Changing Driver's License

Try looking at some of the Oil patch driving jobs. There are a BUNCH of them in Texas, and some are not so picky about recent experience. Somebody might give you a shot without a Refresher course. Craigslist has lots of jobs in San Antonio, Odessa and Dallas too. Good Luck !

 

If you haven't been keeping your medical card current call your DMV and make sure your CDL is still valid . Some states downgrade a driver's license if his medical card expires .

 

In answer to your question, five years ago I lived in Colorado and went to Missouri to earn my Missouri CDL Permit through Prime and to complete my training with them. Though Prime's corporate headquarters are in Springfield MO, once I completed the training, I returned to Colorado and with that MO Permit, I got my CDL in Colorado, where Prime had a Terminal and where I would be running out of. So, as far as I understand, even though you may train with a certain company in another state, as long as this company you work for will let you run out of your home state, you will be able to keep your home state CDL.

I am in a similar situation to you. I have a Class A CDL and have kept my Medical current. Only problem is that I haven't trucked for years. The company that has said they will bring me on once I get my Haz endorsement, thinks I'll have to go through CDL school all over again, since that is the only way they hire entry level drivers. Kind of a bummer but I understand and am willing to go to whatever extent I need to..., cheerfully!

Good luck to you, DaffyDude!

 

To go threw training no u won't got to change ur cdl..

 

Companies would want you to take a refresher course, so no you wouldn't have to change anything. You wouldn't be going to get your CDL since you already have a valid one. It wouldn't matter what state you did the refresher in. I've never been to one personally, but a refresher has always sounded to me like you're just going back through truck driving school without the obtaining a CDL process.