Best online cdl permit study guide?

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  1. Bama Roadrunner

    Bama Roadrunner Light Load Member

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    1. Hello drivers this my first post and I need some good info. I'm from North Alabama and I want to know what is the best online cdl permit study guide?
     
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  3. coffee mug

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    Go through a trucking company for truck Driving school. Celadon advertises free truck driving school. CR. England advertises free truck driving school. Prime Inc. Pays you $600 a week to go through their truck driving school. The greyhound bus you to a motel room where you stay for truck Driving school . Just pass the drug screen and physical on the first day.
     
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  4. BigBlue18

    BigBlue18 Bobtail Member

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    Better off just getting the book from the BMV. Some online stuff leaves out viable info. Just my opinion
     
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    No one will hire you for a job if you don't go through a fleet for truck Driving school. US Xpress , Swift, Knight, Trans Am, Schneider National, truck driving schools are not free like the celadon, CR England, and Prime Inc.
     
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    I'll answer your question since I assume you are talking about getting your learner's permit and want to practice the tests they give at the DMV. I used the practice tests at truckingtruth.com and they helped immensely. I think there are some here at Trucker's Report, but I've never used them.
     
  7. MidWest_MacDaddy

    MidWest_MacDaddy Road Train Member

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    Strange... I went the local Community College route and still found a job without a problem... And wasn't with any of the Megas.

    Guessing I just got lucky... :rolleyes:
     
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    What type trucking job are you interested in?
    Will you attend a private/community college cdl school or a trucking company school?
    There's a company in Decatur that hires new cdl grads; Tidewater Transit
    What interests you?
     
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  10. Starboyjim

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    Coffee, I've posted this before, but I did not use the "fleet driving school" method. I paid a private company with a credit card, (got a sale price over the Christmas/New Year season, $2,000 plus $200 for drug testing and MVD test) then paid that off with the tuition reimbursement policy at the mega I started with. It worked awesome. I wasn't indentured, it was one month, and it was free. The reimbursement was $150/month, so in 13 months I'd had all of Swift I could take and left a couple of hundred on the table, nothing much. It was a great way to do it, at least, it sure worked for me. Best.

    I didn't like working for Swift, but they were the only ones who'd give me a ride, and the only ones with a terminal in my town where I could leave my pickup while I was out. I have no real complaints, except low pay, crappy trailers, and drivers who enjoyed leaving the trailers filthy, with lighting/tires/equipment issues for the next driver. A lot of drivers are fools like that, too, not just Swift, leave crap behind with some bizarre idea like "ain't my job," or "sure hosed the next guy, ha ha." I don't know, because I don't leave problems behind me like litter on the parking lot. (don't do that either) Another place for that one.
     
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