Helping someone get there CDL?

Plenty of YouTube videos on pre-trip and the other tests.

There's also "cristcdl.com"

 

When I got my cdl, I didn't even know how to pretrip or even unhook a trailer. From day 1 I had to teach myself the rules of the road and techniques to do the job.

I borrow a lot of books from the library and Illinois has a study guide that I print out and read over and over. YouTube help me see how to unhook, more tandem etc etc and this site gave me a path.

I took each test separately, reading each section before taking the next one. And now I'm here blocking the fuel island like a pro

 

I got my CDL not too long ago. I studied the book that I've got from DMV with all the rules and regulations. Watched many youtube videos on pre trip, backing, parallel parking.
Then practiced all of it in the parking lot with cones. Had my driver to show how to backup the trailer, but most of it learned the "proper way" from youtube videos and just had to learn how to do it not behind the screen
If interested I can post here the videos that helped the most.
This is my practice parallel parking:

 

She'll have to go to the DMV and get the CMV rule book and study that, then pass the written tests to get the learners permit.

Once you have the learners permit you're legal behind the wheel as long as someone with a valid Class A is in the passenger seat, you can work with her for as long as it takes to get the shifting, backing and manouvering down.

As for the pre-trip stuff I'd ask the DMV to put you in contact with one of the outside testers. They'll probably give you the info on what they want to see on that.

Then it's up to her to schedule the road test with the local DMV office. Usually when you attend truck school the DMV sends an authorized outside tester to the school to road test everybody on the big day. (One guy puked he was so nervous, lol.) You'll have to get the truck over to the DMV office.

 

Seems each state is different on what they look for on the tests. While I was practicing for my test the pre-trip changed, they no longer required the steering wheel and clutch free play to be checked. Some do dock, 90, parallel, and offset backing. I would try to find out which ones they require. Where I went it was straight line, off set and parallel.

If one was real slick they could park outside the test site and follow someone taking the test and figure out the route, can always figure on 8am, 9am etc times but they do pre-trip, backing first so it could be a wait. That helped me because they took me on a sharp narrow turn that was a pass or fail. Luckily I had already driven the course 4 times so it was a breeze, just don't mess up and act like you know where you are going cause they will change course on ya. I went to Schneider to take my test and was able to go out and look at the course and the truck a week before I was going to be driving. So I knew ahead of time where things where. (compressor, dip stick, belt/gear driven etc)

Here is a good pre-trip vid: (best I found)

 

Videos i've learned from.





These are main ones, if I remember any more I'll post them later.

 

I just got my CDL without going to school and the way I taught myself as far as the written and pre trip went , idk if I'm allowed to write this on here but truckingtruth.com has pre trip videos and a boat load of study materials with pictures of engine parts and explanations on how you should do the pre trip the proper way...also like everyone mentioned YouTube was a big big help...it can Be done if she puts the extra time in to study and memorize...as far as driving the truck, be patient with her...don't be a hard ### and make her hate it from the start... Just my
Opinion, good luck