Leave for orientation at Roehl the day after tomorrow.

Have you checked into possibly getting financing via WIA (Workforce Investment Act)? Your local One-Stop Career Center should be able to help.

Also, is there a community college or votec center in your area that offers CDL classes? They will be much cheaper than commercial schools and typically have a person on staff who knows about all sorts of tuition assistance (Pell Grant comes to mind, for example).

 

Pedy - Glad all is going well for you!

I passed my CDL test today (WHAT an experience!) and I am supposed to go to Roehl orientation in August. I am worried about being rusty since I am not able to start orientation sooner. What did your driving test consist of?

Thanks for keeping us posted and keep up the good work!

 

Rob,
I'm glad you are enjoying your experience and doing well. I think you will be very happy with Roehl. Geez you think they would give me free schooling for all the talking up I do about them. (just kidding) Seriously, my husband enjoys driving for them and I am getting excited reading about your experiences.

Lkat, Congrats on passing the CDL test. I bet what you learned and with taking the test it will come to you when you are at Roehl.

Ok Ok on a great note.......my sister emailed me tonight and she and her husband will co-sign for me! I emailed Carrie and sent the form to my sister. As soon as Carrie gets it she will set up school for me. I am so happy.

 

I am new to site, thanks to the site, I switched from CR England to Roehl(long story)! Carrie is my recruiter also, she's very nice and helpful!. I start with Roehl June 18th, maybe I'll see ya there!

 

Welcome aboard Mudpuppy! It will probably take a little time to get me into school. Being a female they have to make sure there is room Carrie told me but hopefully it won't be too long of a wait.

Rob, John is suppose to be going to Ellenwood soon for a safety meeting. Exactly when I don't know. His truck number is 1815.

PS anyone want to give me hints on what is on the CDL written test?

 

I guess I should have said that I'm a newbie and going to training in Wisconsin, I'm not an experienced driver! As far as the CDL written tests go, ( I got my permit and endorsements yesterday), all I can say is study everything. There are several different tests with different questions here(SC) so if I say one question was on the test, it may not be on someone elses test. Most of it was the basics, not too much was not common sense. At least on my test. I got tricked on a few though, missed three out of 50 questions on General Knowledge, 2 out of 20 on Air Brakes endorsement, and 1 out of 20 on combo veh. endorsement. Just glad that part is over!

 

That's great! I am just wondering if they concentrated on numbers. Like if your trailer is so long and you are going a certain speed what is the total stopping distance. Stuff like that. Hope I do as well.

 

Whispers - WOO HOO!!! I am SO happy for you!!!! What a wonderful sister you have!!!

Now you have NO idea what you are in for!!!! hahahaha!!! Well, maybe you do - listening to all the tales of woe from us newbies Now you will have your own tales of woe I went to a tech school for my CDL and it was TOUGH - I definitely had to EARN my CDL - Roehl's program will be at least that hard. But you have your hubby for support, and everyone at Roehl that I have dealt with so far has been professional and helpful - so, it will be tough & tiring, but you know you are getting real training. Roehl's attitude toward safety really impresses me and you'll be trained that way from the get-go.

The CDL test questions - here is a great website - I don't know about the policy on posting links here, but this website is great. Try these practice tests (over & over & over!):

http://roadwars.com/otc/

Keep us updated!

 

Thanks I am excited. And thanks for the link. I tried google-ing for tests but didn't come up with anything.