Bobtail new truck from TX to GA: weigh stations?

One more thing I was just thinking about in regards to obtaining a CDL, I believe it would be difficult at least for me because I float the gears and do not know how to double clutch.
My understanding is that you must double clutch on your road test ?

 

IMO it's easier to double clutch than to float the gears so it should be easy for you to figure it out since you already know the hard way.

My company taught us both and I found floating them in to be much harder.

 

If you double clutch does this change your shift points in relationship to the rpm’s?
10 years ago I had an old international with a cat 3406 B motor and in Eaton nine speed transmission and that thing shifted entirely differently than my Peterbilt with th Cummins motor and Eaton 13 speed transmission
Is it the motor or transmission that changed the rpm shift points? Or was it a combination of both

 

double clutching doesnt change the shift points
you just pause in N , pop the clutch out and back in and shift to the next gear

and for the OP, please share more details on commercial hauling with a newly minted CDL and no experience.

 

"and for the OP, please share more details on commercial hauling with a newly minted CDL and no experience."
So far, I have found it to be workable. We are using the DAT load board. Some brokers want some months of experience, but many are willing to work with a new MC number. Thus getting loaded is fine. We are pulling a flatbed. There's added duties surrounding that. But probably everyone needs to stop and adjust tarps, etc. Driving the rig certainly takes extreme concentration. All in all, my feeling is that it is a possible path for people with a great deal of common sense and sufficient funds (as in upwards of $70k).

 

If your in Ga you MUST double clutch

 

If you have $70-100k liquid
I’d be investing in syndicated apartment complexes with Lifestyles Unlimited
Not starting a trucking co

I started with nothing , I didn’t have a dime
But I did one of those no money down rent to own deals with Norfolk southern railroads short haul trucking company

Rent the rig for two years and it’s yours
Take it back and toss the keys and walk away anytime with no problems

They also hired O/Os with little to no experience
You had to claim 1 year experience , which had with a 6 wheeler dump truck and backhoe
But they never verified it

Sit thru their one week orientation
Drive one of their trucks around The block without hitting anything
Pick out the tractor you wanted , they were all the same price , and get paid to drive away

I went from making $200 a week working at a state park to putting $1200-1600 a week in my pocket after insurance , tractor payment and fuel .
At the time , in 1989 , they paid 80 cents a mile and $25 every time you bumped a dock or hooked to a trailer
. Was a 200 mile radius , made about 20 stops a week
Fuel was less than a dollar