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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Newtrucker48, post: 3011534, member: 87123&quot;]One thing you may have to do as I had to, is go back to your home state to take the road test for your cdl license, then to your DMV/dps or whatever it&#039;s called there, with the sealed envelope you&#039;ll receive when you pass the test. After you get your cdl, contact your recruiter and tell him/her that you&#039;re ready for the next available orientation date, you may not even have to have a time period inbetween training and orientation. Unless that&#039;s what you decide you want when you get to that phase. Same thing for mentor training. Making sure you are ready to go with him/her is a faster way to getting to solo status. Hopefully you are fortunate enough to be one of the ones who go out with your mentor the last day of orientation but if not like me,( had to wait a few days, my mentors truck was in the shop, then I was given another mentor after a few days) if they tell you they have to send you home, you don&#039;t have to tell them of your situation but ask them to put you in a hotel if you can, I was put in a hotel.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know every place is not the same but it&#039;s worth asking, if they won&#039;t hopefully you have funds to get a room for a few days. I only say that because of your situation. A lot of people are sent home to wait and it&#039;s no harm done but I didn&#039;t want to feel like I was out of the loop and was ready to go train. First things first though, in training learn all you can, look over maps learn what you can before you go, look over paper logs, yeah we are still taught paper logs even though we have paperless logs on the truck, watch videos about backing, it&#039;s not the same as actually backing yourself but at least you&#039;ll have the idea down. Straight line, 90degree, offsets, parallel, alley dock. Have to have some of the fundementals down so you&#039;ll at least have a edge going in. It&#039;ll be a lot but luckily you already put in 6months of preparation. Wish you the best!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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