Stevens Transport

wow just looked at there schedule, and wow, its 1day and 2hr ride from springfield ohio to dallas. holy crap lol. i wont get to dallas till 10:30 a.m. sunday morning. i hope this is ok with stevens. not goin to get much rest before we do w e it is on sunday. i was thinkin about flying. idk.

 

well look for an earlier schedual...and no you prolly wont be on the same bus all the way...lol

 

To answer all of your questions, Chapter 14 IS the permit test. The permit test is the only one of the tests which can (possibly) be transfered (in the State of Texas ONLY) to the DPS you will test at when you get to school. All of the other tests must be taken at the same location where you take your driving exam, State Law. There is actually ONE SHEET that they keep track of all your test results on, which explains why you have to do it all at the same testing location. Once you have passed your CDL license at the end of class, driving test and all, you transfer your CDL license back to your home state when you get home next time. While in Texas, your residence is the hotel, that is how you get residency to qualify all of your tests.

Today was day one. 8 solid hours of paperwork, oh joy! Tomorrow, we have to be at school ready for our physicals at 6am. That means I will have to rise at 4am to make it in time! I can't imagine I will be at my best for the physical, but oh well. We had a couple of hours of homework/more paperwork to do tonight. Mostly logging. Tomorrow, we take physicals in the am, then, for those of us that are left, they teach us on the tests we will be taking beginning Weds afternoon at the DPS. Get your rest now, you will need it. The pace is fast and we even will have to be in class until 9pm at least 3 days of the last week. Upon graduation the last Friday evening, you will report to the terminal at 8am the next day, Saturday, to be assigned a trainer and hit the road (or catch a plane to your trainer).


We began class with 29 students, and were down 3 or 4 by days end. One dude just got up and left when he found out tomorrow was a drug test!!! LMAO! What he was thinking, I have no idea. It is very well publicized that you have to take a pre-employment drug screen upon arriving.


So far, all was as expected, at least by me. I will update tomorrow if I'm fortunate enough to pass my physical!

 

my recruiter is expectin me to leave sat morning, i looked at the greyhound schedule and the earliest departure is 910. the other one is like around one in the afternoon. im goin to call my recruiter tomm and tell her this. she just said i had to be ther by sunday. so whats so special about sunday, do we study or is that the beginning of orientation. what time does that start? hope getn there at 1030 is ok with them.

 

hey boog tells us a lil about the physical, im mostly worried about the vision part. i got glasses last week and the doc said she thinks im fine. what all do they make u do.

 

i believe u have 30 days to get your cdl changed over to your home state.dont worry stevens has alady on top of that and she will let you know or your dm and they will get you home to get it changed over.in ga mine was about 35 $

 

talked to my recruiter today, i had a 5 month gap in my employment so i had to get three refrence letters and faxed them to her. i hope all is ok, im supposed to leave sat. i just hope im ok and they dont deny me.

 

Hey all. Back at the yard again. I have one more day to do and the brand new KW T2000 with 8000 miles on it has sprung a leak. It's in the shop, hopefully will be fixed in the morning.

The eye test is just read line 5 or whatever, as long as you can do that it's not a problem. They test you at DPS as well. The physical is easy too, just deon't come up with HBP unless you have meds for it. Don't drink coffee that morning and stay away from the free cereal at the hotel. They check your blodd sugar. I would suggest skipping breakfast. JIC.

 

hey fozzy do u think the gap in employment thing is goin to stop stevens from lettn me come to school, my recruiter said she beleives im ok with the refrences i gave them and my work history.

 

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