Things they should teach you in Trucking School that they don't.

Thanks...I needed a laugh this morning........got a good one too!

 

Dinomite,

If you ever decide to get out of trucking and go into another line of work, perhaps you could get your own T.V. show. You do come up with some very unexpected comebacks.

God bless your entire family!

God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.!

 

The problem comes in that not all of us pull vans. Why would a student need to learn how to slide his tandems if he's going to be a tanker yanker? Or a bull hauler? Suddenly, there would be specialized schools...imagine what they would cost.

"Hey BillyBob! I just got accepted to the Ivy League Trucking University for Carhaulers. It costs $14000 per semester and I need 3 semesters! I am trying to get some grant money, but I am stoked!"

If you went to school and got your license, the school did it's job. The company that you sign on with should be the one that provides the education, such as coupling and loading and sliding tandems. They run uniform trucks and uniform trailers, I don't see why they could not.

 

My school did teach us and tested us on things that were not on the CDL test.. for example, coppling a trailer...for tne test, we had to drop a trailer and hook up to another trailer.. they taugbt us how to slide tandems, move the 5th wheel and all.. for the test, they handed us a scale ticket, and we had to slide the tandems and move the 5th wheel to the rignt places according to the ticket.. they even taugbt us how to figure it out with our fuel.. like if your tanks were full, and you wouldnt pass a scale for 300 miles.. so, by the time hit the scale you would be legal because of the fuel hou burned.. we had to change some light bulbs... we were taught how to read an atlas and trip plan..

I knew it was a good school before I registerd and before I paid a dime... because I went to the school and checked it out a few times... I think there is a difference between a truck driving school a d a CDL school... I had past my CDL test two weeks before I graduated...

 

I didn't go to school. A company hand me a paper stating I pass there road/skill/written test, which didn't happen, and took it to the dmv n tada! Cdl license!
Now that was years ago things change.

If truckers back then could do it without school, so can all of us. I self taught myself, took books out the library, even ask drivers on the road. If I was a lazy no good steering wheel holder I would had been driving around without proper education. School is just half of the education, a good trainer can show you almost the other half. The rest....you use that brain of yours... improvised/common sense/good math skills/good judgment and safety for everybody

 

My school was pretty in depth about everything Wooly mentioned and awhole lot more.They made sure every student knew and understood everything that was taught.If u didn't they would work with you one on one.You really have to shop around for the best school possible rather then the cheapest and shortest course.Because that's exactly the kind of learning you'll receive..

 

From what I have read on the forum that students got ripped off,I would say the majority of schools are only to take their money and that's it.

 

hes silly,lol.

 

Not at all....I dont think that you are wrong in saying it would be good if schools could teach more. On the other hand I think the schools only responsibility is to do what they told you they would do up front. If they never said they would be teaching you about sliding tandems and changing fuel filters, it is unfair to ask them to do it after the fact....after you agreed to a price for a specific kind of training.

Triplesix is also right, every company is different. Their equipment is different....it would be impossible for a school to teach it all. That is the employers job.