Post by okie on Jul 29, 2019 7:49:45 GMT -6
My hotshot trucking career is sure off to a slow start. I figured all the hoops I have to jump through might take a while and it is, but not in the way I expected.
Starting the LLC was a fifteen minute project, DOT number was a non event. Commercial insurance was a text to my agent.
I showed up at a test station to take my written exam for my CDL after I had called them to make sure they were open. I drove an hour and walked in only to be told they're closed. The next morning I drove an hour the other direction to a different test station. I got there at 8:10 and was already number twenty six. I was the last person to be called back at 11:45. They turned over thirty people away and many of them had come in multiple times before.
The examiner told me to call as soon as I had my permit. I did and they told me to call first thing on August 15 and they might be able to get me an appointment for the end of September!
I now have a truck payment, trailer payment, commercial insurance payment etc, sitting in my yard doing nothing for at least two months. By then, if I fail any portion of the walk around inspection or drive test I'll likely have to start all over as my learners permit will be expired.
Starting the LLC was a fifteen minute project, DOT number was a non event. Commercial insurance was a text to my agent.
I showed up at a test station to take my written exam for my CDL after I had called them to make sure they were open. I drove an hour and walked in only to be told they're closed. The next morning I drove an hour the other direction to a different test station. I got there at 8:10 and was already number twenty six. I was the last person to be called back at 11:45. They turned over thirty people away and many of them had come in multiple times before.
The examiner told me to call as soon as I had my permit. I did and they told me to call first thing on August 15 and they might be able to get me an appointment for the end of September!
I now have a truck payment, trailer payment, commercial insurance payment etc, sitting in my yard doing nothing for at least two months. By then, if I fail any portion of the walk around inspection or drive test I'll likely have to start all over as my learners permit will be expired.
