TRAINING... How long does it really take ????

44 yes of bad 4 wheeling ungoverned habits.



It will take you time to adjust those.

A monkey could do this job really though.

Just be mature behind the wheel.

 

Orientation is for experienced drivers, not CDL training. It's ~half orientation and ~half driver evaluation. It's hard to maintain an act or fake an attitude toward safety for 10 days.

After about 2 days, but I was wrong. After 20 days I'd learned enough to not be confident, and my pucker factor remained high every moment my brakes weren't set. Too many motorists trying to commit suicide by semi. YMMV.

 

So are you saying you think you could learn faster then others because you have driving exp?Driving a semi is nothing like your personal vehicle.There's more to it then just driving down the road.Also there is a lot more to learn then just driving to this carreer and why training is long.You need to learn the laws,the hours of service and how to log,pretrip.So much to learn and can't be done in a short time.Many trainnes don't get the right amount of training and look what happens on our hwys.The longer you train and with a good trainer,the better driver u will be.The shorter the training the worse you'll be.

 

For new drivers most major national require at least 160 hours of class room training and the driver needs to use a 48/53' trailer. After you get the CDL from a reliable school then you need anywhere from 40k miles with a trainer or equivalent. If your a fast learner you can go to one of the 4 week training centers or the 9 month college courses.

 

Not really. Let's say you got your DL at 16. That's 28 years of bad habits. I think 2 months is a good time to let a trainee go, if it's with a good trainer who actually taught the driver. And still there's a lot to cover, especially winter conditions.

 

I know you're not downplaying trk drivers.You're just asking simple questions.But as a trk driver myself I can tell you it doesn't matter how much exp you have driving your car,a semi is a whole new exp.I never felt truly confident when I first went solo.I was nervous and scared.It came with exp when I felt confident.I had a real good trainer but all of what he taught me went out the window once I got my trk.See with a trainer you feel more at ease because hes their if anything goes wrong.But once you get your own trk,you have to think things for yourself.Everything in trucking comes with exp and practice.

 

There is so much you have to learn in this field and all of it can't be done no matter how long your training is even just the driving part.The real learning comes when you're on your own.

 

and even once on your own the learning never really stops...