License upgrade question

Couldn't you call the dmv?
I thought most states required a skills test in a tractor trailer along with an airbrakes test?

 

CDL Permit and License - MassDOT - RMV

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Class A
(Combination vehicle endorsement required)
General Knowledge Written Exam

Combination Endorsement Written Exam

Road Exam

H - Hazardous Materials Written Exam
N - Tank Vehicles Written Exam
P - Passenger Transport Written and Road Exam
T - Doubles/Triples Written Exam
X - HazMat and Tank Vehicles Written Exam
L - Air Brakes Written and Road Exam
S - School Bus Written and Road Exam
Class B
General Knowledge Written Exam

Road Exam

H - Hazardous Materials Written Exam
N - Tank Vehicles Written Exam
P - Passenger Transport Written and Road Exam
X - HazMat and Tank Vehicles Written Exam
L - Air Brakes Written and Road Exam
S - School Bus Written and Road Exam

 

You don't need a Learners Permit, you already got the B.

There is a combination, general knowledge, air braking and any endorsements you already have on your B, you will retake those for the A.
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Whatever you do, make sure you road test in a manual tractor trailer for the A. Don't do it in a Auto or get a restriction. Companies hate restrictions even though they might be buying autos hand over fist.

 

You might as well settle in, test test test and test some more. Once you get that A license with all the endorse ments all that is left to you is to stop the drugs. drinking, smoking, chasing the opposite sex raising children, buying a home etc. Trade all that for trucking.

What ever the revenuer hands to you in the (Yes we still use that word here, the equivlant is the DMV) form of written tests is the tests you take. You evidently have passed them with good scores and so on. There is no stress for you in taking these things sseveral times in your life time.

The big thing is to get a manual transmission truck. You will test on that rig and prevent the state from slapping a restriction against you by saying you cannot drive a manaul truck, only Automatics. Real truckers use manuals.

However a properly matched Auto to the correct engine makes for a old fart like me to actually sing it's praises once in a while. I despise the #### things because if you don't shut that truck off often enough, long enough (Goes to show teams, they never shut off) you are going to seriously brick that auto transmission require a rotator to come get you and tow you and your JIT busted load to the nearest dealer or company shop to hard reboot that pos computer inside your transmission. Im betting Windows Lite is the OS inside these #### things. But we drivers are shoo'ed away and not allowed to touch. Like children being mistreated int he auto shop for some reason instead of the professionasl we are supposed to be.

 

You should drive to the DMV and ask them.

 

There has been a rash of people coming on here asking questions that can be very easily and should be directed to the DMV, they will tell you what's what. Oh by the way, bring some money for the tests you are about to recieve.

My DMV where I am is so slow. Three people working there, one of them a supervisor. The other two pushes paper, stickers and takes pictures of people. You can show up, sit down in 6 minutes have all that you need done, done and gone down the road.

Unlike Glen Burnie Maryland off 2 before that old 97 was built decades ago. Two hours being passed floor to floor, staffer to staffer. Building to freaking building. I doubt that many of you old time truckers say back towards the late 40's will recall that hellhole up there in Maryland.