Heading For Little Rock! Maverick

Welll, got my CDL permit today, then to my surprise my instructor at DDA gave us the rest of the day off, so me and a buddy from school took the opportunity to go by Maverick to talk to one of the recruiters (since for some reason they don't come to our school...supposedly there was some sort of fallout between their recruiters and the leadership of our school). Anyway, talked t Adam and got lots of information. Have to call him back in about a month to get the ball rolling for my orientation date (since we don't graduate until 24 August), but I think I can say without reservation that I am committed to Maverick. My work history is excellent (the military is the only job I've held as an adult) and I don't have a criminal or traffic record. I like the way they do things, and with my military background it seems I will fit right in. I'll keep y'all posted, and keep posting!

 

Best of luck to you. You won't go wrong with Maverick.

 

I have been reading around for about a month or so and have seen answers to my questions but I was just wanting to know if anyone has got hired on resonantly the could help. What do they make you do on the physical test? And on MT Maverick do they still let you use two tarps to help you get up? How tall is the step that they have you step on and how long do you do it for? What other things do they have you do? Thanks for all the help.

 

The physical is tough but not impossible. You will get your BP checked first. Then you get checked out by a physical therapy doc for range of motion and joint noise. At this time you will give your medical life history....DON'T LIE! If you have had any surgery or are currently seeing a doctor or taking ANY meds....get a release to work from your doctor. Next is the wizz quiz. Then various lifting requirements and the step test.
The step test is about 8" high and you go: one up, two up, one down, two down...repeat. That is done to a brisk beat (2:1) for two minutes, afterword your pulse is taken again.
Lastly, you have to lift a box onto the trailer, climb onto the trailer deck and climb down, drag a simulated tarp on the floor, get in and out of a truck correctly and scale Mt. Maverick.
Mt. Maverick is a wooden box on a trailer that is about 5' 5". There is a tarp on the deck at the front of the box that you can use to boost yourself up. It's not that hard...but if you can't do it then you will have some trouble eventually with an actual load.

 

I don't know how to do it on the post so it shows at the bottom but thanks Evil_E.

 

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I didn't get home until Saturday morning last week after spending a lovely (he says with extreme sarcasm) at Gerdau in Jackson, TN. I had to leave Sunday morning so I wasn't able to get a 34 hr restart. I made it to Salinas, Kansas by 2000 Sunday night then after unloading Monday morning headed to Exl Tubing in N. Kansas City. The W/A said it had to be tarped but the load sheet I was given at Exl said NO TARP in big red letters. That went to Springer, OK. I reminded my FM I was running on my recap. My next load was a pre-loaded, pre-tarped, albeit only pinned down at the corners, but it wasn't secured so the straps go over the tarps , lumber load at Home Depot in Grand Prairie, TX., going to Cabot, AR. The directions to Home Depot, Grand Prairie are incomplete and constantly changing because of road construction on 161. I made it back to the yard Tuesday night but it was too late to go home so I showered and slept at the yard. I delivered Cabot yesterday morning and my FM told me to come on in and go home. She put me off until Monday afternoon which is fine by me. The trailer I picked up in Grand Prairie is pretty much junk so I had several write ups on it they can take care of over the weekend. My wife is having surgery Monday morning to have some skin cancer removed and it's in Little Rock so I can run over and get my TWIC card.