Which endorsements would you recommend new CDL holders get?

Hazmat
Doubles/Triples
TWIC
Passport or Passport Card (this is for hauling loads to Canada)
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Waste Management

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• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Legally eligible to work in the United States
• Hold a current Class A or B Commercial Drivers License with an air-brake endorsement.

 

All of them... Minus passenger and school bus.

Hazmat is a personal decision in my opinion, I dont want that hassle. But it does open ALOT of other opportunities, I could use it in my current position if I wanted too. But as I said, I have ZERO interest in hauling Hazmat.

 

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Everything you can

 

What he said.....

and also....that in post #2, above.

Basically, the more endorsements you have, the more potential opportunities you have.

Those endorsements open A LOT of doors--to the better money-making opportunities.

And the tests/exams for them are not really hard, either.

Think about it.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.......

--Lual

 

Get doubles/triples, it's one endorsement. The tests are easy. The endorsement never expires. I've had HazMat since I got my CDL. I would only get it if you want to use it. It's about $200 or more, a couple of trips to the driver license office and weeks of waiting on the govt to do the background check.
I think School bus/Passenger bus will require a new road test. I don't know if it expires. I wouldn't want to carry people. The people in cars are already more of a PIA than anything else in the job. I'd collect aluminum cans for a living before I carried children or people for a living. School bus pays very little and has too many hassles. No Thanks.

 

EVERY CDL driver should get Tanker. It's required for certain freight carried in vans/reefers. Tanker IS NOT just to pull tanker trailers. Tanker is the best segment of trucking.