I was surprised we hired Joseph over Kyle Shanahan. I think the key to our success this year will be o line and d line play. If it doesnt get better than another year with no playoffs.Quote:
Originally Posted by CoGirl303
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I was surprised we hired Joseph over Kyle Shanahan. I think the key to our success this year will be o line and d line play. If it doesnt get better than another year with no playoffs.Quote:
Originally Posted by CoGirl303
and I'm stuck at a truck stop in Wyoming because all the idiot truckers from the warm weather states can't drive in the snow and are causing accidents everywhere. [emoji35]
ETA to re-open is 6-8 hours and I'm going to run out of hours before the road opens.
These cold weather states need to require a winter driving endorsement for CDL drivers.
All the mountain states oughta require a winter driving endorsement AND a mountain driving endorsement on CDL's. That would keep these idiots that can't drive in the snow or mountains out of here.
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When you get your CDL, do you have to take continuing education to maintain your certification?
No. Pretty much driving daily is considered your CE.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
However the company I work for gives you monthly safety videos and a test or two to complete or you don't get your safety bonuses each month or quarter.
Most other companies also do this. I don't even watch the videos, it's all common sense and I get 100% on all of the tests every time.
A lot of it is severely outdated which is why the tests are easy to pass without watching the videos.
Questions like
Road surfaces are most slippery when?
a.) Right after it stops raining
b.) During a downpour
c.) When it first starts raining
d.) When it's hot and humid out
You should never use your jake brakes when?
a.) It's snowing
b.) It's raining
c.) when it's sunny and dry
d.) Both A and B
It's laughable.
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Okay thanks. I have zero plans to do any work, just thought it might be something fun to achieve in future down times. How many months does it usually take?
Sounds like a typical day in my life.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
There's two schools in Denver. Sage and US Truck. Both are about $5,000 give or take.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
US Truck is 3 weeks long. not sure about Sage.
Like foxtrot said, if you know someone who has a semi, you can read the Colorado CDL Manual (the state's link is down for some reason) but I can email you a copy when I get home as I have it on my home computer, and take the test but per the state you are required to take the test through an approved school. I'm pretty sure they charge a fee for the testing portion.
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dmv...on-information
Just a fair warning...If you get a CDL..do not get any tickets. Colorado does not like to give out zero points and change the ticket to a lesser violation. They usually reduce the ticket by half the points and will allow the charge to be reduced, but getting it to zero points is next to impossible.
I found this out the hard way and it cost me a $92,000 a year job. [emoji52]
I had one point too many on my license in 7 years (5 points total) and they wouldn't hire me. Even worse that 1 extra point was for a measly headlight bulb going out on my way back from Texas in my personal car. Out in the middle of Baca County at night both headlights working and it goes out and busted by a trooper (are you kidding me?). I just paid it as it wasnt a moving violation and fixed the bulb and the company didn't care. A point was a point. They only allow 4 points in 7 years to get hired.
Also another fun fact...from the minute you get your CDL, any tickets you've had since you first got a standard drivers license in Colorado...will show up on your driving record from that date (not the date you got your CDL) and any prospective employer can see every ticket you have ever been convicted of since you started legally driving in Colorado, even if it is a non-moving violation or a moving violation. (Not sure why Colorado puts non-moving violations on driving records. All 5 of my points are non-moving violations and it cost me a damn good job. [emoji849])
If you get a CDL I highly recommend using a driver's legal service to protect your CDL.
http://www.driverslegalplan.com
is the service that I use. You dont have to have a CDL to use it. You can have a standard drivers license but you have to call them to pay the subscription.
$150 a year for CDL holders.
$75 a year for standard drivers license.
$100 for each ticket for minor tickets (speeding, moving violations)
$250 for DUI/Vehicular Manslaughter and the more serious driving charges, plus whatever the court cost/fine is.
It's definitely worth it.
Just to hire an attorney for a reckless driving ticket is about $950+ (friend of mine got a reckless in a CMV and her lawyer charged her $950 fee to represent her plus more if they had to go to trial).
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Thanks for the break down, I was just curious what it entails. I'd probably lose the designation from tickets on the first two years anyway, but again, I have zero interest in driving trucks beyond furthering my personal knowledge of how to do so. Next time I have down time, I'll probably figure out a better way to is it than for a skill I'll likely never use. Probably welding.
Buffalobo, don't let Jim's razing about buying a different press get to you. Dillon stuff holds value and you can resell and upgrade when you're ready!