I got my Class A CDL today.

Congratulations!! I remember when i got mine, was on cloud 9 for a while.

 

Congratulations! Now get to work !

 

Congrats!!!
My best advice...to new & aspiring drivers:

When backing into any dark space--use magnetic flashlights (attached to the trailer) to illuminate the hole. This will help prevent parking incidents. Also--whenever in doubt--it's cheaper & easier...to GET OUT & LOOK.

It also appears to be a good time to get into the industry. It's very much a driver's market right now.

--Lual

 

Congratulations!!

 

Golf clap for you

 

Heading out to training in two weeks. The magnetic lights are going into my first truck! Thanks.

 

Started driving in the 80’s with a chauffeur license. After all these years, I find I’m still learning at times.

If you’re setting at a Truckstop taking your 10 or your 34, don’t be the guy that videos the other guy pulling up 3 times trying to get parked in a tight spot. Instead offer him a extra set of eyes, we were all beginners at one time…..

 

Congrats! Now the learning really begins. This job is profoundly easier for me to do than it was when I first started four years ago. Practice does indeed make perfect, or at less less imperfect!

 

Sometimes I would touch my brake pedal just enough to activate the brake lights as they help illuminate what you are backing toward. The worst are places up North where the dock is inside a building and you back through a big rollup door. It can be very difficult to see the dock until you are about 2 inches from it. Just go slow. Realize when you are perfectly backed into a spot, and it has bright yellow lines painted on the ground, the line on your passenger side is more accurate showing if your truck and trailer are straight between the yellow lines. The line on the driver side IS NOT accurate. If you try to get the trailer parallel using the yellow line on the driver side you will wind up angled toward the driver side, not parallel to both lines. Watch the passenger side lines on the ground to get centered and parallel to the lines on the ground.