JUST WANT TO BE HONEST HERE FOLKS. YES, I FINALLY PASSED MY TEST, AND DID GET MY CDL. NO, I'M NOT WHINING HERE, OR FEEL I NEEDED SPECIAL TREATMENT O.K. BUT!!!! THE TRUCKS WERE ALL BROKE DOWN! JUNK EQUIPMENT!! TOO MANY STUDENTS, AND NOT ENOUGH TRUCKS. WE/I SPENT OUR FIRST WEEK BACKING. ONLY, HONESTLY, ONLY HAD 3 FULL DAYS OF DRIVING. WE/I DID NOT GET WHAT WAS PROMISED ON THE CONTRACT. OUR GROUP, AND OTHERS, REALLY GOT SHORTED ON DRIVING= THEY ONLY HAD 2 TRUCKS RUNNING! THE BACKING RANGE SUCKS!! A LITTLE RAIN, AND IT'S TOO MUDDY. RUTS, MUD HOLES, YOU GEY STUCK. YOU SLIDE AROUND!!! HOW CAN YOU LEARN THAT WAY? MY INSTRUCTORS WERE GREAT!!! BUT SCHOOL DIRECTOR(S) DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE! THEY HAD OUR GROUP TEST OUT ANYWAY, WITHOUT ALL THE PROPER/CONTRACTED TRAINING. MOST OF OUR WHOLE GROUP FELT THIS WAY.****WOULD NOT RECOMMEND!!! HONESTLY!! I WANTED TO LEARN THE "RIGHT" AND "SAFE" WAY. BUT, WE/I DO A PRE-TRIP ON A ROAD TRUCK, AND O.M.G.!!!!
LEAKS, IFFY SERVICE BRAKES, AIR LEAKS IN THE AIR BRAKE SYSTEM!!!! AND WE TAKE THE TRUCK OUT ANYWAY???? WTF!!! "OH, IT'S O.K. IT'LL BE FINE" IS WHAT WE WOULD HERE FROM THE INSTRUCTORS. BUT, I KNOW, THAT THEY WERE JUST APPEASEING US. WAS NOT THEIR TRUE FEELING=NOT THEIR CALL. I FELT BAD FOR THE INSTRUCTORS. GO ELSE WHERE 4 TRAINING. LOOK AT EQUIPEMENT FIRST BEFORE SIGNING A CONTRACT!!!