Cargo restrictions with a learner's permit?

I gaurantee you can haul freight , pick it up and deliver it using a permit as long as there is a cdl holder sitting in the passenger

 

Prime Inc's training program does exactly that , a guy comes in with a permit and goes over the road delivering freight for 3 to 6 weeks before coming back to test for his license

 

Let me interject here. I am 100% sure that I am unsure of the correct answer. That being said, I am glad you asked the question. Also, I think it is great that someone with a learners permit is allowed to haul freight so that we can keep the rates low. Lord knows those of us with experience could use more drivers out there running cheaply.

 

Everyone's is always complaining about the lack of training or the quality of training , who do you think is getting better training a guy out delivering loads driving through traffic and differant weather conditions , or the guy who spends 4 weeks driving in circles around the parking lot ? Besides the company still has to pay a cdl holder to sit in the passengr seat so it doesn't effect the rates at all

 

If you are under the control of another qualified driver who is training you, then it is simple - depends on your employment status and the insurance company policy for that company.

However you are not allowed to drive with placard hazmat material on the vehicle.

This comes from Michigan state police a couple years back.

 

When I went through training that's all I thought about as well. And all the instructors kept saying "oh just wait till you've got a full trailer and blah blah" made it sound like driving a loaded trailer is harder.

Here's the thing. It's actually not. The gears actually make sense with a load. Truck stops better. Backing and slow maneuvering is the same. With a top heavy load you should take curves slower, but that's all on you, not the load.

Learn how to drive an empty trailer. It's easier to drive a loaded one, so don't worry about the quality of training.

 

Back when I went through the Schneider training academy, they had something like 6-8 of those concrete barriers that you see at concrete plants, the ones that are like 2'x2'x4' secured to the floor of the trailer. Some near the nose and some over the trailer tandems.

 

We have trained four or five new CDL drivers, and every one of them goes on at least 6 long haul (800 mile) delivery runs with the trainer, while on permit. Loads qualify as tanker loads (24 220 gallon tanks). Other than trying to log it legally, nary a problem.