How many PTI/Driving hours to pay for to pass?

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From my perspective as a road trainer the guys from 160 hr schools do significantly better on both hard and soft skills.

That said it really come down to how motivated you are to learn and how well you listen. I would not do anything less then 40 hours, but if you apply yourself that should suffice.

A word of caution - I've had 3 uber and one taxi driver this year. Only one of the ubers passed my truck. The other 3 thought they knew things - they didn't. They didn't understand that you MUST follow the HOS, MUST secure freight, MUST trip plan, and do the hundred other important things that successful drivers do. One guy got very upset with me because he has friends/family who drive trucks and they don't do all the little things I was making hin do. Remember that whatever you think you know, its less then you think and a fraction of what you need.

 

You don't have to worry about the driver that gets tired of shifting or backing; You have to worry about the trucking company getting tired of your shifting and backing!

People that come to this industry are always getting thing exactly backwards; You demonstrate exactly that. If you wan't to stay long enough to recoup your training costs, you have to worry about skills like shifting an backing you offer to your employer. The number and cost of backing accidents is probably the first thing that pushes a new driver out of this industry. It is not something to be taken lightly at all.

Again you have hit on a stereotype that is not exactly true; A lot of drivers exit this industry not because of lifestyle, but because they were forced out due to accidents. I know we all like to make fun of the lifestyle lightweights, but that isn't the full story. Sure it is part of the story, but many, if not most, drivers are excluded from the industry do to accidents. Most of the accidents are indeed backing accidents.

Some get a hang of the whole thing in the first hour behind the wheel. Others have taken multiple classes, months of company training, daily hand holding, several different trainers, several different mentors, several different training companies, and cannot shift or back a trailer to save their lives. That is the truth. Where you fall in that spectrum IDK.

While it is possible to get your CDL with no instruction in most states still, it is getting harder all the time to get your first job without and certified schooling. Most consider the 160hour classes to be certified.

Does that mean 160hour class you will learn more? Will you be able to shift? Can you back a trailer without hitting something? Overwhelming evidence says NO to all those questions!