I all ready have my Class A permit.

Hay there! I have a question about Swift Acadamy at San Antonio that I have not seen a thread on yet. If you all ready have your class A permit. What are they going to do? Are they going to make me take the Tests all over again. I have no problem sitting through the class again I just really do not want to take the test again. I also have had my Class B CDL for several years. And I did the on-line CDL pre-test that Swift requires. I know I am going to have to take another physical all though mine is not even 4 months old. That kind of stinks because I have to pay for that and another drug screen.

 

Thanks! That is one of the questions my recruiter did not seem to know the answer too.

 

Thanks bluebonn! That is such a relief to know. I so did not want to take those test again. I did take air breaks, general knowledge and combination. I also have my P and S endorsements because I drove school buses and coaches for a while. I am so glad that I kept my CDL B up to date. I had to take the on-line CDL course That SWIFT required. That was kinda cool. I was a bit rusty on the air-breaks so it was like a refresher course. And anybody that says Air breaks was easy well they are fibbing.

I am mainly going to the school to learn how to drive the truck. Everything I have ever driven was an automatic...well except my motor cycles. But that is a whole different thing. I have got a tiny bit of experience driving a rig. My husband was teaching me. I can back the tracker to the trailer and couple and un couple it. I know my pre trip and post trip. And I can drive it down the interstate( but any monkey can do that) and I did drive it through Indianapolis and Chicago.

I still need a lot of work on shifting and backing with the trailer. It is a bit intimidating because of its size... it is a few feet longer then a bus and it bends! I just hope by the time I get out there with my mentor I do not grind the gears so bad. That poor Pete we had. I just cringed every time I would miss a gear or forget to engage the clutch or make it Dance in the parking lot. So needless to say I NEED a lot of PAD time.

One more thing, do I need my Hazmat endorsment for Swift or do they let you get that while you are at school?

 

I did not mean to sound like a Smart ### there. It is just something My soon to ex would say about my performance behind the wheel!