life at Roehl ...grc

no i have 4 days left and i will be in your shoes how long was the written test and was it hard

 

Congrats grc on passing your test. I just got back from 8 days of Evo I. I wanted to get home by Monday so I could go to skid pad training at my CDL school. They got me home a little early.

I was unable to get any free wifi access while I was out. I also trained with a flatbed driver. I was usually too worn out at the end of the day to go wandering around looking for a wifi connection.

My weakest link so far is downshifting. At one point my trainer had me drive on US-20 across northern Indiana to give me a little more shifting practice. I do pretty well when I know whats ahead. However, when going down a short off ramp I have a little trouble getting through the gears. I think a little more practice will cure it.

 

The Marshfield and Gary terminals have wifi, at least when you're inside the building. The Joplin Petro has a good connection in the entire parking lot. That's as much as I've been able to find for free.

Get a mobile broadband card once the paychecks start rolling in. It's cheaper than buying every truck stop chain's wifi.

 

thanks alot grc i dont doo well on written test but if its like you say i dont have anything to worry about

 

Well I am going to follow this thread as I am interested in Roehl. I may be in school come the middle of September. If not mid October. I am going to TN Tech in Nashville. (I hope!) Bad thing is graduation is in December.

 

thanks alot grc i am pretty good with the atlas i am ready how was the road test an did you do a pretrip

 

Rug,

You will enjoy your education at Tn Tech. The instructors are very knowledgeable and really care about your success. You will get plenty of seat time, and you will do some driving at night out on a two lane. They have some very new yard trucks for backing and a couple Petes for driving, one is brand new!