

today we finally got in the trucks
forward, reverse upshift and downshift, DRIFTING, driving in circles and U-turns

 

drove 8 miles in 1/2 hr. upshift to 7 and downshift to 2, repeat
also attempted parallel parking, or was that cone crushing...

 

today drove 35 miles, shifted 13 as a 10, it went well shifting up and down

parallel parking finally got 'er dun!

maverick rep Scott Shy stopped by after class, glad he did

their trucks come with battery packs for heat/cool and 1500 wt. inverters

now on my short list is maverick followed by crete

 

dorve 22 miles in truck 22, same one as yesterday, also same driving coach!!
very windy, two hands on the wheel

also did angled alley dock backing, had the 75 yr. young instructor teaching that!


sure is nice to have well qualified EXPERIENCED drivers training us!!

it was a good day