Retesting and Retraining

I'll throw this out there, even though it's not one of your questions.
Bellavance Enterprises pays students $16.00 hr. while attending their cdl school.
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This is the third or fourth thread I have seen lately on this topic. I scratch my head. I got my license at 17. I drove with my dad about 3-4 months at 19, and then never planned to drive a truck for a living. I did have to pick up store fixtures for my company's OAY Ski sale in the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, so having my Class A (pre-CDL days) came in handy. I didn't drive a truck for a living until I was 33 years old. It would never have occurred to me to let my cdl lapse. Most states besides California just require a fee. Why let it lapse?

 

There's also YRC Academy which is for:
Yellow Freight,
YRC Freight
Holland
New Penn
Reddaway
HNRY Logistics
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Tuition-free CDL Driving Academy - Truck Driver Jobs ...

 

I'm in the same situation. Drove over the road for 4 years and once I switched careers I never thought about going back. 12 years later I want to go back to trucking so here I am going through everything all over again. I will never let that happen again.

 

Got mine back in 80. Worked at a non trucking job but kept the license active. Quit for a few months went to driving. Old boss called me back. Been there for 40 yrs. Still have kept the CDL because of the crap hoops they would make me jump thru. Ya it cost me more to have it and the medical card but I would rather have it this way.

 

I didn't return via option two, that's how I got my CDL to begin with. Check out Case CDL in MO. Sounds like that would be an easy option for you. Basically renting their truck with a little bit of seat practice before you head to DMV.

 

You're not the only one. Hopefully someone will see this and learn.