Bad CDL School

Did you visit the place before you showed up?

 

That's about how a lot of schools are. I remember closing the door on one of the trucks at our school and the passenger side window falling out.

You're driving around a backing range, and training area. Do you really need a truck that will pass a level 1 inspection?

 

Did you pass and get a cdl?

 

Relax, it’s just preparing you for your new work environment. Some Mega is going to give you one like that to drive everyday.

 

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Sage would have been your best bet if you were reasonably close.

You’ll still be driving junk trucks since they rely on donated equipment.

Also, I’m not sure if a student CLP holder needs to log hos.. I didn’t when I went to Sage.

 

Doesn’t sound like it, lol

 

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Saw an ad one time that Dairy Farmers of America only hires from Sage which is #1 on the list.

 

Sounds about right. Trucks at my school were junk too. More than one of the trailers was missing the roof. My school used the DMV for testing rather than having their own 3rd-party tester, and I'd say this school's students accounted for nearly half of that particular DMV location's daily CDL testing, so they saw these trucks over and over again all day. Doing the pre-trip was like, Windshield not cracked..err, well, if this were my truck I'd make sure it's not cracked, bent, or broken.

They seemed to give the school trucks a pass on the inspection. I saw them turn away people bringing their own trucks for minor issues the school truck never would have passed.

 

it was just the yard truck(s). they do not have to be perfect, just running for you to practice backing up.

the road trucks are totally different, and i'll bet you all were perfect for the road.