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#12
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: San Jose, CA
Posts: 62
Thanks for the comments. I don't see moving from bus to an 18 wheeler all that hard and the bus is also 45 feet long. I do agree that better skills are needed for an 18 wheeler and I was looking at not having a $3000 to $4000 bill after training or being indebted to a Swift or Schneider.
#13
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: somewhere in this beautiful country
Posts: 141
You better make sure that trucking companies will accept you driving a bus as qualification for hiring you. Most companies only accept your experience with driving tractor-trailers.
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#18
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: San Jose, CA
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I doubled checked, in California Greyhound walks you through the driving skills and computer lab for training on bus systems (air brakes, pre inspection, following distance, etc) It is a two week school where they
pay(?) $360 bucks, then when you start plugging the board to drive you get a completion bonus of $1000. In Cal over 26,001 lbs requires a class A and covers all equipment. Of course you still need endorsements for tank, HAZMAT, etc. At training they pay room and board. I am not seeing a lot of negatives, but I am having hard time keeping my PB at 120 over 80, so it may be an unfruitful pursuit. |
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