Jonathan,
I don't have the book in front of me now, but I think that the Class B CDL
is what is often referred to as a "chauffeurs license". It's what you get if
you're going to drive a school bus, a limousine, or some other type of
vehicle that hauls a group of people, for hire. There may be some kind of
weight classification involved, but I think that the main point is the idea
of hauling people around.
As far as the cost of a CDL is concerned, I have a Class A that I got here
in Minnesota. I think that the written/driving test cost was about $30.00.
There are a couple of guys in the Twin Cities who make a pretty decent
living out of providing vehicles for people to take their tests with. The
one that I called showed up the morning of my test with a current year
straight truck, with air brakes, and a pintle hitch flat-bed trailer behind
it. We spent an hour or so driving around and practicing with the rig before
I took the test. A State Examiner gave me the test, and signed off on my
license application. Cost of renting the truck was $175.00 for about 2
hours.
I didn't need the Vo-Tech course, because the Army taught me how to drive
tractor-trailers in the first place, but I have to admit that I would
probably learn some interesting things if I were to take a class like the
one you are taking. By the way, I checked with the DMV to find out if my
Army license could be transferred to a civilian CDL and was told that it
could not. Seems kind of strange that I could be licensed to drive a semi in
the Army, but not as a civilian. I guess that's why we create bureaucracies.
It keeps a large portion of the population employed duplicating the efforts
of another portion of the population.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: jonathon [mailto:jemery@execpc.com]
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 8:18 AM
To: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
Subject: Re: [MV] MV CDL
> When done you have
>an interstate CDL with passenger endorsement and air brakes if the bus you
>took them in had them and you took that part of the test. Hope this helps
>someone!
>From what I see, and I'm studying right now for my A-CDL, that will not get
you an A, just a C. You need to test in a truck/trialer rig to get the A,
or a straight truck over 26,000 pounds to get the B.
I found that the local county tech school offers CDL training. You get your
written test and physical on your own first then they schedule you for the
road part. It takes three weeks or six weekends. You get to drive a brand
new Peterbuilt with the instructor and 2 other students. At the end of the
course you take the test in the same truck and the same teacher is licensed
by the state as a third party examiner to give the test. Cost, $285. can't
beat that hey?
later,
je
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