TMC should i get my CDL first?

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Old 11-01-2006, 03:46 PM
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god i wish the school i attended was only 120 to 160 hours i was in a 480 hour course we had 10 weeks in the classroom which we studied HOS,Trip planning,Log books,Air Brakes,Highway watch,Defensive Driving .Then we had 10 weeks in the trucks we did drop and hooks,Shifting drills,manuevers and one on one instruction on the road
 
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Old 11-01-2006, 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by redsfan
Originally Posted by JBenson2
TMC requires a 150 hours of truck schooling before they will pre-hire you. Just having a CDL with no experience will not cut it.
Not calling you a liar, but this is not true at all. In my area here, there are 3 "local" truck driving schools. One offers a 160 hour course and two of them are 120 hours. TMC has hired several drivers from all three schools and even "sponsors" the training at one of the 120 hour schools. I know this for a fact, they offered to sponsor me at one of the 120 hour schools and I personally know 2 guys that they hired out of this 120 hour school. I'm not saying that this is necessarily a bad thing and they may advertise differently, but they do not require 150 hours of training.

Unless this has all changed in the past few months, and in that case, ignore everything I just said...
TMC will hire with 120 hours... BUT... you will then do the normal 2 week orientation at TMC which includes 1 week of "yard training" The 150-160 hour guys will only have to do 1 week of orientation provided they pass a road test when they get to TMC. There are also other determining factors, such as how many students per class. If class size is real small then each individual will receive more "wheel time" and so can do in 120 hours what others can do only in 150 hour classes.
 
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Old 11-01-2006, 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by motman68
god i wish the school i attended was only 120 to 160 hours i was in a 480 hour course we had 10 weeks in the classroom which we studied HOS,Trip planning,Log books,Air Brakes,Highway watch,Defensive Driving .Then we had 10 weeks in the trucks we did drop and hooks,Shifting drills,manuevers and one on one instruction on the road
That's not necessarily a bad thing. I'll bet by the time you went to a company for a driving job you were 100% confident in your abilities...

I see a lot of just-out-of-school folks on this board asking questions they should KNOW the answers to by the time they apply for a trucking job.
 
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Old 11-01-2006, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by GoldiesPlating

TMC will hire with 120 hours... BUT... you will then do the normal 2 week orientation at TMC which includes 1 week of "yard training" The 150-160 hour guys will only have to do 1 week of orientation provided they pass a road test when they get to TMC. There are also other determining factors, such as how many students per class. If class size is real small then each individual will receive more "wheel time" and so can do in 120 hours what others can do only in 150 hour classes.
See, I told you so...

I also agree very much with Fred on the class size. My class consisted of myself and one other guy so each got a ton of yard and road time.
 
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Old 11-01-2006, 07:30 PM
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Flatbed Fred, I talked to David O'Leary and mentioned you and he said he never heard of you..lol must have been a glitch
 
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Old 11-04-2006, 02:46 AM
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Originally Posted by jefster
Flatbed Fred, I talked to David O'Leary and mentioned you and he said he never heard of you..lol must have been a glitch
I will "straighten him out" on Monday. He MUST have been kidding.
 
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