Anyone from TX just get their CDL?

Why not just stay focused on playing heavy metal dude? Lol

 

I took my test yesterday 12/27/2018 in Georgetown Texas. Here is the deal
1. Don't forget your comercial learners permit AKA CLP or your DOT medical card.
2. You will be asked to randomly pick a card that have letters on them, the letter you pick will determine which portion of the truck you will have to perform the pre inspection on, or if you are unlucky, the whole tractor and trailer. So you will need to know the entire truck, you will be asked to point at or touch all critical components, and know their importance. The pre inspection is thourogh.
3. You will then perform your in cab pre inspection.
4. You will perform your air brake test, bleed down and safety buzzer and actuation of the emergency spring brakes.
5. You will test your brakes on the tractor, then trailer, then service brakes.... this is the part that you apply the tractor brakes only and give the them a tug to make sure they hold, then same on trailer, then you will pull forward at 5mph and test the service/foot brakes at the same time checking to see if the brakes pull to one side or the other.
6. You will perform your backing maneuvers, straight backing, offset backing and finally parallel parking.
7. You will hit the road.... a few things to pay particular attention to. .. make a mental note of speed limits and bridge heights, they will ask you, can you tell me the height of the bridge we just went under? Or the speed limit on this road? .... keep both hands on the wheel, make sure you stop with plenty of room between you and cars in front of you, you should be able to see the cars rear tires, same goes for stop signs and lights, plenty of room. Make sure not to run over any curbs... You can mess up on these things, but the key is not to mess up too much because the test is based on points, the fewer points you get the better. ..... the driving test is the easiest part really, you will make several right and left turns, enter and exit the freeway one or more times, you will simulate an emergency stop and tell the tester what things you would do, ie turn on hazards and place your triangles at the appropriate places on the road......
I think that covers it, best of luck.

 

Left side and thank you!

 

Mine was right side parallel

 

My truck is new and it has disc brakes which are well covered. I can hardly see anything but the airlines going to the brakes. If you know what the brake chamber looks like, are they sideways from what you see in most online Pre-Trip videos? If the chambers are sideways, you have disc brakes.