Starting school, forgive me if this has been asked!

the fridge and tv really dont draw much, microwaves needed to cook are energy hogs. you could idle the truck while cooking and shut it down afterwards.

 

How do you find Parker to be? I went there for a few weeks in July of '16. I see that Harry is still there...I wonder if he still talks makes subtle referencing to individuals who work at Papa Gino's...never really found that helpful nor classy but I hope that you get what you are going there for. They were not the school for me. But they might be for you. They "restrict" you to that 6 weeks. Not everyone can learn in 6 weeks. Just hope that you are aware of that. $5,400 for a CDL-A is a lot.

 

Just the other night, I spent the night at the Joyce Kilmer Travel Plaza on the New Jersey Turnpike. I was parked right next to a sign which informed me that I could only legally idle for 5 minutes.

I idled all night.

So did the truck on the other side of the sign from me.

So did most of the trucks around us.

I've also idled all night at a TA truck stop in Springfield, MA. And many other nights in New Jersey.

When I first started driving, I asked the same question. "What about this 'no idle' law I see in some places?" I was told "Don't worry, you can idle, nobody will say anything." And so far, that has turned out to be 100% true in my personal experience. I have idled all night in travel plazas and truck stops in New Jersey and elsewhere, places where it is theoretically illegal to do so. And nobody said "boo" about it.

I have been told that the "Certified Clean Idle" sticker on the side of a truck will keep them off your back. I don't actually think that's true. But it's clear that, whatever the law may be, nobody enforces it.

 

Well maybe I'm just unlucky, or the cop was.just a butt pipe, but I have had a PA HP offer me a $1700 ticket if I didn't shut it off immediately. I'm thinking he was just a butt pipe. Only time that's happened so far.

 

Okay I was not sure if you have or had met Harry yet. No worries. Despite the fact that school did not work out for myself certainly does not mean that it will not work out for yourself. Everybody learns at a different pace and different space. For me, 6 weeks was just not enough hours or time to grasp it all so that, the very first time that I took that test, I would pass. And watch out for that too. If I recall correctly, they give you 2 or 3 paid shots at it which may have been included in your course cost up front. After that, I believe that it is all on you to pay. So, not to put anymore pressure on you than you already have, but if you do not pass the very first time (And odds are that in MA, with our troopers running it now - you might not), do not worry. You'll get it. I actually did the weekday versus the weekend one, but changed schools about half way into it as my class size was just too big to get the skills down pat in order for me to feel comfortable enough at test time to pass with flying colors. So you will have 8 weeks or weekends as opposed to the 6 that I had. A little bit different but not by much. I think that you did the correct thing though staying away from NETTTS. A ripoff, no doubt about that. No question about it. I actually had better luck in a slower pace environment in New Bedford...just saying. But yes, that school that you are at has brand new, or year old 2016 Freightliner if I recall correctly.

So, best of luck and I hope that you make it work for you. Keep us all posted of just how you make out.