can I get away with

We're known here for jumping the gun.

 

Yes and he wants' "to lie" about the straight truck job and say THAT is also t/t driving.

 

[QUOTE="semi" retired;4446901]My 1st T/T job, in the '70's, I had no T/T experience, but drove a tandem axle dump truck and pulled equipment trailers with it, so I had a general knowledge with trailers. I was up front with the new boss, and we went for a ride, and in 5 minutes, he knew I could handle the T/T and told me to head back. Was hired on the spot, filled out a 3x5 index card with some phone number's of "next of kin", and I was trucking that very day. Times sure have changed.[/QUOTE]

I was going to recommend to OP to go to one of the smaller companies in the area with a Class A license and the class B OTR experience and ask for a job and a road test. If you can drive, they will give you the job.

The thing that you don't want to do is tell someone that you CAN do something that you CANT.

EDIT: If you (OP) have your Class A license, you should be able to get a job driving an 18. "Semi" and I are not taking the moral high road. I walked into the DMV, got the CDL book, studied it and pass the test. They gave me the Class A permit. I took the permit and went out and applied for a job at a smaller company. Here's the important part: The owner of the company asked me 1 question...

"Can you drive?"

Not "Have you ever driven before?" There is a difference. You will see people making posts about what types of trucks and what transmission people prefer and what they trained on and learned on and whatnot. Some of us were never trained. If you've been driving a straight truck, then you know about the width of the vehicle, the transmissions, the mirrors, the blindspots, etc...I believe that you should be okay behind the wheel of an 18. Yeah, a slight adjustment because of the trailer, but IF you can drive, you will automatically be able to make that mental adjustment for the trailer. Like TonytheTrucker would tell you, 'either you can drive or you cant.'

Luck in battle.

 

Yes I saw that ...that's why I posted this.....

 

[QUOTE="semi" retired;4446921]Hi Bren, haven't heard from you in a while, how've you been? How's the shoulder?
To zoekatya, sorry for the not so happy responses, we're here to answer all questions, but sometimes even questions like this make us wonder. Years ago, you could get away with that, but now, it's just not worth it. Without some kind of formal training today, companies just can't take a chance. Having driven OTR, it may give you an edge for driving a T/T, but only after school of some sort. Good luck.[/QUOTE]

Hey Semi... I am doin good thanks, and the shoulder has healed well... which from talking to others wno tore a rotator cuff I am lucky...

I gave a try to be a trainer... for me it didnt work out as well.. I actually make as much solo as I do as a trainer.. cause teaching new drivers takes time and so does slow you down.. so for me it was a wash.. the added miles a student could drive barley covered the loss time... and not to mention sharing my space.... it also took up a lot of my free time.. which is why I havent been on here as much...

hope all is well with you...

 

So dont lie on the application but lie (under the penalty of perjury) everyday in your logbook...Some lies will be acceptable around here..

 

Who knows? You'd probably get away with it, unless someone checks. Then you're dead. Personally, I regard my CDL responsibilities in a very serious manner, earned $200K gross income last year, and wouldn't even think about lying or falsifying any document regarding my records. My $.02.