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Find a company willing to train you. Sounds like a job for Chinatown.

 

@Chinatown

 

DMV is correct; get a new physical and your cdl will be reinstated.
Several companies will hire you and put you through a refresher course.
Many drivers on this forum have a cdl but haven't ever driven since cdl school and now have jobs with companies that hired them and put them through a refresher course.
Don't worry, those companies won't turn you loose until you're ready because those trucks are expensive. Refresher course is a success for those companies, that's why they have them.

 

Schneider
Abilene Motor Express
Knight Transportation
Western Express
Magnum Ltd.
Celadon
FedEx Freight
probably a dozen others

 

No, you won't. Even with a refresher, you'll have a trainer with you until you're ready to go it alone.
You don't need all that classroom time studying for a cdl that you already have. All you need a little classroom for learning Elogs and current rules and regulations. The rest will be learning pre-trip inspection and driving with a trainer.

 

Abilene Motor Express has hired a few drivers that haven't driven in 20 years and it's been a success for the driver and the company.

 

That classroom training will be part of your initial training at any company; they all assume new employees do not know their ELD/Messaging system.

Do assume you will drive with a trainer for a month or so. Less pay, but you will get in the experience you need.

 

I fail to understand the acceptance that when you get your bottom back into a 18 wheeler you are going to runover posts and stuff.

I have gone years without touching a big rig. However Ive kept up with most of them and would not be a trouble at all to break rust off in 15 minutes or so. It's like riding a bike you never forget.

 

But he only passed school and does not have real-world experience. This is like saying he rode the bike once without training wheels and 10 years later be as good as someone with.