Hypothetical Licensing Question...

i thought the way CR did it was, you use thier base as your home, get a permit there, then get your license, THEN you go back to your state, and exchange the CR state base CDL, to your state CDL.

beware, you only think, you might get a veteran CR co-driver......

 

Prime Inc. also has cdl school in Salt Lake City; here's direct from their website:
Does Prime offer CDL Training?
We offer the Prime Student Driver Program to help you earn your Class A CDL. It only costs $155 to start, and you pay nothing more as long as you drive for Prime with your CDL for one year! It is an over-the-road training program that starts with a 4-day orientation in Springfield, MO or Salt Lake City, UT.
We cover your bus ticket to get to orientation as well as 3 meals per day and hotel stay during orientation. After orientation, you train with a CDL Instructor for 2-4 weeks with your permit. Then, you come back to take the CDL Exam.

 

My $0.02 (not adjusting for inflation).....

But two questions, are you planning on remaining a Florida resident? Are you considering moving (basing with family) to Utah permanently after getting your CDL?

I ask because based on my experience I recommend you get your CDP(CLP) and get your training in the state that you want you CDL to be issued.

I was a legal resident of Florida last year but knew I would be moving to Wisconsin in a couple of months. I called Wisconsin DMV and asked about obtaining a CDL in Florida and moving to Wisconsin and they said "no problem", it's just a issuance of a license, no testing required.

I spoke with several driving schools in Wisconsin, and they all said the same thing, if I got a Florida CLP (Commercial Learners Permit) that I would have to return to Florida to take the test and get my CDL in Florida.

I decided to wait to get to Wisconsin before getting my CLP, and then I went to school. Full disclosure, I hosed the offset backing test by putting the ICC bumper over the invisible sideline. The tester allowed me to do the 90 anyway (I am sure for practice, and I did succeed) but he failed me. I had a week's cleanup in Florida and then returned to practice backing. However it wasn't until the day of my retest (over another week later due to scheduling the examiner ) that I went back on the road. Holy crap!!! It was if I had forgotten everything (almost). My instructor (with the patience of a saint) gave me 4 hours of road time as I stopped missing gears and continued to miss (barely) curbs and signs (the things you really want to miss, you forget quickly what that extra 53 feet of vehicle on the back does going around corners). After a while I was "back in the saddle" and confident, aced the backing and passed the road test with a couple of comments about not looking to the right more often as I made left turns....

I explain this too you, because had I gone the route of getting a CLP in Florida and training in Wisconsin I would have had to first go back to Florida to take the test, return to Wisconsin for more training, and then return to Florida to retake the test. Your "free" training would not be so free if you have a similar experience.

My instructor bragged how he had a 100% success rate with students getting their CDL, and I told him after my test that his record was intact. But he told me and the two others in my class that he had one student that failed the pre-trip in cab inspection twice because he forgot how to test the brakes properly.

Thanks for listening.

taodnt

teaching an old dog new tricks

 

so that means, he had a whopping 6 months of experience, and he was a trainer?

(actually, i knew that crap happens). to me, that's the blind leading the blind.

in my years of being out there, there was a time when a trainer had to have at the very least 5 years experience, some companies needed 10 years, before someone became a trainer.

i just don't know what you will learn from a 6 month "experienced" trainer, over a multi-year experienced trainer.

then these companies wonder why, their crash stats are so darned high......

i wish you all the best.

 

there is NO rational from those who do not know, what they teach.

do not compare apples to oranges and responsibilities. one is flying in the air, one is driving on the ground.