How long did it take you guys to get your CDL?

Currently, going to a private CDL school, can't say much about this school except I learned everything on my own. The teacher threw us in the truck on the first day without any knowledge. Went through youtube for hours and learned how to offset, alley dock, parallel, and double shift and downshift on my own. -_-. I been going to a weekend only school (since they only have yard skills from 7-10am, 10-1pm, or 1-4pm). And driving once a week 8-11am on Wednesdays (They have driving from Mon-Thurs but I have work). I am sort of getting the hang of it but kind of feeling discouraged, especially the backing part, some times I can get the trailer in the hole, sometimes I over shoot it and sometimes it just sucks. I been attending the school since July 13th, so it's been roughly 8 weeks in school. I did make alot of progress on my own throughout these 8 weeks BUT the school is sort of forcing all the students to take the DMV test, whether your ready or not. There are people at my school who has been there for more than 8 months that have failed the DMV test multiple times. Only good thing about this school is that they don't really keep track of your 80 hours and you get to drive an actual 53 foot trailer lol. Any advice?

 

Thanks for the heads up, I can definitely knock out the pre-trip, I been studying it for a few months now. The only thing that would be a problem for me is my stuttering lol I have a mild stutter when I try to pronounce "ST" words but other than that I am not too worried. For the pre-trip we have a sheet to look over and also I took photos of 2 different trucks along with using trucking truth, so it helped tremendously. Im also a little worried about the air brakes test because in CA they are pretty anal on wording lol.

 

I know, I am not giving up, I spent thousands of hours on youtube educating myself as well as using this forum with the help of everyone here. It's just that I feel a little discouraged because the alley dock and parallel parking is kicking my butthole

 

lmao, when I interviewed for my first job after college I was a wreck "my nnnnnammmeeee is is is is _____" but it got better throughout the years as I talked more to people. But yeah I agree with ya, profanity helped me alot too.