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Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by mjimlay, Dec 4, 2009.

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  1. Dec 4, 2009 #11
    RickG

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    The success stories for people out of CDL school are about 1 in a thousand . The statement there are as many or more success stories cannot be substantiated t all . Too much smoke being blown around here . If so many wannbes are successful why are companies constantly hiring ? Freight is still declining and they are still reducing fleets . Something doesn't add up .
     
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  3. Dec 4, 2009 #12
    jtrnr1951

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    Your weight may also cause a problem in this profession !! Just a heads up !! I honestly wish you well, but trucking is not the answer everybody thinks it is !!!
     
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  4. Dec 4, 2009 #13
    mjimlay

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    I'm not too bad. I am 5'4 and around 215 lbs, give or take 5 lbs. I don't look anywhere near it as I have a naturally large frame, but for the Military I need to be down to 160 lbs, and I haven't weighed that since I was in Elementary school.
     
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  5. Dec 4, 2009 #14
    jtrnr1951

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    Thats my weight, I'm 5'10. Body mass for me is OBESE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Check out BMI- body mass index.
     
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  7. Dec 4, 2009 #15
    mjimlay

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    You wouldn't know I weigh 215 just by looking at me.... I look nothing like it at all. It's just the size of my frame/bones. A lot of people think I am between 160-180.
     
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  8. Dec 5, 2009 #16
    Brickman

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    BMI is a huge joke. Kinda like the globull warming nonsense.
     
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  9. Dec 5, 2009 #17
    jtrnr1951

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    Yes BMI is bull.....But before long insurance companies will jump on the band wagon. Already a couple of trucking companies go by it...........
     
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  10. Dec 5, 2009 #18
    RickG

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    Doctors giving DOT physicals don't go by looks . They use chart for BMI
    The BMI for 5'4" is 36 . Anything 30 or above is obese .
    Testing companies and CPAP manufacturers have lobbied for mandatory testing for obese drivers but they havent been successful .
    http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=83589
     
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  11. Dec 5, 2009 #19
    mjimlay

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    That's funny, because my step dad is 260 or 270 and is only 5'4 as well, and he has been truck driving for 10 years and has worked for at least 10 different companies (he can't keep a job) and has never had a problem passing the DOT physical. He even is legally disabled because of a back injury he got in the military.
     
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  12. Dec 5, 2009 #20
    RickG

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    It is the discretion of the doctor whether to require testing for sleep apnea .
     
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