Need a Testing Truck

Friend of mine took his with a Dump Truck and Pup.

 

Best I can say is call around to some of the CDL testing sites in various places around you.

A lot of the CDL test facilities, if they're near a school will have a rental deal with the school so that anyone can rent one of the schools trucks.

C1 over in Indy is in the same complex as an Indian test facility and will allow you to use one of their trucks to test in for $150.00.

In Ohio there's a place up around sydney that does it as well and they supply auto's with really short trailers.

 

I've never seen a Budget truck rated over 26,000 lbs. and I doubt you'll get the type truck you are referring to rated to pull the size trailer you need .
Do you have a Class "A" learner's permit and a Class "A" driver to go with you ? How else would you get the vehicle to the testing site ?
What do you plan on doing once you get the license ? Without experience or schooling the odds of getting a job are next to none .
Insurance companies create the problem . Even if you found an O/O willing to let you use his rig his insurance company wouldn't cover you if they were aware of what was being done .

 

Are there any third party testing outfits in your area? In Wisconsin, DMV doesn't even do the road test, you have to go through third party testers. Some have vehicles for the road test, others don't.

 

You're not saying much for dump truck companies or your knowledge of FMCSA driver qualifications . Unless the company works strictly intrastate they are required to have record of inquiries to past employers in the driver qualification files . I still say you won't find a Penske or Budget truck with a 10,000 lb. hitch . The maximum vehicle weight they allow on their car carriers is 5,000 lbs. You've never had 1 check references in almost 5 years ? How many jobs have you had in almost 5 years ? But you're right I've never worked for any companies that hire this way . They don't pay enough .

 

That's about what I made in GA before coming to KY . I pulled intermodal trailers out of CSX and Norfolk Southern yards for repair then delivered them to UPS , Yellow , and CF (yup , Cornflake . It's been a while ) after they were repaired . I worked all the hours I wanted . CF would call for 40-50 trailers on a weekend . Then CSX went to strictly container and quit using intermodal .
I had a few GA tickets too . I can never figure how my CDL was never suspended . That was 9 years ago .