Not a new driver, but need advice...

Go get a physical now, you don't have to wait until the month it expires...

 

I've never heard of a medical card not being required based on interstate vs intrastate. Was there a source cited?

 

Go out of network and pay out of pocket, a dot physical isn't that much. Are you in Chicago area?

 

A background on me. I am grandfathered with the CDL in Arkansas a number of years. The State provided for a Tier two database for people like me who cannot get a medical DOT card for a variety of very good reasons. So, I show up at the revenuer at renewal license day, swear to a affadaviet that Im no good for T1 commerce and am a Tier two rating on the CDL. Then they take the picture, issue the tests for Tanker endorse ment, air brake test and I hand over the money and all done. No medical card.

The thing with Tier two is simple. When the United States of America suffers an attack, such as a nuclear kind from our enemies, all Tier two drivers will be called up and sent with reefers to collect dead bodies by volume and deliver said bodies to processing centers for further disposal either acid, fire or burial.

And that is what is expected of one with a non medical equipped CDL and a T2 rating in the State and Federal Database.

Because of my thoughts towards the dead is not a problem for me, however what WILL become a problem is that the reefer looks like a food truck capable of providing 10,000 meals to a hungry mob who will try to kill me and grab the whole rig and discover Im a dead body hauler instead. It took some careful thinking and I made the right choice in turning in my CDL.

Will I get back into it? Well. Certain medical advances will have to be made and it's not expected to happen in my life time so... Im content without it.

The one thing no one can is take away my knowledge that I accumulated but the People here and other places can certainly modify for errors and retrain or update to stay current in the things that interest me related to the trucking industry.

The biggest problem people make IMHO in trying to become truckers is that they think they will go home every friday afternoon without fail. What some people do not understand is that you are to be loaded and rolling and it's best not to go home until chain season and holiday time comes around. By then you should have built up 10,000 dollars US or similar savings so that when winter sets in you can stay home a few months and rest up and be strong and fit for the spring when it's time to go.

And staying in the pattern of loaded and rolling a number of years, to a decade at most should place you into a positon in which you purchase a tractor trailer out right and then go lease on. At that point prosperity should come on in sufficient power to settle your own retirement without depending on Social security at 65 years of age.

Unfortunately, SS pays out a existance disability to approcimately 15 million ex workers who are decalred disabled. Some of these disabled are further found unable to manage own money and are assigned a fudicary who will essentally anage the money for the disabled person. That is not the only action, Obama signed a Order in 2013 to make SS turn over gun owners to other Agencies so that they can be declared unfit to manage own affairs and be assigned some one to manage them. At that point the 2nd Amendment will be suspended for these persons (Expected to ba about a few millions out of 15 plus millions involved) and ergo, soft gun control/confisication. It's in a public comment period at this time I think quietly so when that is over with, the agenices will move forwards.

 

Well, I found the information I was looking for...it appears you have to meet specific criteria to be excepted, although technically you are the one to make the declaration:
https://ask.fmcsa.dot.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/140

 

Ok, If you have any medstop locations down by you try them, that's where I go here in Chicago area. Not expensive and then At least you will get your two year exemption and won't have to worry, by the time 2018 comes when it's time to renew you will be healed and good to go back to your normal in network place.