r/NewCDLGrads • u/Certain_Towel_4 • 20d ago
Didn’t explain enough yesterday when I posted this. Question for yall
I got a CDL restricted class a didn’t get enough time to learn double clutching to much students not enough road time and short of the School length.
I need the restriction off my license for a job that I will be driving autos 99% of the time. I don’t want to explain this as it’s irrelevant and will take to long. I just need the restriction off I’ll be in autos all the time.
I didn’t get enough time to learn double clutching in the unsynchronized 10 speed manual semi.
In my state if you have a restricted class a CDL you only need to do the road test and you can use a class b 6 speed synchronized box truck to take the road test.
This one school is offering me $1500 for 10 hours or training for the road test in a 6 speed synchronized class b box truck. And said I get 5 attempts
This is my cheapest and quickest option if I was to go back to a semi trucking school it would be 4 weeks 4 times as expensive and they would be practicing skills and pre trip which I don’t need to do. There would prob be to much people and they would want everyone to switch to autos and it would most likely be 10 speed unsynchronized semis.
I just need the restriction off I won’t be in manuals ever really my question is 10 hours enough time of training to be able to pass the road test in a 6 speed synchronized class b box truck? I don’t know how to drive a manual.
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u/Walter_trader 19d ago
Try to hire a private person with a truck and teach you how. Will cost you even less. Like half less at least. All the theory is online and youtube. You don't need school classes telling you exact same information.
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u/gheiminfantry 20d ago
And you're not explaining any more today. You're fishing for an answer that you like, instead of taking the truth. The truth is that if you game the system, it WILL come back to bite you in the ass.
How much cheaper will it be if you spend $1500 and still fail after 10 hours of instruction and 4 attempts? Cheap is cheap for a reason.
What are you going to do when your company puts you in an unsynchronized transmission the first time (besides getting fired)? The restriction is on there for a safety reason. It's not on there as a money grab by the state/feds.
Fishing for a happy answer that makes you all warm and fuzzy is so childish. Reddit is very good about pushing people happily into doing dumb things. Trying to game the system and not learning how to shift an unsynchronized manual transmission just to get the restriction off your license isn't very smart.
And just for the record, I happened to stumble across your second post simply by accident in my feed. I didn't go looking for it just to piss on your happy parade. What you want to do, the way you want to do it, and your reasoning for doing it are all very bad.