Look I don't really care If you think he's an ###... but you're not at all being helpful to me. with your comments.. just saying..
Husband has Driving/ Pre-test/ Air brakes test in 3 days...Help - can you identify....
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by wife, Aug 8, 2016.
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alghazi Thanks this.
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Everyone keeps saying relax relax.. if he fails this.. we gotta dish out over $300 to go with a private tester and with school startiing working around their schedule.. which sets everything back.. as the buses are all in use.. he thought he'd have more time.. but it's being crammed very quickly to digest is all. He studied for a solid 8 hrs today.. I think he's doing his homework... but yeah. I worry.. I'll be on my knees praying when that test is going on.. for sure
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This seems to waaaay over the top pre-trip stuff. Does the state require him to be a wrench and body appraiser,parts man and driver. Jeez, the basic bone head checks in detail should suffice, unless this is a RR company requirement. BNSF? Surely not Herzog.
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There's plenty of videos to watch online for pretrips on school bus. If he's in the railroad and not going to drive a school bus I'm not sure i'd go that route for training.
When I got mine I went to Penske and asked for a Straight truck that was a GVWR 26,001 Think I paid like 250 for the truck and at that time the DMV didn't charge to take the test. My girlfriend had a class A license so she drove it down there for me. I studied my rear off for a solid week.Last edited: Aug 10, 2016
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I know hindsight is 20/20 but he should've gone to a school like Sage. They have 5 locations in PA and I believe it's under $3k. The course is 40hr and if their program in PA is anything like the one I'm attending in FL they are super flexible with peoples schedules. -
And we never expected the railroad to start laying off carmen across the country.. .now it seems they want to hire out...so they don't have to pay their benefits.. meanwhile their CEO's are giving themselves 3 million in bonuses.. (True story)...
We were foolish enough to think this was a pretty safe Job once you get in & move up the roster unless they close your shop (then you can bump somewhere else).....there was no need for a CDL.. their was a need for welding certificates -which his workplace offered to send him to schooling to get...and pay for...... he's been there 17 yrs so far... he could bump someone at another location IF he got laid off... we have no desire to live apart.. and we don't want to move..Concorde Thanks this.
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